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Leeds 40 Wakefield 26: Justin Poore sparks mass brawl

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Leeds 40 Wakefield 26: We know it's Boxing Day but this is ridiculous! Poore behaviour leads to mass brawl

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15:10 GMT, 26 December 2012

Wakefield's Australian prop Justin Poore made an unforgettable first appearance on British soil when he was sent off against Super League champions Leeds for sparking a Boxing Day brawl.

The 27-year-old former Parramatta forward was given his marching orders by referee Jamie Leahy after clashing with Leeds prop Ryan Bailey just 20 minutes into the festive challenge match at Headingley.

Poore had already conceded three penalties in an inauspicious start to his Wakefield career and he could now miss the start of Super League XVIII in February if he is banned by the disciplinary committee.

Festive cheer: Wakefield and Leeds players square up on Boxing Day

Festive cheer: Wakefield and Leeds players square up on Boxing Day

Festive cheer: Wakefield and Leeds players square up on Boxing Day

Ouch: Ryan Bailey was cut in the clash

Ouch: Ryan Bailey was cut in the clash

Bailey was sin-binned for his part in
the fracas, along with team-mate Mitch Achurch, who was also making his
first appearance in British rugby league, and Wakefield winger Ben
Cockayne.

Leeds hooker
Paul McShane, making his return from a loan spell with Widnes, became
the fourth player to be shown a yellow card when he was sin-binned on 57
minutes for a high tackle.

Wakefield,
fielding a near full-strength team, were never able to overcome their
numerical disadvantage as they went down to a makeshift Leeds outfit in
front of a crowd of 9,347.
Star
of the show was acting captain Danny McGuire, one of three members of
the Rhinos' Grand Final-winning team, while new faces Joe Vickery and
Joel Moon also caught the eye on Leeds' new 1million pitch.

Vickery,
a 23-year-old Australian trialist, boosted his chances of securing a
contract by scoring two well-taken tries in the first 22 minutes while
Moon was named the Rhinos' man of the match.

It was from McGuire's perfectly-judged grubber kick that Vickery opened the scoring on five minutes, although Wakefield hit the champions with two well-executed tries in three minutes from skipper Danny Kirmond and new signing Reece Lyne to take a 12-6 lead.

A superb one-handed pass from ex-Salford centre Moon gave the impressive Vickery the chance to jink his way over for his second try and delicate footwork from McShane created the first of two touchdowns for prop Brad Singleton.

McShane's second conversion made it 16-12 but Cockayne brought the scores level on the stroke of half-time when he took Lyne's pass to score the visitors' third try.

Leeds edged back in front four minutes into the second half when McGuire's long pass got winger Jimmy Watson over for their fourth try and the England half-back took complete control to create further tries for winger Jamel Chisholm, substitute Alex Foster and Moon.

Centre Dean Collis and former Leeds full-back Richard Mathers added further tries for the Wildcats and Paul Sykes kicked a third goal but Leeds had the final say when Singleton went over for their eighth try, with McShane kicking his fourth goal from six attempts.

Hull KR 30 Wakefield 31

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Hull KR 30 Wakefield 31: Sykes strikes at the death for Wildcats

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16:28 GMT, 19 August 2012

Paul Sykes' drop goal with 40 seconds remaining gave Wakefield a narrow win over Hull KR and secured their fifth win in a row.

It was the second week running that Sykes pulled off a game-winning drop-goal after his effort last week against St Helens.

Wakefield won with a lot of help from former Rovers players now playing for Richard Agar. Ben Cockayne (two), Peter Fox and Frankie Mariano all had spells at the East Yorkshire side before moving on in recent years.

The visitors took the lead in the seventh minute through Cockayne, a fans' favourite at Craven Park before his departure midway through last season.

He was sent away by Ali Lauitiiti to score in the left-hand corner but Sykes was unable to turn it in a six-point score.

Rovers took a while to get going and drew level midway through the half. Mickey Paea, who made an explosive introduction to the game moments before, produced a quality offload to send Liam Salter over for his second try in two games. Michael Dobson, like Sykes, missed the conversion to leave the scores level.

In their very next set, Rovers took the lead through a creative try down the left flank. Dobson's chip over the top was inch-perfect for Dave Hodgson, who in turn kicked downfield for Graeme Horne to chase.

