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 second half to make it 2 wins from 2 in Super League.


The Wolves, who were coming off the back of a blank weekend because of Hull Kingston Rovers' participation worldwide 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, in addition to the trusted kicking of Marc Sneyd, had them 14-2 up at the break.


Trinity, who chalked up their first win of the season at Huddersfield last week, returned well as Jake Trueman brilliantly developed tries for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.


Wire responded as Australian beginner Josh Smith crossed for his very first try however 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 offered more proof 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 firm as Trinity came great.


Wakefield had actually won the previous 3 conferences of these 2, however they were quickly in trouble as Sneyd slotted over a charge and then video referee Chris Kendall reversed an on-field verdict of "no shot" to give Sipley four points.


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


Wire seemed to have made a pricey error as they responded to strong Wakefield pressure right at the end of the half by devoting 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 made usage of 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 violation which resulted in Trueman developing an even much better looping cut-out pass and Myers finished to cut the cause just four points.


That spurred Wire into action after a drop in pace and Sneyd's boot took control as he cracked the ball out to Smith, playing top-notch rugby for the very first time, to score his very first try, which Sneyd converted and then added a charge to offer his side breathing room.


Pratt then got on the end of a fine 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 seemed particular to score as for the corner however 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his attacking prowess against St Helens, produced a splendid deal with to bundle him into touch and retain the lead.


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


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'A truly top quality 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 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 attacked a little better. There are areas we can take a look at where we can challenge a bit more and ask a couple of more questions.


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