Home comfort for Wildcats
Wakefield beat Hull at home for the first time in nine attempts as they kept up their hunt for a Super League play-off.
Last Updated: 13/06/09 8:45pm
Wakefield beat Hull at home for the first time in nine attempts as they kept up their hunt for a Super League play-off place after winning out 37-22 at Belle Vue.
John Kear's men last beat Hull on home soil in 2003, but Saturday's welcome win put an end to that run and also cemented their top eight place after ending a run of just one win in six league games.
Former hull scrum-half Danny Brough 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.
Huge error
Brough added the conversion and was soon adding a try of his own as he raced the length of the field to score after a catastrophic error from his opposite number Chris Thorman.
The points continued to flow for Wakefield, with Martin crossing in the corner after Brad Drew's weighted kick left Broughton hopelessly exposed.
Scotland captain Brough 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.
Double Martin
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.