Day of fightbacks for Super League

Sunday, 26, Mar 2006 07:38

Wakefield recovered from a 21-0 deficit to win their away Super Leage game against Warrington 21-22.

Two tries from Jamie Rooney and one from Semi Tadulala had given the home supporters at Belle Vue plenty of voice at half time, but they were soon silenced when in the 47th minute Toa Kohe-Love began Wakefield's recovery.

Chris Bridge and Logan Swann managed to add two more tries, but with seven minutes to go Wakefield were still behind.

It was a second score from Chris Bridge that set up the tense final minutes of the game, in which both sides failed to take chances to break away and win the game.

"We were too soft in the first half, but too tough for them in the second," Warrington's coach Paul Cullen said.

"That fight and team spirit that we showed in the second half wasn't there sufficiently last week, but it was there today."

Meanwhile at The Jungle, Huddersfield succeeded in thwarting an identical fightback by Castleford.

"We weathered the storm, came back and finished strongly," said Huddersfield coach Jon Sharp.

Having developed and then lost a 22 point lead, two tries in the final ten minutes from James Evans and Steve Snitch helped secure them a 22-36 victory.