Wakefield

Hull KR head coach Willie Peters told BBC Radio Humberside:

“I’m very disappointed. We need to look at what happened. I need to be accountable, players need to be accountable, staff need to be accountable.

“I’m not bothered about the scoreboard, I’m bothered about performance. That was a really, really poor performance.

“We got back at half-time to 6-6, we had an opportunity to put pressure on in the second half, but we didn’t do that. It was our doing.

“We had ill discipline, yellow cards. It hurts. The refereeing decisions are not my concern – my concern is my team and that performance.”

Hull KR: Hampshire, Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess, Lewis, May, Sue, Lawton, Whitbread, Martin, Batchelor, Minchella

Interchanges: Litten, Broadbent, Luckley, Dezaria

Wakefield: Rourke, Walsmsley, Scott, Tate, Johnstone, Trueman, Smoothy, McMeeken, Smith, Rodwell, Storton, Vagana, Tevaga

Interchanges: Pitts, Hamlin-Uele, Faatili, Lawford

Referee: Chris Kendall.

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Wakefield (20) 48

Tries: Scott 2, Johnstone 2, Hamlin-Uele 2, Walmsley, Smoothy, Rourke Goals: Sinfield 6

Castleford (0) 6

Tries: Qareqare Goals: Weaver

Wakefield Trinity ran in nine tries as they thrashed Castleford Tigers to boost their Super League top-four hopes at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Daryl Powell’s side climbed to third on 24 points after recording six wins in their past seven games.

Castleford were a mess and Wakefield took full advantage as Cameron Scott, Tom Johnstone and Caleb Hamlin-Uele each scored twice.

Lachlan Walmsley, Tyson Smoothy and Josh Rourke also went over, before Jason Qareqare replied a minute before time to avoid total humiliation for Castleford.

Scotland international Walmsley marked his spectacular one-handed finish in the corner by pulling out an Uno +4 card from his sock, with £180 being donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association by sponsors for every try celebration during Magic Weekend.

As majestic as Wakefield were, Castleford gave them a massive helping hand and Walmsley caught Jake Trueman’s kick and laid the ball off for Scott to go over in the right corner for their first score in the third minute.

It was one-way traffic and Trinity had two tries ruled out before winger Johnstone crossed in the left corner in the 16th minute.

Hamlin-Uele came off the bench to score their third try when he powered through two tackles to go over near the posts.

They were almost scoring at will as Castleford made mistake after mistake while missing 44 tackles.

Wakefield extended their lead to 20-0 when Scott collected Jack Sinfield’s pass and broke inside to go over for his second score.

They were enjoying themselves as Walmsley showed following his acrobatic try in the right corner after 47 minutes to make it 24-0.

Not to be left out, Trinity’s forwards got in on the act and Smoothy smashed through the Castleford defence to score by the posts on 51 minutes.

Hamlin-Uele scored his second try – and he will hardly record an easier one all season – as he walked through two Castleford tackles to go over.

Johnstone bagged his second try on 65 minutes when Wakefield passed the ball along their backline from a scrum, before Rourke caught Sinfield’s kick to crash over for their ninth try.

Qareqare, though, continued his hot streak with a 10th try in seven games, but it provided little consolation for ninth-placed Castleford.

On the back of eight straight losses things could hardly have got off to a worse start for the Giants when Johnstone got in at the corner and prop McMeeken then dotted down, after Rourke flicked Jake Trueman’s kick back.

However, they did not go under and two solo efforts in four minutes from Gagai and Geyer saw them turn the match on its head for the first time.

Sinfield’s first Super League try since joining from Leeds in the off-season gave Wakefield a 16-12 lead at the break, but Russell kicked a 40/20 in the first play of the second half and O’Donnell crashed over.

Huddersfield, who were looking for a first wince since 4 April, could not hold on to their narrow lead as Jowitt kicked a penalty after a high shot on McMeeken to level and Rourke held off the attentions of three players to get in at the corner.

The visitors fought back once more when Swift cut in off the left edge and grounded the ball to make it 22-22.

