Warrington Beat Wakefield To Extend Winning Start

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Warrington Wolves (14) 27


Tries: Sipley, Hopoate, Smith, King Goals: Sneyd 5 Drop objective: Sneyd


Wakefield Trinity (2) 16


Tries: Jowitt, Myers, Pratt Goals: Jowitt 2


Warrington made it through a strong Wakefield fightback in the second half to make it two wins from 2 in Super League.


The Wolves, who were coming off the back of a blank weekend since of Hull Kingston Rovers' involvement on the planet Club Challenge, seemed to have taken a company grip on the game in the first half.


Tries from Toafofoa Sipley and Albert Hopoate, along with the trustworthy kicking of Marc Sneyd, had them 14-2 up at the break.


Trinity, who chalked up their very first win of the season at Huddersfield recently, returned well as Jake Trueman brilliantly created pursues Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


Wire responded as Australian newbie Josh Smith crossed for his first try but Oliver Pratt's score for Trinity set up a nervy ending, with the result settled by Sneyd's drop goal and Toby King's late shot.


additional evidence that they might make a fist of challenging for honours this season as Sneyd offered a kicking masterclass and they had the protective strength to hold company as Trinity came excellent.


Wakefield had won the previous 3 conferences of these 2, however they were quickly in difficulty as Sneyd slotted over a charge and after that video referee Chris Kendall reversed an on-field verdict of "no try" to offer Sipley four points.


A couple of minutes later, Hopoate supported Danny Walker's break to streak away for another shot for 14-0.


Wire appeared to have made a pricey error as they responded to strong Wakefield pressure right at the end of the half by dedicating repeat offences which saw Sipley sin-binned and Jowitt kick the resulting charge to give his side a toe-hold.


That ended up being a firmer platform early in the 2nd half as Trinity utilized the extra male, Trueman slinging a fine pass over the top for Jowitt to score in the corner.


Sipley's first act on returning to the field was a ruck violation which resulted in Trueman developing an even better looping cut-out pass and Myers ended up to cut the result in simply four points.


That stimulated Wire into action after a drop in pace and Sneyd's boot took control as he broke the ball out to Smith, playing superior rugby for the very first time, to score his very first try, which Sneyd transformed and then included a penalty to give his side breathing room.


Pratt then got on completion of a fine kick by Jack Sinfield to score in the corner and when Jowitt brilliantly nailed the tough conversion, the video game was back in the balance.


Wakefield appeared certain to score as Myers streaked for the corner however 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his assaulting prowess versus St Helens, produced a spectacular take on to bundle him into touch and maintain the lead.


Sneyd dropped an objective and after that cracked another delicate kick to the corner for Smith to grab and pass in mid-air for King to get rid of any doubt.


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'A truly high-quality video game'


"It was a really high-quality video game. Both sides were at 90-something percent conclusion.


"They were physical and we had to ride out the very first half but the video game lost its method a bit in the 2nd half - [it was] not down to the players, it simply got a bit stop-start.


"In the first half we could have attacked a little much better. There are locations we can take a look at where we can challenge a little bit more and ask a couple of more questions.


"The method the video game is going, it will take teams eight to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the same with us. Our persistence was great at times and we were 100% in the first half till the unfortunate sin-binning."


Warrington Wolves: Taylor-Wray; Thewlis, King, Hopoate, Smith; Williams, Sneyd; Yates, Walker, Byrne, Stone, Harrison, Currie.


Replacements: Sipley, Crowther, Philbin, Tanginoa.


Wakefield Trinity: Jowitt; Pratt, Scott, Hall, Myers; Sinfield, Trueman; McMeeken, Smoothy, Hamlin-Uele, Nikotemo, Vagana, Tevaga.


Replacements: Storton, Pitts, Faatili, Smith.


Referee: Liam Rush