Ky Rodwell got Wakefield’s scoring up and running before Josh Griffin and Derrell Olpherts struck before the half-time break.

 

Sheffield got themselves on the scoreboard through James Glover after Trinity lost Liam Hood to the sin-bin but once back to 13 they hit their groove.

 

Three tries in the space of 10 minutes from Iain Thornley, Matty Ashurst and Liam Hood ended any faint hopes of a Sheffield comeback before a late second Olpherts score wrapped up a dominant evening.

 

Wakefield went ahead after the first quarter of an hour through Rodwell, although the prop almost bagged the opener 10 minutes earlier, though the Sheffield backline managed to hold him up through some determined defence.

 

The Eagles were unable to deny Rodwell though after Liam Hood’s dummy out of acting-half caught out the visitors and allowed the Australian to slide over.

 

Max Jowitt added the extras – the first of five conversions from six efforts – and then produced an even better play moments later.

 

Sheffield looked destined to equalise when Marsh broke through the middle and handed off to the surging Jack Hansen but a miraculous last-ditch tackle from Jowitt denied the half-back.

 

Trinity doubled their lead just before the half-hour with Hood again the architect, twice hacking a loose ball forward to give Griffin a simple finish under the sticks.

 

And the Trin ensured a three-score lead on the stroke of half-time when Gale tipped on a Hood pass wide to Walmsley, with the Scotland international poking an instinctive boot to the left corner and putting Olpherts over.

 

Shortly after the restart, Wakefield lost Liam Hood to the sin-bin for a professional foul, with Jowitt opting to keep the scoreboard ticking through a penalty goal moments later.

 

With the numerical advantage, Sheffield got on the scoreboard. After Marsh broke upfield from a Jowitt dropped ball, the full-back then picked out an inside pass to Glover who finished under the sticks.

 

Any Sheffield joy was short-lived however as Wakefield hit back to score thrice within the space of 10 minutes when back to the full compliment.

 

Jowitt grubber-kicked to the right corner and give Thornley a simple dot down before Luke Gale wiggled out of a tackle to prod a kick ahead to let Ashurst get his name on the scoresheet.

 

And Hood then added to his two first-half assists with a try of his own by selling an almighty dummy to the Sheffield backline and leaping over the whitewash.