WATCH - St Helens 26 Wakefield Trinity 6: Trinity deliver improved performance but not enough to stop poor run of form

By Ben McKenna
Published 2nd Aug 2019, 21:28 BST
Updated 2nd Aug 2019, 22:28 BST
Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.
Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.
WAKEFIELD TRINITY produced a much-improved display at runaway Super League league leaders St Helens but it wasn’t enough to bring a halt to their worrying run of form.

Trinity have now lost nine of their last 10 league games and have just five fixtures to secure their Super League survival.

They will need to find a win sooner rather than later, however head coach Chris Chester will be encouraged by his side’s display on Friday evening.

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For the opening 25 minutes, Wakefield looked a different outfit to the one that had been thumped by Wigan Warriors just over two weeks ago.

Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.
Danny Brough opened Wakefield's scoring with a penalty goal. PIC: James Heaton.

Free-flowing Saints weren’t given an inch by a determined Trinity, who produced one of their best defensive stints of the season in the first quarter.

Wakefield welcomed back Danny Kirmond and Craig Kopczak but were without captain Jacob Miller, who was replaced at half-back by Ryan Hampshire.

The score was locked at 2-2 until the 27th minute, highlighting the defensive intent from both sets of players.

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However, St Helens only needed an eight-minute spell of dominance to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.