| Wakefield (0) 10 |
| Tries: Tanginoa, Kershaw Objective: Jowitt |
| Catalans (12) 18 |
| Tries: Johnstone, Keighran, Davies Targets: Keighran 3 |
Catalans bounced again from back-to-back defeats to maintain their League Leaders’ Defend hopes alive and plunge gutsy Wakefield Trinity nearer to relegation.
Tom Johnstone made it six tries in three towards his previous membership in 2023 to place the Dragons forward, and Adam Keighran crossed off a swap play.
Tom Davies dived in on the nook to provide Catalans daylight in a tense recreation in sticky situations.
Kelepi Tanginoa and Lee Kershaw crossed for Trinity late on, however too late.
With Castleford Tigers defeating Hull FC and an inferior factors distinction, it will likely be troublesome for Trinity to dig themselves out of hassle – as they’ve on so many events of their 24-year keep within the prime tier.
For all that, they confirmed spirit and coronary heart to maintain combating regardless of the very fact they knew the percentages have been stacked towards them. Nevertheless, they didn’t execute their possibilities and benefit from plenty of drop-outs till Tanginoa powered over and Kershaw intercepted for his strive.
After successive losses in a good race for prime spot and a house semi-final within the play-offs, this was a giant win for Catalans to reignite their kind.
Steve McNamara’s facet have been bolstered by the returning Johnstone, who brilliantly tracked a kick out broad for the opener, and their precision assault launched Keighran to wrong-foot a sliding defence.
One other testing kick bought Davies in out broad, which gave the Dragons a buffer, one which proved key after the house facet’s late fightback.
Arthur Mourgue limped off for them, whereas Trinity prop David Fifita was withdrawn with dizziness.
Wakefield head coach Mark Applegarth:
“We have got two video games the place we want Cas to slide up and ensure we’re winners. We’ll mud ourselves off and prepare for Leigh. We will probably be combating proper to the demise.
“It looks like groundhog day – we put within the effort and software once more and it is laborious as a coach to knock anybody for that, however if you boil it down it comes all the way down to these essential moments and effective margins,” he mentioned.
“It is the hardest a part of us in the meanwhile. You already know you should not be placing in that quantity of effort and coming away with a loss. They don’t seem to be getting their rewards for his or her efforts.
“I’ve little doubt that workforce on Friday evening will probably be going out and giving all the things, throwing the kitchen sink to get the consequence. It is a horrible scenario going on the market figuring out our future isn’t in our arms, however we will probably be going out and ripping into it.”
Catalans head coach Steve McNamara:
“That is the beginning for us, constructing into the play-offs with the momentum this away victory provides us.
“There’s so much this enjoying group have gone by and the response was good tonight. It wasn’t an entire efficiency, however I believed we dominated the sport and the final 5 minutes tipped the scoreboard.
“Ought to we’ve scored extra factors? Completely, however I feel you under-estimate coming right here towards a workforce that’s so determined. It was a very laborious evening to come back right here and get the win within the circumstances.”
Wakefield: Jowitt; Senior, Griffin, Croft, Kershaw; Lino, Gale; Atoni, Hood, Battye, Proctor, Ashurst, Pitts.
Interchanges: Kay, Fifita, Tanginoa, Eseh.
Sin-bin: Eseh (26).
Catalans: Mourgue; Davies, Keighran, Romano, Johnstone; Tomkins, Pearce; McMeeken, McIlorum, Navarrete, Seguier, Whitley, Garcia.
Interchanges: Bousquet, Da Costa, Chan, Ma’u.
Referee: Aaron Moore.