Leigh went into the sport seeking to attain a second successive semi-final, whereas Trinity confronted their first play-off look in 13 years after a stellar first season again in Tremendous League.
Daryl Powell’s aspect received 40-14 on their final go to to the Leopards Den and nearly loved a dream begin when Josh Griffin charged down O’Brien’s first-minute clearance kick however could not collect as a transparent run to the road beckoned.
However that was because it obtained within the first half for the guests who misplaced second rower Matty Storton to a leg harm inside 5 minutes.
Leigh quickly hit the entrance as slick passing created a two-on-one on the proper edge the place Umyla Hanley despatched Model in for his seventh strive in 4 matches and a seventeenth Tremendous League strive of the season.
Frankie Halton was held up a metre brief, whereas three tacklers mixed to cease Hanley’s cost for the road as Wakefield had been penned deep in their very own territory by rampant Leigh.
Trinity’s goalline defence soaked up wave after wave of stress, however a battered backline lastly cracked within the face of Liu’s highly effective run.
Lachlan Lam maintained the just about relentless momentum with a 40-20, and some performs later, the instrumental scrum-half fed Charnley to cross within the left nook.
The guests badly wanted the following try to obtained it inside 4 minutes of the restart. Mason Lino’s excessive kick rebounded again off O’Brien and the ball was shortly moved out to the correct edge the place Myers utilized an excellent one-handed diving end.
However an error from the restart instantly gifted O’Brien a momentum-stalling penalty earlier than Tuitavake crashed over on the hour to place the hosts out of sight at 26-4.
A check out of nowhere gave Wakefield the ultimate say as Scott weaved his approach by way of a niche simply contained in the Leigh half and outpaced his chasers for a positive particular person effort.
