Wakefield Beat Castleford To Keep Pace With Leaders

Betfred Super League

Castleford (0) 0

Wakefield (16) 34

Tries: Trueman 2, Hall, Smoothy, Pratt 2, Scott Goals: Jowitt 3

Wakefield Trinity kept gait pinch nan Super League leaders arsenic they cruised to a comfortable derby triumph complete toothless Castleford Tigers astatine nan OneBore Stadium.

The Tigers were overwhelmed by nan visitors' gait and objective finishing, pinch Jake Trueman, Corey Hall and Tyson Smoothy each scoring earlier nan break to found a comfortable 16-point lead.

With nan Adam Watene Trophy connected nan line, Trinity kept up nan unit successful nan 2nd half, adding further scores done Oliver Pratt, Cam Scott and Trueman, pinch nan Tigers incapable to transverse nan whitewash and now bottommost of nan array connected 4 points.

A 5th consecutive triumph successful each competitions meant fourth-placed Wakefield are level connected 10 points pinch Warrington, Leeds, Wigan and St Helens, while Castleford autumn to nan bottommost connected points difference.

Looking for a 4th successive convention win, Wakefield struck first.

Following a beardown transportation from Smoothy, Trueman stepped done a spread successful nan Tigers' defence earlier carrying 2 defenders complete nan statement pinch him.

The visitors were ascendant and almost had a 2nd done Pratt, who spilled nan shot guardant arsenic he competed pinch Zac Cini for nan shot successful nan air.

Castleford thought they had levelled nan scores done Jason Qareqare, but nan people was chalked disconnected erstwhile nan TMO spotted nan winger had a ft successful touch earlier he grounded nan ball.

Trinity past seized power of nan crippled done nan awesome Hall, who stepped past Darnell McIntosh earlier powering complete from short scope contempt nan efforts of Cini.

The Tigers were near to rue different missed opportunity soon afterwards, pinch Sam Hall losing nan shot guardant arsenic he reached for nan try-line.

Trinity soon made them salary for their profligacy, pinch Smoothy going complete aft a rampaging thrust from debutant Tray Lolesio.

Unable to make immoderate inroads into nan Trinity defence astatine nan opening of nan 2nd half, nan Tigers conceded again pinch Max Jowitt slotting a punishment aft Joe Stimson was penalised for infringing astatine nan breakdown.

The full-back was past progressive again soon after, feeding nan prolific Pratt to dive complete successful nan area for Trinity's 4th try.

With nan location defence wilting, Scott went complete untouched for a fifth, earlier a misplaced walk from nan returning Mason Lino recovered Pratt successful abstraction for his 2nd arsenic nan Castleford religious headed for nan exits.

There was conscionable clip for Trueman to adhd his 2nd from a counter-attack to headdress a miserable Sunday for Ryan Carr's men.

Castleford: Cini; Thewlis, McIntosh, Mapapalangi, Qareqare; Asi, Weaver; Lawler, Forber, Westerman, Lane, Mellor, Stimson.

Interchanges: Doolan, Hall, Atoni, Beckett.

Wakefield: Jowitt; Pratt, Scott, Hall, Johnstone; Trueman, Lino; McMeeken, Smoothy, Rodwell, Vagana, Storton, Pitts.

Interchanges: Nikotemo, Hamlin-Uele, Smith, Lolesio.

Referee: Liam Rush.