Three minutes later, Jowitt then finished a sublime break from Jake Trueman, who was the star on his Wakefield debut, to make it 10-0 before Mason Lino capitalised on a shocking Jake Connor error to touch down a loose ball to compound Leeds’ misery.
Wakefield Trinity marked their return to Super League with a surprise victory at West Yorkshire rivals Leeds Rhinos, as an opening weekend filled with shocks continued.
The expectation here was that they would be too strong and too powerful for a Wakefield side not only playing their first game back in Super League since promotion, but without a number of key forwards due to an early-season injury crisis.
After Leigh’s historic 1-0 win at Wigan on Thursday and Hull FC’s winat Catalans on Friday, this was the latest indicator that Super League could be shaping up to be more unpredictable than ever in 2025: which can only be a good thing for the competition.
Wakefield broke the deadlock when they kept the ball alive superbly on the last tackle, leading to Max Jowitt crossing before converting to make it 6-0.
