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Warrington Wolves (14) 27

Tries: Sipley, Hopoate, Smith, King Goals: Sneyd 5 Drop goal: Sneyd

Wakefield Trinity (2) 16

Tries: Jowitt, Myers, Pratt Goals: Jowitt 2

Warrington endured a strong Wakefield fightback in the second half to make it two wins from two in Super League.

The Wolves, who were coming off the back of a blank weekend because of Hull Kingston Rovers' participation in the World Club Challenge, seemed to have taken a firm grip on the game in the first half.

Tries from Toafofoa Sipley and Albert Hopoate, in addition to the reputable kicking of Marc Sneyd, had them 14-2 up at the break.

Trinity, who chalked up their first win of the season at Huddersfield recently, came back well as Jake Trueman brilliantly developed tries for Max Jowitt and Jayden Myers.

Wire replied as Australian beginner Josh Smith crossed for his very first try but Oliver Pratt's rating for Trinity set up a nervy ending, with the outcome settled by Sneyd's drop objective and Toby King's late shot.

Wire provided more proof that they might make a fist of challenging for honours this season as Sneyd provided a kicking masterclass and they had the protective durability to hold company as Trinity came great.

Wakefield had actually won the previous 3 conferences of these 2, however they were soon in problem as Sneyd slotted over a charge and then video referee Chris Kendall reversed an on-field verdict of "no try" to provide Sipley 4 points.

A couple of minutes later, Hopoate supported Danny Walker's break to streak away for another try for 14-0.

Wire seemed to have made a pricey mistake as they reacted to strong Wakefield pressure right at the end of the half by committing repeat offenses which saw Sipley sin-binned and Jowitt kick the resulting charge to give his side a toe-hold.

That ended up being a firmer platform early in the second half as Trinity used the additional man, Trueman slinging a great pass over the top for Jowitt to score in the corner.

Sipley's very first act on going back to the field was a ruck infringement which caused Trueman developing an even much better looping cut-out pass and Myers finished to cut the lead to simply 4 points.

That spurred Wire into action after a drop in tempo and Sneyd's boot took control as he chipped the ball out to Smith, playing superior rugby for the very first time, to score his very first try, which Sneyd converted and then added a penalty to provide his side breathing room.

Pratt then got on the end of a fine kick by Jack Sinfield to score in the corner and when Jowitt remarkably nailed the tough conversion, the video game was back in the balance.

Wakefield appeared particular to score as Myers streaked for the corner but 20-year-old full-back Cai Taylor-Wray, who wowed the crowd with his attacking expertise versus St Helens, produced a stunning take on to bundle him into touch and keep the lead.

Sneyd dropped a goal and after that broke another fragile kick to the corner for Smith to get and pass in mid-air for King to get rid of any doubt.

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'A really high-quality game'

"It was an actually high-quality game. Both sides were at 90-something percent conclusion.

"They were physical and we had to ride out the first half but the lost its method a bit in the second half - [it was] not down to the gamers, it simply got a bit stop-start.

"In the very first half we could have assaulted a little much better. There are areas we can look at where we can challenge a bit more and ask a few more concerns.

"The way the game is going, it will take groups 8 to 10 weeks to figure it out, and it's the exact same with us. Our perseverance was proficient at times and we were 100% in the first half till the unfortunate sin-binning."

Warrington Wolves: Taylor-Wray; Thewlis, King, Hopoate, Smith; Williams, Sneyd; Yates, Walker, Byrne, Stone, Harrison, Currie.

Replacements: Sipley, Crowther, Philbin, Tanginoa.

Wakefield Trinity: Jowitt; Pratt, Scott, Hall, Myers; Sinfield, Trueman; McMeeken, Smoothy, Hamlin-Uele, Nikotemo, Vagana, Tevaga.

Replacements: Storton, Pitts, Faatili, Smith.

Referee: Liam Rush