They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield

We won't be winning next week playing like that, that's for certain.' We want to be ruthless and, at the moment, we aren't. 'It was important we got back on track and we did that without being as good as we wanted to be. 'The red card was a big deciding factor in the game. We started making errors and let them back into it.

We went 12-0 up, then clocked off mentally and defensively. 'Give credit to Wakefield, they worked really hard to get back in the game after we started how we wanted to.

Wakefield did not include their new signing, former Man of Steel Luke Gale, following his signing from Championship side Keighley. Wire then sealed the two points when Williams raced over and, although Ashurst scored a late Wakefield consolation try, Ashton claimed his second of the night in the final minute to send the 10,000-plus crowd home happy. Ratchford kicked the resulting penalty and then added another kick when Ashton went over in the corner to open up an eight-point lead. The scores were locked at 12-12 when Proctor was shown the red card by referee Marcus Griffiths 13 minutes into the second half for a high tackle on Thewlis. Having had their 100% start to the season ended by successive losses, to Wigan and St Helens, Daryl Powell's Wire had Paul Vaughan and Joe Philbin back after suspension, while Joe Bullock returned after six weeks out with a broken thumb, and all six players who represented England in last weekend's big win over France were included.Īnd they made a great start as Thewlis scythed his way to score twice inside the first 11 minutes.īut Trinity, who had won their last four most recent meetings with Warrington, battled back with two tries of their own - a fine solo try by Smith before Mason Lino released the fit-again Tanginoa to crash over from close range. Stefan Ratchford landed six successful kicks for Wire, whose ninth win of the season lifted them back above Thursday night's surprise losers Wigan. Matty Ashurst did score a third try for Wakefield, converted by Will Dagger, for his third successful kick, to bring back them almost within range at 26-18, but Wire again closed the door, with winger Ashton's second converted try of the night. Morgan Smith and Kelepi Tanginoa crossed for the visitors to cancel out two early converted Josh Thewlis tries.īut second-half tries for Matty Ashton (2) and George Williams condemned Trinity to an 11th straight loss.

They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield