Super League: Wakefield 20-13 Leeds -Trinity deal blow to Leeds' play-off hopes

Jacob Miller has now kicked drop-goals in consecutive games for Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield maintained their impressive form as they edged out play-off chasing Leeds Rhinos for a third Super League win in four games.

Kruise Leeming touched down to put Leeds ahead but Kelepi Tanginoa pulled the hosts level after 32 minutes.

Brad Dwyer re-established the visitors' advantage but Jordan Crowther had Trinity level again.

Jacob Miller and Rob Lui exchanged late drop-goals before Ryan Hampshire kicked another for Trinity.

Joe Arundel then went over to seal victory for Wakefield and continued their renaissance under temporary boss Willie Poching.

It also followed their fightback win against Hull KR on Thursday.

The defeat dented Leeds' play-off aspirations off the back of a morale-boosting win against Wigan last week as they dropped to sixth immediately after the result, but moved back up to fifth after Castleford's loss to the Warriors.

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It was a tough start for the visitors as they lost Matt Prior to the sin-bin for a high tackle, but they took the lead through Leeming despite being a player down.

Dwyer ran in Leeds' second try, again converted by Rhyse Martin, to stretch their lead to 12-6 just before the half-time hooter with his sixth try in seven games.

But after Crowther's effort, Miller kicked his second drop-goal in as many games to give Trinity a one-point lead - just after Prior again went into the bin along with Wakefield's Chris Green.

Leeds then lost Callum McLelland to a leg injury, but valiantly got back on level terms when Lui successfully kicked a drop-goal.

But Hampshire and Arundel's contributions - along with a third conversion from Mason Lino - sealed a memorable success for Poching's side.

Wakefield Trinity interim boss Willie Poching:

"It feels pretty good, for many reasons. It was just nice to win a derby. We lost one a couple of weeks ago and in that we lacked the emotion for 40 minutes that should happen in a derby game.

"Today we showed a lot of spirit and fight from the start. Some of the spirit and belief they're playing with is really pleasing.

"For me that's a massive factor. We're starting to see that consistently."

Leeds Rhinos boss Richard Agar:

"We get sin-bins every week, we're very quick to get sin-bins.

"Sin-bins on the back of touch judges who are 40 metres away giving reports. If we look at our sin-binnings this year, on an isolated and on their own merits, I'm just not really sure.

"We know that we're going to have to work to very, very high standards at the moment because we are very quick to give penalties away and sin-bins. That's how it feels from our standpoint.

"We obviously need some clarification because there's a fair bit of moaning and groaning when it's happening at the moment. But a lot of it rests with us."

Wakefield: Hampshire, Kershaw, Arundel, Senior, Johnstone, Miller, Lino, Crowther, Tanginoa, Pitts, Green, Kay, Battye.

Interchanges: Wood, Fifita, Aydin, Batchelor.

Leeds: Myler, Handley, Newman, T Briscoe, L Briscoe, Lui, Leeming, Tetevano, Martin, Donaldson, Prior, Dwyer, Thompson.

Interchanges: Vuniyayawa, McLelland, Holroyd, Smith.

Referee: C. Kendall.

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