# 2016 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season

This article details the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby league football club's 2016 season.

## Results
### Super League
#### Super League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hull F.C. | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 605 | 465 | +140 | 34 | Super League Super 8s |
| 2 | Warrington Wolves | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 675 | 425 | +250 | 33 | Super League Super 8s |
| 3 | Wigan Warriors | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 455 | 440 | +15 | 32 | Super League Super 8s |
| 4 | St Helens | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 573 | 536 | +37 | 28 | Super League Super 8s |
| 5 | Catalans Dragons | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 593 | 505 | +88 | 26 | Super League Super 8s |
| 6 | Castleford Tigers | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 617 | 640 | −23 | 21 | Super League Super 8s |
| 7 | Widnes Vikings | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 499 | 474 | +25 | 20 | Super League Super 8s |
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 485 | 654 | −169 | 20 | Super League Super 8s |
| 9 | Leeds Rhinos | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 404 | 576 | −172 | 16 | The Qualifiers |
| 10 | Salford City Reds | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 560 | 569 | −9 | 14 | The Qualifiers |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 486 | 610 | −124 | 14 | The Qualifiers |
| 12 | Huddersfield Giants | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 511 | 569 | −58 | 12 | The Qualifiers |
* ↑ Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015.

#### Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
| 7 February | 1 | Widnes | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 16–24 | Howarth, Lyne, Sio | Finn 2/3 | 5,240 | RLP |
| 14 February | 2 | Castleford | A | The Jungle | L | 6–40 | Howarth | Finn 1/1 | 9,761 | RLP |
| 21 February | 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | A | Craven Park | W | 14–12 | Simon, Howarth | Finn 3/3 | 7,207 | RLP |
| 26 February | 3 | Warrington | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 16–34 | Hall, A.Tupou, Molloy | Finn 2/3 | 10,631 | RLP |
| 6 March | 4 | Catalans Dragons | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 28–42 | A.Tupou, Arundel, Lyne, Johnstone, Simon | Finn 4/5 | 4,442 | RLP |
| 11 March | 5 | St. Helens | A | Langtree Park | L | 4–44 | Jones-Bishop | Finn 0/1 | | RLP |
| 18 March | 6 | Hull F.C. | A | KC Stadium | L | 4–22 | Arundel | Finn 0/1 | 9,600 | RLP |
| 25 March | 7 | Huddersfield | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 36–22 | Johnstone (2), Sio, Lyne, Jowitt, Scruton | Finn 6/6 | | RLP |
| 28 March | 8 | Leeds | A | Headingley Stadium | W | 20–16 | Ashurst, Miller, Hall | Finn 4/4 | 16,314 | RLP |
| 2 April | 9 | Salford | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 32–18 | Sio, Miller, Johnstone (3), Lyne | Finn 4/6 | 2,500 | RLP |
| 10 April | 10 | Wigan | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 62–0 | Scruton (2), Miller (3), Johnstone, Finn, Kirmond (2), Jones-Bishop, Jowitt | Finn 9/11 | 5,751 | RLP |
| 24 April | 12 | Hull F.C. | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 28–46 | Gibson (3), Johnstone, Kirmond | Finn 4/6 | 6,701 | RLP |
| 29 April | 13 | Widnes | A | Halton Stadium | W | 18–16 | | | | RLP |
| 15 May | 14 | Warrington | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 36–28 | | | | RLP |
| 22 May | 15 | Catalans Dragons | N | St James' Park | W | 25–24 | | | | RLP |
| 27 May | 16 | Salford | A | AJ Bell Stadium | L | 8–38 | | | | RLP |
| 2 June | 17 | Hull Kingston Rovers | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 16–54 | | | | RLP |
| 12 June | 18 | Huddersfield | A | John Smiths Stadium | W | 10–2 | | | | RLP |
| 17 June | 19 | Leeds | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 6–32 | | | | RLP |
| 3 July | 20 | St. Helens | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 32–44 | | | | RLP |
| 8 July | 21 | Wigan | A | DW Stadium | L | 18–22 | | | | RLP |
| 16 July | 22 | Catalans Dragons | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 30–28 | | | | RLP |
| 24 July | 23 | Castleford | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 20–46 | | | | RLP |

