THE Wire narrowly avoided throwing away a commanding lead to secure their sixth victory in seven games in 2019.
Josh Charnley, twice, Toby King, Chris Hill and Blake Austin had crossed to put them 34-12 up with 20 minutes remaining.
However, the hosts stormed back with four tries in the closing stages to come close to a stunning upset.
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Match facts
Super League, Round Seven
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Wakefield Trinity...32 Warrington Wolves...34
Trinity: Ryan Hampshire; Ben Jones-Bishop, Reece Lyne, Joe Arundel, Max Jowitt; Jacob Miller, Danny Brough; David Fifita, Kyle Wood, Anthony England, Pauli Pauli, Justin Horo, Jordan Crowther. Subs: Tinirau Arona, George King, Craig Kopczak, Keegan Hirst
Wolves: Stefan Ratchford; Josh Charnley, Ryan Atkins, Toby King, Jake Mamo; Blake Austin, Declan Patton; Chris Hill, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Jack Hughes, Ben Currie, Joe Philbin. Subs: Ben Murdoch-Masila, Lama Tasi, Jason Clark, Danny Walker
Scoring: T King try, 5mins, Ratchford goal, 0-6; Charnley try, 9mins; Hill try, 13mins, Ratchford goal, 0-18; Hampshire try, 19mins, Brough goal, 6-18; Austin try, 31mins, Ratchford goal, 6-24; Ratchford penalty, 40mins, 6-26; Ratchford penalty, 42mins, 6-28; Fifita try, 56mins, Brough conversion, 12-28; Charnley try, 59mins, Ratchford goal, 12-34; Wood try, 64mins, 16-34; Wood try, 67mins, Brough goal, 22-34; Jowitt try, 75mins, Brough goal, 28-32; Arundel try, 78mins, 32-34
Penalties: Trinity 14 Wolves 8
Referee: Ben Thaler
Attendance:4,753
@wolvesrl the win was great yes against a tough ground and team to visit, but yet again discipline and penalties marred a game we should of won by 20 pts at least
— Neil buckard (@neilbuckard53) March 22, 2019
Heart pounding thank god we won
— Dan (@1MisTahDan) March 22, 2019
Fell in love with ourselves 2nd half and put the que on the rack. Ultimately not good enough. An opportunity to rack up some points difference missed twice in 2 weeks.
— Paul 'Geordie' Arnison (@massivewire) March 21, 2019
Shouldn’t be letting in soft try’s on the back off poor defence. Ref didn’t help but defence was appalling.
— Adam Berry (@adamberry92) March 21, 2019
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