Warrington Beat Wakefield To Extend Winning Start

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Warrington Wolves (14) 27


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


Wakefield Trinity (2) 16


Tries: Jowitt, Myers, Pratt Goals: Jowitt 2


Warrington survived a strong Wakefield fightback in the second half to make it two 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 worldwide Club Challenge, seemed to have taken a firm grip on the game in the first half.


Tries from Toafofoa Sipley and Albert Hopoate, in addition to the of Marc Sneyd, had them 14-2 up at the break.


Trinity, who chalked up their first win of the season at Huddersfield recently, came back well as Jake Trueman remarkably developed pursues Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


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


Wire gave additional proof that they might make a fist of challenging for honours this season as Sneyd provided a kicking masterclass and they had the defensive strength to hold company as Trinity came good.


Wakefield had actually won the previous three conferences of these 2, however they were soon in difficulty as Sneyd slotted over a charge and then video referee Chris Kendall reversed an on-field decision of "no try" to provide Sipley 4 points.


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


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


That became a firmer platform early in the second 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 very first act upon returning to the field was a ruck violation which resulted in Trueman developing an even much better looping cut-out pass and Myers ended up to cut the result in just 4 points.


That spurred Wire into action after a drop in tempo and Sneyd's boot took control as he chipped the ball out to Smith, playing first-class rugby for the very first time, to score his 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 hard conversion, the video game was back in the balance.


Wakefield seemed particular to score as Myers spotted for the corner but 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his assaulting prowess versus St Helens, produced a stunning tackle to bundle him into touch and retain the lead.


Sneyd dropped a goal and after that broke another delicate kick to the corner for Smith to grab and pass in mid-air for King to eliminate any doubt.


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'A truly high-quality game'


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


"They were physical and we needed to ride out the very first half but the game lost its method a bit in the second half - [it was] not down to the gamers, it just got a bit stop-start.


"In the very first half we could have assaulted a little much better. There are areas we can take a look at where we can challenge a bit more and ask a few more concerns.


"The way the game is going, it will take groups 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 up until 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