Wakefield Trinity produce a dominant second-half display as they recover from 14-12 down at half-time to beat Leeds Rhinos 24-14 and reach the Challenge Cup quarter-finals for the second season in a row.
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Wakefield Trinity fought back to edge a fiercely-contested West Yorkshire derby with Leeds Rhinos, while Super League leaders Wigan Warriors made short work of Bradford Bulls in round four of the Challenge Cup.
Following a lengthy delay caused by a power failure at the DIY Kitchens Stadium, Wakefield took the lead through Harvey Smith.
Leeds hit back through two tries from in-form Maika Sivo and one from Ash Handley but Oliver Pratt’s score on the stroke of half-time reduced Wakefield’s deficit to two points at the break.
Matty Storton sent the hosts in front and Ky Rodwell went over to make sure of a 24-14 win and confirm Wakefield’s place in the quarter-finals for the second successive season.
Leeds have now failed to reach the last eight since winning the competition in 2020.
Wigan overpowered Bradford at the Brick Community Stadium, scoring first-half tries through Luke Thompson, Zach Eckersley and Liam Marshall.
Adam Keighran added a fourth for Warriors before Ethan Ryan scored Bradford’s only try and debutant Dajon Sambou completed the scoring to round off a 30-6 win for the home side.
Wakefield Trinity’s fourth-round match against Leeds Rhinos in the Challenge Cup is brought to an abrupt halt after a power cut causes the stadium to be plunged into darkness just six minutes into the match.
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Following his side’s 2-1 win against Portsmouth, Parkinson revealed that strikers Kieffer Moore and Sam Smith – who netted the opener against Pompey – were among those who had been struggling with illness.
But the Wrexham manager says he has no new concerns ahead of the contest with Nathan Jones’ Addicks.
“Yeah, one or two others as well (had been ill), but they’re all back in this morning. We were all off yesterday and back in today,” said Parkinson.
“It’s about getting the ones who didn’t play the right level of training, the ones who did play a second day of recovery and picking the team tomorrow to go and put a performance down at Charlton.”
January signing Zak Vyner was unavailable for the first three matches after joining Wrexham from Bristol City due to a toe injury.
The 28-year-old featured as a substitute in each of the league wins against Ipswich Town and Portsmouth in the past week and is now in a position to be used when called upon.
“Zak’s fine,” said Parkinson.
“It’s been good in a way that we’ve been doing well. It’s given the time to get his toe completely right. He’s training again today.”