2007 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season

2007 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season
Super League XII Rank	8th
Challenge Cup	5th round
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In the 2007 rugby league season, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats competed in Super League XII and the 2007 Challenge Cup.

Results

Super League XII

Main article: 2007 Super League season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (L)	27	19	0	8	783	422	+361	38	Semifinal
2	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	18	1	8	747	487	+260	37
3	Bradford Bulls	27	17	1	9	778	560	+218	33 [lower-alpha 1]	Elimination semifinal
4	Hull F.C.	27	14	2	11	573	553	+20	30
5	Huddersfield Giants	27	13	1	13	638	543	+95	27
6	Wigan Warriors	27	15	1	11	621	527	+94	27 [lower-alpha 2]
7	Warrington Wolves	27	13	0	14	693	736	−43	26
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	11	1	15	596	714	−118	23
9	Harlequins	27	10	3	14	495	636	−141	23
10	Catalans Dragons	27	10	1	16	570	685	−115	21
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	0	17	491	723	−232	20
12	Salford City Reds (R)	27	6	1	20	475	874	−399	13	Relegation to National League One

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches.
2. Wigan deducted 4 points for salary cap breaches.

Super League results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
10 February	1	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	9–14	Obst	Rooney (2 + 1 FG)	7,154	RLP
18 February	2	St Helens	H	Belle Vue	W	29–22	Atkins, Blaymire, Catic, Ferres, Rooney	Rooney (4 + 1 FG)	7,385	RLP
25 February	3	Salford City Reds	H	Belle Vue	W	36–24	Atkins, Henderson, Leo-Latu, MacGillivray, Rooney	Rooney (8)	6,385	RLP
4 March	4	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	W	19–6			13,229	RLP
11 March	5	Catalans Dragons	H	Belle Vue	W	40–20	Demetriou (2), Blaymire, Fox, Jeffries, Rooney, Tadulala	Rooney (6)	5,332	RLP
16 March	6	Leeds Rhinos	H	Belle Vue	L	26–32	Atkins (2), Fox (2), Jeffries	Rooney (3)	9,973	RLP
25 March	7	Warrington Wolves	H	Belle Vue	W	30–24	Atkins, Fox, Jeffries, Leo-Latu, P. March, Pryce	Rooney (3)	6,119	RLP
6 April	8	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	12–56	Blaymire, moore	Rooney (2)	6,757	RLP
9 April	9	Bradford Bulls	H	Belle Vue	L	24–36	Fox (2), Blaymire, Henderson, Rooney	Rooney (2)	9,106	RLP
14 April	10	Harlequins RL	A	Twickenham Stoop	D	22–22	Blaymire (2), P. March, Pryce	Rooney (3)	2,532	RLP
20 April	11	Wigan Warriors	A	JJB Stadium	L	10–44	Demetriou, Jeffries	Rooney	14,108	RLP
28 April	12	Hull F.C.	H	Belle Vue	L	18–20	Atkins (2), Golden, Jeffries	Rooney	7,142	RLP
6 May	13	Huddersfield Giants	N	Millennium Stadium	L	12–36	Rooney, White	Rooney (2)	26,447	RLP
18 May	14	St Helens	A	Knowsley Road	L	14–34	Elima, Gleeson	Rooney (3)	8,529	RLP
27 May	15	Catalans Dragons	H	Belle Vue	W	18–12	Demetriou, Pryce, Rooney	Rooney (3)	4,023	RLP
3 June	16	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Belle Vue	W	30–15	Blaymire (2), Jeffries, Watene, White	P. March (5)	6,107	RLP
17 June	17	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–31	Catic, Pryce	Ferres (2)	10,324	RLP
1 July	18	Wigan Warriors	H	Belle Vue	W	32–6	Jeffries (2), Blaymire, Demetriou, Fox, Moore	Ferres (3), Jeffries	8,126	RLP
6 July	19	Salford City Reds	A	The Willows	W	35–18	Atkins (2), Fox, Jeffries, MacGillivray, Rooney	Rooney (5 + 1 FG)	4,178	RLP
15 July	20	Huddersfield Giants	H	Belle Vue	L	23–24	Fox (2), Obst (2)	Rooney (3 + 1 FG)	5,241	RLP
20 July	21	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	W	23–16	Atkins, Elima, George	Rooney (5 + 1 FG)	16,654	RLP
5 August	22	Bradford Bulls	A	Grattan Stadium	L	24–38	Atkins, Demetriou, Fox, Henderson	Rooney (4)	10,701	RLP
12 August	23	Harlequins RL	H	Belle Vue	W	28–14	Atkins (2), Catic, Rooney, White	Rooney (4)	5,128	RLP
17 August	24	Hull F.C.	H	Belle Vue	L	24–42	Atkins, Demetriou, Rooney	Rooney (6)	8,115	RLP
1 September	25	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	20–38	Rooney (2), Obst	Rooney (4)	7,325	RLP
9 September	26	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	22–24	Demetriou (2), White	Rooney (5)	7,066	RLP
14 September	27	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	4–46	Jeffries		19,226	RLP

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2007 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
30 March	4	London Skolars	H	Belle Vue	W	52–4	Henderson, Buchanan, Catic, Ferres, Fox, Golden, Jeffries, P. March, Murphy, Pryce	P. March (3), Ferres	2,427	RLP
13 May	5	Bradford Bulls	H	Belle Vue	L	4–14	White		3,700	RLP

Players

Squad

2007 Wakefield Trinity Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
Mark Applegarth Ryan Atkins Ricky Bibey Matt Blaymire Ned Catic Jason Demetriou (c) Olivier Elima Dale Ferguson Brett Ferres Mark Field Peter Fox Luke George Sean Gleeson		Jason Golden Maxime Grésèque Kevin Henderson Ben Jeffries Tevita Leo-Latu Danny Lima Duncan MacGillivray David March Paul March Richard Moore Sam Obst Waine Pryce Jamie Rooney		Danny Sculthorpe Semi Tadulala Adam Watene Paul White				Head coach John Kear Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: Source(s): Rugby League Project

Transfers

Gains

List of players joining Wakefield

Player	Club	Date
Danny Sculthorpe	Wigan Warriors	2006
Waine Pryce	Castleford Tigers	2006
Peter Fox	Leeds Rhinos	2006
Brett Ferres	Bradford Bulls	2006
Paul March	Huddersfield Giants	2006

Losses

List of players leaving Wakefield

Player	Club	Date
Michael Korkidas	Salford City Reds	2006
David Solomona	Bradford Bulls	2006
James Evans	Bradford Bulls	2006
Colomn Halpenny		2006
Tom Saxton		2006
Monty Betham	Retired	2006