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 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 because of Hull Kingston Rovers' participation on the planet Club Challenge, appeared to have actually 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 first win of the season at Huddersfield recently, returned well as Jake Trueman remarkably produced attempts for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


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


Wire offered 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 firm as Trinity came excellent.


Wakefield had actually won the previous 3 conferences of these 2, but they were soon in problem as Sneyd slotted over a charge and then video referee Chris Kendall reversed an on-field verdict of "no try" to give 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 made a pricey error 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 provide his side a toe-hold.


That became a firmer platform early in the 2nd half as Trinity utilized the additional male, Trueman slinging a great pass over the top for Jowitt to score in the corner.


Sipley's very first act upon going back to the field was a 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 top-notch rugby for the first time, to score his very first try, which Sneyd converted and after that added a charge to give his side breathing space.


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


Wakefield seemed 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 spectacular take on to bundle him into touch and maintain the lead.


Sneyd dropped an objective and after that cracked another fragile kick to the corner for Smith to grab and pass in mid-air for King to remove any doubt.


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'An actually top quality video game'


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


"They were physical and we needed to ride out the very first half however the game lost its way a bit in the 2nd 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 little bit more and ask a couple of more questions.


"The method the video game is going, it will take groups eight to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the very same with us. Our persistence was good at times and we were 100% in the very first half 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