Wakefield Trinity fan photos and action gallery as Daryl Powell purrs at ‘awesome’, ‘phenomenal’ and ‘red hot’ display from Wigan Warriors

Daryl Powell was full of superlatives for Wigan Warriors after his Wakefield Trinity side “copped one” at the DIY Kitchens Stadium last night.

Trin were soundly beaten 48-10 as Wigan ran in nine tries against the shell-shocked hosts, who were on the end of their heaviest defeat of the season.

It was also only Trin's third loss at Belle Vue in 2026, with the Warriors now inflicting two of those, with the first coming exactly two months ago in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.

The result also ended a three-match winning streak for Wakefield, who have been overtaken by Wigan in the table on points difference.

Praising the visitors’ performance, Powell said: “I thought Wigan were awesome from start to finish. It was too slow from us and it was a really poor performance. Individually and collectively we weren’t quite where we wanted to be. We have to learn some lessons from it and move on.

“I thought it was all Wigan. They completely dominated the game and they’ve been playing that way for a few weeks now. They just continued in that vein of form and we didn’t do that much to stop it.

“We have been beaten in every facet of the game. We have to put it behind us and we have to move on, but everything I’ve got to say I will say to the players during the week. I’m not going to make anything public. It’s tough for everybody today, so I am not going to judge anyone publicly.

“But we have to learn some harsh lessons from what Wigan did to us today. I thought they were phenomenal.”

He added: “No knee jerk reaction is needed. Wigan were pretty sharp. Their pack was awesome and there was some real venom about them. They all played well.

“We've been beaten by a team who were red hot today. Teams are struggling with them. They all played well and just when things are going well they bring Bevan French off the bench.

“It was a disappointing night from us but the season ebbs and flows. Sometimes you cop one of them.”

Take a look at these photos from the on-field action, as well as some great crowd shots, courtesy of John Clifton.