1315trinity wrote:
so for the benefit of those who couldn't go what was the score please?
Trinity battle to victory against Halifax
16TH JANUARY 2022
Wakefield Trinity register their first pre-season win after battling to a 52-24 victory over Halifax at The Shay.
After over 300 appearances, all eyes were on Grix as he ran out onto The Shay for the final time this afternoon, closing the curtain on a fantastic career.
However, focus soon turned to the game and with the time ticking down to the start of the Super League season, head coach Willie Poching named a full-strength side for the club’s trip across West Yorkshire.
Following a decent performance against the Rhinos on Boxing Day, there was a lot to ponder for the Wakefield coaching staff, as the side’s big hitters returned to the starting line-up.
Comfortable and a safe pair of hands, Trinity fullback, Max Jowitt, started well as the Panthers pressed early on. That possession seemed to pay for the home side, though, as minutes later Corey Aston stripped the ball to run over unchallenged.
Just one month is left until Trinity welcome Hull FC in Round One of the Betfred Super League, it didn’t take long for the away side to find their bearings.
Just five minutes later, Liam Hood powered his way over the try line before Corey Hall touched down his first Wakefield try.
Silky play was the order of the day for Poching’s men as they made their newfound momentum count as Jai Whitbread, Jacob Miller and Tom Lineham all found the whitewash before the half-hour.
There was time for two more tries before the referee called time on the opening 40, though, as Max Jowitt raced over before the Panthers pulled one back through Benjamin Tibbs, leaving Trinity with a 22-point cushion at the break.
With the bit between their teeth, it was the home side who came out of the traps stronger in the second period as the home side registered back-to-back tries before the hour mark.
A shift in the Wakefield pack welcomed some of the club’s young guns onto centre stage as Kobe Poching, Isaac Shaw and Patrick O’Donovan entered the field.
Normal service was resumed for the Super League side in the final stages, however, as some neat work from Reece Lyne opened up Shaw to score his first Trinity try.
Lyne, himself, then got in on the act, opening Trinity’s margin even further before Whitbread took Walker’s expertly-weighted pass to touch down and complete a 52-24 victory.
