Wolves too strong for Cats

Warrington claimed their fourth straight victory and go top of the engage Super League table after winning 22-6 at Wakefield.

The Wolves were far from their best but did enough to see off a Wildcats side that for all their commitment, lacked the quality to pose any sustained threat.

Wakefield remain on minus two points and without a home win since July, while the Wolves once again showed that even with key players missing they look set to be Grand Final contenders come the autumn.

Warrington forced a drop-out from the opening kick-off and Wakefield did not have the ball in their opponents' half for 15 minutes.

In that time Warrington crossed for two tries. Chris Riley touched down the first in the corner after Greg Johnson dropped Chris Bridge's diagonal kick under no pressure.

Bridge than claimed a score himself, dancing through the Wildcats defence from close range, with Ben Westwood converting from the touchline for 10-0.

When Wakefield finally mustered some attacking possession, they were undone by errors.

First Paul Johnson and then Josh Griffin knocked-on close to the Wolves line, although Griffin quickly made amends at the other end with a try-saving tackle forcing Rhys Evans into touch.

Fumbling

Still Wakefield failed to take their chances, with Julien Rinaldi fumbling on just the second tackle two metres from the Warrington line.

It was a similar story after the half-time break as Luke George knocked-on after Frankie Mariano was held up over the line.

Warrington quickly made them pay, as the defence was sucked in by a width-of-the-pitch move and Ryan Atkins was handed a stroll-in try, which Westwood again converted.

Tommy Lee's 40-20 set up Wakefield deep in the Warrington half and Kevin Henderson thought he had scored, only for the video referee to correctly rule the try out for a double movement.

On the hour mark Richie Myler cruised in under the posts to make the game safe, although the Wildcats deserved a score for all their efforts and got it when Griffin charged down Lee Briers' kick and scooped up the loose ball to score a try which he converted himself.