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 survived a strong Wakefield fightback in the second half to make it 2 wins from 2 in Super League.


The Wolves, who were coming off the back of a blank weekend due to the fact that of Hull Kingston Rovers' involvement on the planet Club Challenge, seemed to have actually taken a firm 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 last week, came back well as Jake Trueman brilliantly created attempts for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


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


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


Wakefield had won the previous 3 conferences of these 2, however they were quickly in problem as Sneyd slotted over a penalty and after that video referee Chris Kendall overturned an on-field verdict of "no shot" 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 an expensive error as they reacted to strong Wakefield pressure right at the end of the half by committing repeat offenses which saw Sipley sin-binned and Jowitt kick the resulting charge to provide his side a toe-hold.


That ended up being a firmer platform early in the second half as Trinity utilized the extra man, Trueman slinging a fine 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 caused Trueman coming up with an even better looping cut-out pass and Myers completed to cut the result in simply 4 points.


That spurred Wire into action after a drop in pace and Sneyd's boot took control as he chipped the ball out to Smith, playing first-rate rugby for the very first time, to score his very first try, which Sneyd converted and then added a penalty to provide his side breathing area.


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


Wakefield appeared particular to score as Myers spotted for the corner but 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his attacking expertise against St Helens, produced a magnificent take on to bundle him into touch and retain the lead.


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


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'An actually high-quality game'


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


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


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


"The method the video game is going, it will take teams 8 to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the very same with us. Our patience was proficient at times and we were 100% in the very 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