Wakefield Trinity captured their maiden Physical Disability Rugby League Grand Final title at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle on Saturday after victories over Wigan Warriors and Castleford Tigers!

Having claimed a third consecutive League Leaders’ Shield last month, Wakefield made a storming start to Finals Day by routing Wigan 24-0.

Chris Mitchell crossed down the right edge before Michael Brown went under the sticks from a 40-metre break.

Lee Whiteley’s short pass set up Darren Dean before the creator turned scorer after some classy interchange play with Dean.

Adam Fleming finished with four conversions from as many attempts on goal.

Trinity made a similarly bright start in the 22-6 victory over Castleford in the Grand Final, with Fleming driving across the whitewash on the right flank. He went on to convert his own try, the first of three goals.

Brown’s outside pass put Callum Parkinson away down the left touchline before a shift play to the right saw captain Alex Dickinson feed Mitchell to finish.

Elliot Dixon-Griffiths grabbed Wakefield’s final score of the afternoon through a 20m break and although Castleford found a late converted try it proved a consolation.

Celebrating the victory, Trinity Player-Coach Ben Nicholson said: “This is a culmination of a long and hard road for a lot of the boys, some of whom have been here for a number of years.

“That old saying, ‘Always the bridesmaid, never the bride’, has been mentioned before as I think this is our fifth attempt at the Grand Final.

“But we just got everything right, from our preparation to the games themselves and we got our just rewards.”

“We’ve been really good all year and we’ve really stuck to our processes and we came into Finals Day unbeaten. 

“One of the biggest things that we’ve preached all year is about being professional. We know that on our days teams can struggle to live with us. 

“In the Wigan game, we showed a lot of steel in our defence and once we found out that we’d be playing Castleford in the Final, we knew that they’d give us a really good test, particularly on their home patch.

“Ultimately, I think it’s our defence that has won us the two trophies this year. I think we’ve only conceded about 20 points over the course of an unbeaten season which tells its own story.”