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 since of Hull Kingston Rovers' involvement worldwide Club Challenge, seemed to have taken a firm grip on the video game in the very first half.


Tries from Toafofoa Sipley and Albert Hopoate, along with the reputable 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 remarkably created tries for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


Wire replied as Australian newcomer Josh Smith crossed for his first try but Oliver Pratt's rating for Trinity established a nervy ending, with the result settled by Sneyd's drop goal and Toby King's late try.


Wire provided more evidence that they could make a fist of challenging for honours this season as Sneyd provided a kicking masterclass and they had the protective durability to hold company as Trinity came good.


Wakefield had actually won the previous three conferences of these 2, however they were soon in trouble as Sneyd slotted over a charge and after that video referee Chris Kendall overturned an on-field decision of "no try" to offer Sipley four points.


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


Wire appeared to have actually 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 penalty to provide his side a toe-hold.


That ended up being a firmer platform early in the 2nd half as Trinity made usage of the extra guy, Trueman slinging a great pass over the top for Jowitt to score in the corner.


Sipley's first act on going back to the field was a ruck infringement which led to Trueman coming up with an even better looping cut-out pass and Myers completed to cut the lead to simply four points.


That stimulated Wire into action after a drop in tempo and Sneyd's boot took control as he chipped the ball out to Smith, playing top-notch rugby for the very first time, to score his first shot, which Sneyd transformed and after that added a charge to provide his side breathing space.


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


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


Sneyd dropped an objective and then broke another fragile kick to the corner for Smith to get and pass in mid-air for King to get rid of any doubt.


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'An actually high-quality game'


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


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


"In the very first half we might have attacked a little 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 groups 8 to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the exact same with us. Our persistence was proficient at times and we were 100% in the first half up until 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