Match Report

WAKEFIELD TRINITY UNDER U18s 6 - WARRINGTON WOLVES UNDER U18s 28

Warrington Wolves Under 18s kept up their unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought victory over Wakefield Trinity in the Super League Academy at The Mobile Rocket Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

First Half

The Wire opened the scoring after 11 minutes when hooker Tom Inman and scrum half David Gibbons combined to find second row Connor Wrench. He hit the line before offloading to fullback Josh Thewlis who stepped back inside to score at the left of the posts. Thewlis converted his own try and just before the half-hour mark a strong drive from substitute Myles Tate put his side on the front foot; outstanding play from stand off Tom Whitehead saw him break through the line to find Thewlis in support to score at the right of the posts. Thewlis again added the conversion to make give the Wolves a 12-0 half time lead.

Second Half

Three minutes into the second half the Wire moved further ahead when substitute Tate received the ball close to the Trinity line and he used his size to twist in the tackle and stretch out to put the ball down at the side of the posts. Thewlis converted and 13 minutes later great work close to the line saw Thewlis link in and his long ball was collected by winger Sam Thackeray who went over in the right corner. Thewlis added a superb touchline conversion.

Just before the hour mark Thewlis broke from deep inside his own half and used his pace to race clear and round his opposite number on a 70-metre run to complete his hat trick wide out on the left. With 11 minutes remaining Trinity scored a consolation try when a great offload by substitute Sam Eseh found hooker Lewis Birdsall who raced away and rounded the cover to go over under the posts. Scrum half Robbie Butterworth landed the conversion to make the final score 28-6 to an impressive Wire side.

Victory over Wakey for U18s