Walmsley helps Wakefield thrash Castleford

Lachlan Walmsley scored a spectacular try for Wakefield Trinity

>Tries: Scott 2, Johnstone 2, Hamlin-Uele 2, Walmsley, Smoothy, Rourke Goals: Sinfield 6

>Wakefield Trinity ran in nine tries as they thrashed Castleford Tigers to boost their Super League top-four hopes at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

>Daryl Powell's side climbed to third on 24 points after recording six wins in their past seven games.

>Castleford were a mess and Wakefield took full advantage as Cameron Scott, Tom Johnstone and Caleb Hamlin-Uele each scored twice.

>Lachlan Walmsley, Tyson Smoothy and Josh Rourke also went over, before Jason Qareqare replied a minute before time to avoid total humiliation for Castleford.

>Scotland international Walmsley marked his spectacular one-handed finish in the corner by pulling out an Uno +4 card from his sock, with £180 being donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association by sponsors for every try celebration during Magic Weekend.

>As majestic as Wakefield were, Castleford gave them a massive helping hand and Walmsley caught Jake Trueman's kick and laid the ball off for Scott to go over in the right corner for their first score in the third minute.

>It was one-way traffic and Trinity had two tries ruled out before winger Johnstone crossed in the left corner in the 16th minute.

>Hamlin-Uele came off the bench to score their third try when he powered through two tackles to go over near the posts.

>They were almost scoring at will as Castleford made mistake after mistake while missing 44 tackles.

>Wakefield extended their lead to 20-0 when Scott collected Jack Sinfield's pass and broke inside to go over for his second score.

>They continued to enjoy themselves after the break as Walmsley showed with his celebration following his acrobatic try in the right corner after 47 minutes to make it 24-0.

>The winger was returning to action for the first time since the second round of Super League following a knee operation.

>Not to be left out, Trinity's forwards got in on the act and Smoothy smashed through the Castleford defence to score by the posts on 51 minutes.

>Hamlin-Uele scored his second try - and he will hardly record an easier one all season - as he walked through two Castleford tackles to go over.

>Johnstone bagged his second try on 65 minutes when Wakefield passed the ball along their backline from a scrum, before Rourke caught Sinfield's kick to crash over for their ninth try.

>Qareqare, though, continued his hot streak with a 10th try in seven games, but it provided little consolation for ninth-placed Castleford.

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>Walmsley showed off an Uno card to celebrate his brilliant try

>Wakefield head coach Daryl Powell told BBC Radio Leeds:

>"I'd say we were dominant, really. I thought we started great and I thought at 10-0 up, I thought we should have been maybe 16 or 20 points up. I thought we were that dominant, so I'm really, really pleased.

>"Defensively we were excellent for pretty much all of the game with the ball. I thought we looked sharp and we executed pretty well.

>"I just said to the boys, I felt like everybody in the team played hard. I'm not sure we've had that this year yet. Everybody played well on the same day, in the same game, I thought we were consistent in that area."

>Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr told BBC Radio Leeds:

>"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Errors, penalties, possession, field position, just all against us and a lot of that was our own doing. I can't say much more.

>"I was always going to learn a lot this year about this group, about these players in this team, and I'm definitely learning.

>"I've said many times before, we're very fortunate rugby league people to do what we love doing for a living, so I'll address it in my own way.

>"When the adversity is there, you've got to be able to fight through it. You never really know who your fighters are until you get put into it."

>Wakefield: Rourke; Walmsley, Scott, Tate, Johnstone; Trueman, Sinfield; McMeeken (c), Smoothy, Rodwell, Storton, Vagana, Tevaga.

>Interchanges: Pitts, Hamlin-Uele, Faatili, Smith, Lolesio.

>Castleford: Laulu-Togaga'e; Valemei, McIntosh, Mapapalangi, Qareqare; Asi, Weaver; Dupree, Golding, Lawler, Hirst, Mellor (c), Stimson.

>Interchanges: Atoni, Hood, Greacen, Brown, Senior.