Round 16
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 37 d. Hull FC 22

2009 engage English Super League Index [Table] [Draw] [Player Stats] [Club Headlines]

Location: United Kingdom > National > First Grade Competition: engage English Super League

Wakefield break Hull FC drought
Tue June 16, 2009
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Wakefield recorded their first home win over Hull at Belle Vue in nine attempts with a 37-22 victory to consolidate their place in the engage Super League play-off positions.

John Kear's men last beat Hull on home soil in 2003, and will be pleased not only to have ended that sequence but to earn two points that secure their place in the top eight for another round after a run of just one win in six league games. Kear was on the Hull coaching staff when Wakefield triumphed 35-28 in August six years ago and, although three years have passed since he was acrimoniously shown the door at the KC Stadium, he will surely have enjoyed his side's return to form against his former employers more than most.

Another to revel in coming up against his old club was Danny Brough. The scrum-half was also cast aside by the Black and Whites in 2006 and, after proving to be the difference between the two when Wakefield won 21-14 at Hull in April, exacted further revenge as he had a hand in three of his side's six tries - two of which went to Tony Martin - and scored 15 points to sentence Hull to a 10th defeat in 12 outings.

Hull, one of just two sides in the competition not to have anyone away on international duty, started poorly with Shaun Berrigan making a couple of uncharacteristic errors and were unable to recover after Dale Ferguson's seventh minute opener. The try, the forward's first in 14 weeks, came with video referee Ian Smith citing benefit of the doubt after Ferguson beat Jodie Broughton to Brough's neat kick through. Brough added the conversion and was soon adding a try of his own after a catastrophic error from his opposite number Chris Thorman.

Hull had nearly scored themselves after some neat interplay between Berrigan and Motu Tony but, after the move broke down, Thorman threw out a needless pass that fell to Brough who raced the length of the field to score. The points continued to flow for Wakefield, with Martin crossing in the corner after Brad Drew's weighted kick left Broughton hopelessly exposed.

Broughton was not Hull's only errant performer, though, and did his best to make amends with a strong 60-metre run that was relieved by Brough. The Scotland captain had the final say of the half too, continuing his habit of dropping goals early in a game with his fourth one-pointer of the season, before sending a cut-out long pass into the hands of Matt Petersen who did the rest for a 23-0 interval lead. Hull managed to galvanise themselves sufficiently at the break to allow them to open their account, with Gareth Raynor's first try of an injury-hit season coming after a good offload from Richard Whiting.

The try and Danny Tickle's touchline goal would soon be cancelled out, though, as Martin poached a second score after Broughton lost the ball behind his own line after some heavy pressure when fielding a kick from Tevita Leo-Latu. Brough then slotted a penalty for further comfort before Broughton made a contribution at the right end, nipping in at the corner for the second try of his loan spell from Leeds after a snaking run from Tony.

Thoughts of a Hull comeback really began to stir as Kirk Yeaman bulldozed his way over the top of Matt Blaymire with 12 minutes remaining. But Wakefield had bought themselves enough points and enough time to make Broughton's second try three minutes from the end nothing more than a consolation, especially as Matt Blaymire finished things off for Wakefield in the last second.

Advanced Search