The centre won the race to ground the ball but it came at a cost as Richie Mathers clattered into Horne and knocked the tryscorer out. It was Horne's last contribution to the game as he was replaced by Con Mika after several minutes of treatment. Dobson was unable to convert.

Rovers were enjoying their best spell of the first half and with two minutes remaining Salter scored his second try of the game. At the third time of asking, Dobson found his range and kicked the conversion for a 14-4 lead.

It should have been the half-time score, but Wakefield had less than a minute to come up with something special. Cockayne broke down the left and won a penalty. From it Tim Smith kicked to the opposite wing for Fox to score with just one second on the clock against the team that released him at the end of last season. Sykes' conversion dipped under the crossbar to leave the Wildcats trailing 14-8 at the interval.

Just 19 seconds in the second half, a third former Robin scored. Mariano strolled through a massive gap after Richard Silverwood penalised Ben Galea for being offside from the restart. Sykes added the extras to level the scores.

Cockayne got his second of the game in the 49th minute, getting to Tim Smith's kick quicker than Craig Hall. Sykes' conversion opened up a 20-14 lead for the Wildcats.

Dean Collis' try three minutes later put the visitors in control of the game. Tim Smith was once again the architect of the try with another pinpoint kick to the right-hand corner and again Sykes converted.

With their grip on eighth place slipping, Rovers had 25 minutes to turn the game around. Dobson's kick to the posts found Lincoln Withers who managed to ground the ball despite the attention of three Wakefield defenders. Dobson's conversion left a converted try separating the two sides, a deficit which was wiped out two minutes later when Galea scored just three days after announcing his plans to retire. His 35-metre mazy run showed he will be missed from the game.

It set up a tense finale and with a vociferous East Stand behind them, Rovers regained the lead through Josh Hodgson. Hall's delayed pass sent the hooker away for his 14th try of the season but Dobson's conversion hit the upright and gave Wakefield a chance.

The Wildcats seized their opportunity, Scott Taylor palming the ball into the in-goal area for Kyle Wood to score. Sykes missed the straightforward conversion that would have won the game and with the scores tied at 30-30 Sykes tried his luck with a drop goal that fell well short.

His second attempt, from much closer in, won the game for Wakefield and dropped Rovers out of the play-offs.

Huddersfield 14 Wakefield 35

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Huddersfield 14 Wakefield 35: Wildcats storm back to cut Giants down to size

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16:24 GMT, 22 July 2012

Wakefield scored 29 unanswered points in coming from 14-6 down to claim their first win in five Stobart Super League matches and ruin Huddersfield coach Paul Anderson's first match in charge of the Giants.

Anderson was fast-tracked into the role of head coach following the sacking of Nathan Brown but he was unable to halt a run of results that has seen the Giants win just one of their last nine matches.

The former Great Britain forward had rung the changes by handing the captaincy to Luke Robinson and recalling five players after the heavy Challenge Cup defeat by Warrington, including Greg Eden who was a late inclusion after winger Aaron Murphy pulled out through injury after the warm-up.

Party time: Wakefield celebrate as they come from behind to beat Huddersfield

Party time: Wakefield celebrate as they come from behind to beat Huddersfield

The re-shuffle looked to have had the desired effect as Huddersfield established an eight-point lead six minutes into the second half but the Wildcats struck back to expose their opponents' fragile confidence by running in four tries in the last 18 minutes.

The Giants enjoyed all the early pressure but the Wildcats demonstrated some tough defence, led by skipper Danny Kirmond, the former Huddersfield second-rower.

It took a mistake for the home side to open the scoring, full-back Scott Grix seizing on a dropped pass by scrum-half Tim Smith just inside his own half and the supporting Luke George, one of six ex-Wakefield men in the Giants line-up, held off Ben Cockayne in a sprint to the line.

Danny Brough's conversion attempt rebounded off an upright and the visitors drew level on 24 minutes when Cockayne raced onto Smith's grubber kick on the last tackle to score his 11th try of the season.

Paul Sykes' goal edged the Wildcats in front and they went close to extending their lead with a thrilling counter-attack.

Full-back Richard Mathers released Peter Fox after collecting a kick behind his own line and the former England winger sprinted up to halfway before passing inside to Dean Collis, who was stopped by Lee Gilmour.

Wakefield held onto their lead until the last minute of the first half when they were undone by Brough's miscued kick, which found centre Leroy Cudjoe who got George over for his second try of the match and his 14th of the season.

