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 2nd half to make it 2 wins from two in Super League.


The Wolves, who were coming off the back of a blank weekend due to the fact that of Hull Kingston Rovers' participation in the World Club Challenge, seemed to have actually taken a company grip on the video 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 last week, came back well as Jake Trueman remarkably created tries for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


Wire responded as Australian beginner Josh Smith crossed for his very first try however Oliver Pratt's score for Trinity established a nervy ending, with the outcome settled by Sneyd's drop objective and Toby King's late try.


Wire provided more proof that they could make a fist of challenging for honours this season as Sneyd gave a kicking masterclass and they had the defensive resilience to hold firm as Trinity came great.


Wakefield had won the previous three conferences of these 2, but they were quickly in difficulty as Sneyd slotted over a penalty and then video referee Chris Kendall overturned an on-field decision of "no shot" to provide Sipley 4 points.


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


Wire seemed to have made a costly mistake as they reacted to strong Wakefield pressure right at the end of the half by dedicating repeat offenses which saw Sipley sin-binned and Jowitt kick the resulting penalty to give his side a toe-hold.


That ended up being a firmer platform early in the second half as Trinity utilized the additional man, 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 led to Trueman creating an even better looping cut-out pass and Myers ended up to cut the cause just four points.


That into action after a drop in tempo and Sneyd's boot took control as he broke the ball out to Smith, playing first-rate rugby for the first time, to score his first shot, which Sneyd transformed and after that added a penalty to provide his side breathing room.


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


Wakefield seemed specific to score as Myers spotted for the corner however 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his assaulting prowess against St Helens, produced a splendid deal with to bundle him into touch and retain the lead.


Sneyd dropped a goal 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 game'


"It was an actually top quality game. Both sides were at 90-something percent completion.


"They were physical and we needed to ride out the first half however the video game lost its way a bit in the second half - [it was] not down to the players, it simply got a bit stop-start.


"In the very first half we might have attacked a little better. There are areas we can look at where we can challenge a little bit more and ask a few more questions.


"The way the video game is going, it will take groups 8 to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the exact same with us. Our patience was proficient at times and we were 100% in the first half till the regrettable 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