Sinfield’s drop-goal nudged Wakefield back into the lead before Russell’s long ranger levelled the scores yet again.

But the former Trinity man was left desolate when his pass was grabbed by Rourke who managed to get away from the chasers and win it.

Huddersfield will raise the curtain on Magic Weekend when they play York Knights at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium next Saturday, with Daryl Powell’s men playing his former side Castleford in Sunday’s first match.

Wakefield: Jowitt, Rourke, Scott, Pitts Johnstone, Sinfield, Trueman, Tevaga, Vagana, Nikotemo, Rodwell, Smoothy, McMeeken.

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

Huddersfield: Flanagan Jr, Swift, Jagger, Gagai, Milne, Lolohea, Russell, Powell, Dunford, O’Donnell, Rogers, Rush, Patolo.

Interchanges: English, King, Cozza, Geyer.

This was a meeting of the competition’s top scorers – Leeds had scored 102 points in their previous two games – and meanest defence, with Wakefield conceding fewer points than anyone else in the opening nine rounds.

That record was quickly under threat as Connor’s early penalty set the tone and after Trinity’s Cam Scott had been stretchered off and taken to hospital after a head clash, Sivo benefited from astonishingly quick hands from Handley to score the first try.

The Rhinos were brimming with confidence and flair, and Connor’s no-look pass sent Watkins slicing through the defensive cover to make it 14-0.

Oliver Pratt finally got Wakefield in the game with his 11th Super League try of the season, but Leeds were irrepressible in the first half and Lachie Miller sent Sivo away for his second try to restore the 14-point lead.

The momentum shifted just before the break as Sivo received his yellow card for a high tackle on Josh Rourke, and big Kiwi front rower Lolesio powered over the line for his first Wakefield try to bring fresh hope to the travelling fans.

Connor added a penalty early in the second half to give Leeds breathing space, but just before Sivo returned to the field Leeds lost another man as Handley was adjudged to have pushed Rourke as the two men raced after a kick into in-goal.

Again Trinity made use of the extra man as 23-year-old winger Myers finished brilliantly in the corner and Mason Lino’s conversion slashed the lead to four.

Super League’s leading points scorer Connor eventually kicked eight out of nine, a big contribution, but he showed the other side to his game with an interception and break that set up Croft for a try at a big moment in the game.

Still Trinity plugged away and Myers added another after catching Rourke’s kick over the top, but Leeds were not to be denied as Sivo came up with another strong finish in the corner, and Connor added a penalty.

Even the sin-binning of Jack Bird, Leeds’ third yellow card of the night, failed to interrupt the flow of the game as Croft continued his pursuit of team-mate Sivo at the top of the scoring charts with his second of the night and 13th in all.

Saints had won the previous five meetings between these sides, but Wakefield have continued to improve after taking sixth in their first season back in Super League last year.

They were distinctly second-best in the first half, however, and were soon undone as Owen Dagnall’s pace took them deep into Trinity territory and the power of Jake Davies did the rest, forcing his way over despite having two tacklers hanging on.

A looping pass from Jonny Lomax sent Feldt in for a sharp finish in the corner and then, after Harry Robertson had scattered the defence with a strong break, Hastings brilliantly threw a long pass out for Sailor, who accelerated through a gap to seemingly put the home side out of sight.

Paul Rowley’s side were in uncompromising mood, typified by prop Alex Walmsley charging 50 metres to chase down Oliver Pratt as the wing threatened to break away, getting a huge cheer from the home support.

The momentum of the game swung eight minutes into the second half as Saints had a try disallowed, and Wakefield went down the other end and Smoothy brushed Sailor aside to power over and get them on the scoresheet.

Saints’ sudden uncertainty showed as Jackson Hastings opted for two points from a penalty deep in opposition territory, and it looked a good decision as Corey Hall was centimetres short of another Wakefield try.

Saints began to wllt and Wakefield pressed hard, with Faatili going through a gap in the defence to close to within one converted try, but Saints held out to take the points.