Brough again failed with the conversion but the Giants added a third try early in the second half when replacement hooker Tommy Lee, another former Wildcat, split the visitors' defence open with a dummy and prop Eorl Crabtree was on his inside to take the final pass.

Brough's only goal of the match made it 14-6 but Wakefield got back into the game when Smith's kick bounced awkwardly for the Giants defence and Collis was on hand to claim the touchdown.

The Wildcats had a let-off when Huddersfield prop Keith Mason dropped the ball over the line and they hit the front again on 62 minutes when Brough went to intercept a pass by Sykes and gave ex-Leeds centre Lee Smith a clear run-in for his first try for the club.

Six minutes later the Giants failed to prevent a trademark offload from second-rower Ali Lauitiiti as Mathers went over for his side's fourth try and Sykes' third goal made it 22-14.

The Giants were in freefall by then and Tim Smith and Kirmond added further tries in the final 10 minutes, with Sykes taking his goal tally to five and adding a drop goal for good measure.

Wakefield 26 Salford 22: Wildcats fast start leaves Reds with too much to do

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Wakefield 26 Salford 22: Wildcats fast start leaves Reds with too much to do

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19:03 GMT, 21 April 2012

Wakefield produced a dominant
first-half performance but were forced to withstand a tremendous
fightback before claiming a first win in five games and condemning
fellow strugglers Salford to a fourth successive Stobart Super League
defeat.

The Reds won the second half 16-4
but had left themselves too much to do after an error-strewn opening in
which they simply could not handle the strong-running Wildcats forwards.

Acting captain Danny Kirmond and
front rower Oliver Wilkes were outstanding as Wakefield raced out of the
blocks, scoring two tries in the first six minutes, and they had also
two others disallowed inside the opening quarter.

Loose forward Danny Washbrook combined with stand-off Isaac John to get impressive centre Dean Collis over for the first and then took scrum-half Tim Smith's inside pass to go over himself.

As the visitors struggled to get a foothold in the contest, Wildcats hooker Paul Aiton regathered his own grubber kick only for video referee Ben Thaler to rule a knock-on and Kirmond was denied a try for a forward pass.

Prop Andy Raleigh became the fifth Wakefield player to cross the line but he was held on his back and the misses began to look costly when Salford scored a breakaway try.

Winger Ashley Gibson collected Smith's towering kick meant for Ben Cockayne 10 metres from his own line and raced upfield before sending the supporting Daniel Holdsworth over.

Holdsworth added the goal to cut the deficit to six points but Wakefield re-asserted their authority with two further tries in the last 10 minutes of the first half.

Second rower Frankie Mariano crashed over for his first try of the season and a superb one-handed pass from Collis got winger Peter Fox over for the Wildcats' fourth try.

Paul Sykes' third goal made it 22-6 at the break but Salford livened up in the second half, particularly following the introduction of back rower Chris Nero, who scored their second try after being put through a gap by Holdsworth.

Holdsworth's second goal reduced the gap to 10 points but Sykes put the home side two scores in front with a penalties on 64 and 71 minutes.

The Reds would have scored had centre Joel Moon been able to gather Holdsworth's high kick but the ball slipped through his grasp with the line beckoning, while Collis came up with crucial tackle to haul down dangerous winger Jodie Broughton.

Salford saved their best rugby for the last five minutes, with Gibson going over for two tries in two minutes, and they would have snatched an unlikely victory had second rower Matty Ashurst been able to take Moon's pass with the line open.

Wakefield 32 Catalan Dragons 22: Wildcats end winless run despite late rally

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Wakefield 32 Catalan Dragons 22: Wildcats end winless run despite late rally

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18:53 GMT, 25 March 2012

Wakefield ended a five-match losing run with their first home win of the Stobart Super League season against an out-of-sorts Catalan Dragons side at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium.

Winger Peter Fox scored his first tries since the Wildcats' opening-day win at Widnes and the home side led 30-6 after 51 minutes before withstanding a late rally from their French visitors.

Scott Dureau, Vincent Duport and Clint Greenshields all scored late tries as the Dragons cut the gap to just eight points, but Wakefield stand-off Isaac John closed out the game with a penalty on the final hooter.

Foxy: Wakefield Wildcats had Peter Fox to thank for victory over Catalan Dragons

Foxy: Wakefield Wildcats had Peter Fox to thank for victory over Catalan Dragons

One lapse in defence by Richard Agar's men let the Catalans in for a try on 34 minutes, scored by Gregory Mounis and converted by Dureau, but the Wildcats had the better of the first half and were good value for their 24-6 lead.

