Throughout this game Wakefield Trinity completely outplayed the Leeds rhinos in every department, beginning with a level of enthusiasm and confidence that the Rhinos just couldn't match. Trinity then set about exerting their dominance in the forwards with Shane Tronc and Michael Korkidas constantly driving into the hearts of the Leeds forwards, making ground and offloading the ball to eager supporting players.
Wakefield's back row of Jason Demetriou, Glenn Morrison and Tevita Leo-Latu where extremely lively with the ball in hand whilst being everywhere in defence shutting out any threat that Leeds may offer.
Halfback pairing Danny Brough and Ben Jeffries dished out a lesson in halfback play to their more auspicious counterparts in the Leeds team.
In the case of Danny Brough, he gave a masterly display of scrum-half artistry that the likes of Rob Burrow can only dream of.Even when forced into restructuring the three-quarter line with the loss of Luke George, leaving Wakefield with just three interchanges, they still ably coped with the Leeds Rhinos three-quarter line.
There will be much said about the referee's performance, especially by the Leeds faithful, but for most rugby league fans this was justice which has been a long time coming. Anyone who is not a Leeds fan or player will tell you that the Rhinos have been getting away with blue murder at the play the ball, with forward passes and with back chatting to the ref.
I'll qualify my comments here by stating that I have slaughtered a couple of referees already this season, one from a game where Wakefield were'nt involved and the other from a game that Wakefield won. Therefore this isn't the case of a fan backing a referee just because his team got the points, well done to the referee for not being intimidated by the badge on the shirt or the player who was wearing it.
My faith in the officials slightly restored!Well done Wakefield Trinity!