Winger Ben Cockayne opened the scoring after 12 minutes with his seventh try of the season and two in five minutes from Fox and Andy Raleigh midway through the first half put the home team in control.

Fox closed the half with an 80-metre breakaway try, converted by John, who was on target with all four first-half conversions.

John added to Wakefield's healthy lead with penalty and a try from Danny Kirmond on 52 minutes looked to have secured the points.

But the Perpignan team struck back through Dureau and Duport and Wakefield survived a late scare when a four-man move over 70 metres put Greenshields in for the final try, converted by Dureau.

Widnes 14 Wakefield 32: Vikings" Super League return wrecked by Fox

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Widnes 14 Wakefield 32: Vikings' return wrecked by Fox dash

Wakefield scored five second-half tries to deny Widnes a winning return to the Stobart Super League.

Peter Fox capped a strong Wakefield
finish by touching down twice in the closing minutes after earlier tries
from Andy Raleigh, Richie Mathers and Tim Smith had changed the game.

Two much: Wildcats' Steve Southern is help up

Two much: Wildcats' Steve Southern is help up

Widnes were competitive for an hour on their new artificial pitch at the Stobart Stadium, with tries from Danny Craven, Patrick Ah Van and Hep Cahill putting them in control.

Yet the Wildcats, who also scored through Ali Lauitiiti in the first half, were always in contention and powered home impressively in coach Richard Agar's first game in charge

Few had known what to expect from the game with both sides having undergone huge reconstruction in the off-season, while Widnes' synthetic playing surface added to the uncertainty.

Both sides produced scrappy spells of play but there was plenty of positive action to keep the crowd enthralled and offer encouragement for the campaign ahead.

Wakefield, with 12 new faces in their starting 13, began in determined fashion with Ben Cockayne twice denied out wide.

On the charge: Widnes Vikings' Steve Pickersgill holds off Wakefield Wildcats' Danny

On the charge: Widnes Vikings' Steve Pickersgill holds off Wakefield Wildcats' Danny

Widnes showed little of their attacking ability until pressing forward to take the lead in the eighth minute.

Craven, one of only three debutants in their starting line-up, created room for himself and then beat Mathers to his own kick to touch down.

Former Bradford winger Ah Van, sporting a thick beard, knocked over the conversion to get the Vikings off to a promising start.

Wakefield responded as Isaac John put Lauitiiti over with a fine flat pass but Widnes retained the lead as John missed a straightforward conversion.

Lauitiiti then ripped through Widnes to set up Mathers but momentum was lost as the ball came back for Cockayne and Vince Mellars could not force his way over.

Widnes thought they had extended their lead after Ah Van leapt above Fox for a Craven kick and the ball bobbled free for former Wakefield man Frank Winterstein.

Yet after Ah Van's involvement was ruled legal following lengthy deliberation by the video referee, Winterstein was then adjudged to have failed to ground correctly.

Widnes did not dwell on the disappointment and claimed their second try when a Winterstein offload allowed Willie Isa to send Ah Van over with a long pass.

Touch down: Vikings' Danny Craven beats Wakefield Wildcats' Ritchie Mathers to score their opening try

Touch down: Vikings' Danny Craven beats Wakefield Wildcats' Ritchie Mathers to score their opening try

That gave the Vikings a 10-4 interval lead but their advantage was wiped out within three minutes of the restart as Raleigh slid on to a Smith kick to score by the posts and John converted.

Widnes went close to reclaiming the lead as a Rhys Hanbury kick aimed for Ah Van caught out the winger and two defenders and Isa slid in, but the video referee spotted a pull by Ah Van on Fox.

Wakefield applied pressure and won a series of penalties in dangerous territory but failed to capitalise and Widnes went back ahead when Cahill charged down a kick on halfway and sprinted away to the corner.

The lead did not last and Wakefield claimed the lead for the first time as Smith found a gap for Mathers to score and John added the extras.

Agar's men maintained the pressure as penalties again hurt Widnes and Smith eventually found a way through to score with a fine piece of individual skill.

Widnes were reduced to 12 men for the closing minutes after Ben Cross was sinbinned for dissent and Fox went over for Wakefield's fifth try in the corner just seconds later.

Fox then had the final word when he claimed his second try moments later to leave Widnes well beaten.