### Super 8s
#### Super 8s table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Warrington Wolves (L) | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 852 | 541 | +311 | 43 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Wigan Warriors (C) | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 669 | 560 | +109 | 42 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Hull F.C. | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 749 | 579 | +170 | 40 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | St Helens | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 756 | 641 | +115 | 40 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | Castleford Tigers | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 830 | 808 | +22 | 31 | |
| 6 | Catalans Dragons | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 723 | 716 | +7 | 30 | |
| 7 | Widnes Vikings | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 603 | 643 | −40 | 24 | |
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 571 | 902 | −331 | 20 | |

#### Super 8s results

W Win D Draw L Loss
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Report |
| 5 August | 1 | Wigan | H | DW Stadium | L | 12–60 | RLP |
| 14 August | 2 | Warrington | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 10–38 | RLP |
| 21 August | 3 | Widnes | A | Halton Stadium | L | 8–40 | RLP |
| 2 September | 4 | Castleford | A | The Jungle | L | 22–46 | RLP |
| 9 September | 5 | Catalans Dragons | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 10–14 | RLP |
| 15 September | 6 | Hull F.C. | H | Belle Vue Stadium | L | 12–18 | RLP |
| 23 September | 7 | St. Helens | A | Langtree Park | L | 12–32 | RLP |

### Challenge Cup

W Win D Draw L Loss
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
| 15 April | 5 | Sheffield | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 44–10 | Finn (2), Johnstone, Jones-Bishop, Arona (2), Simon, Sio | Finn 6/8 | 2,257 | RLP |
| 8 May | 6 | Toulouse | H | Belle Vue Stadium | W | 40–22 | | | | RLP |
| 23 June | QF | Huddersfield | A | John Smiths Stadium | W | 28–16 | | | | RLP |
| 30 July | SF | Warrington | N | Leigh Sports Village | L | 12–56 | | | | RLP |

## Players
### Squad

| No | Player |
| 1 | Ben Jones-Bishop |
| 2 | Tom Johnstone |
| 3 | Bill Tupou |
| 4 | Ashley Gibson |
| 5 | Judah Mazive |
| 6 | Jacob Miller |
| 7 | Liam Finn |
| 8 | Nick Scruton |
| 9 | Scott Moore |
| 10 | Anthony England |
| 11 | Michael Simon |
| 12 | Danny Kirmond |
| 13 | Anthony Tupou |
| 13 | Ben Harrison |
| 14 | Reece Lyne |
| 16 | Tinirau Arona |
| 16 | Frazer Morris |
| 17 | Matty Ashurst |
| 18 | Joe Arundel |
| 19 | Jon Molloy |
| 20 | Michael Sio |
| 21 | Max Jowitt |
| 22 | Jordan Crowther |
| 23 | Scott Anderson |
| 24 | Stuart Howarth |
| 25 | Craig Hall |
| 26 | Chris Annakin |
| 27 | Anthony Walker |
| 28 | Andy Yates |
| 31 | Jason Walton |
| 32 | James Batchelor |
| 35 | David Fifita |
| 36 | Bradley Moules |
    Source:RLP

### 2016 transfers in/out

In
List of players joining Wakefield :
| Player | Moved from | Length | Announced |
| Anthony England | Warrington Wolves | 2 Years | October 2015 |
| Ben Shulver | Australia | 2 Years | October 2015 |
| Sean Morris | London Broncos | 1 Year | October 2015 |
| Liam Finn | Castleford Tigers | 2 Years | October 2015 |
| Ashley Gibson | Castleford Tigers | 2 Years | October 2015 |
| Bill Tupou | Canberra Raiders | 1 Year | October 2015 |
| Anthony Walker | St. Helens | 2 Years | October 2015 |
| Anthony Tupou | Cronulla Sharks | 2 Years | November 2015 |
| Tinirau Arona | Cronulla Sharks | 1 Year | November 2015 |
| Ben Jones-Bishop | Salford Red Devils | 1 Year | November 2015 |
| Scott Moore | Castleford Tigers | 2 Years | November 2015 |
| Jason Walton | London Broncos | 1 Year | December 2015 |
Out
List of players leaving Wakefield :
| Player | Moved to | Length | Announced |
| Danny Washbrook | Hull F.C. | 1 Year | August 2015 |
| Anthony Mullally | Leeds Rhinos | 3 Years | September 2015 |
| Ben Kavanagh | Widnes Vikings | Loan return | October 2015 |
| Kyle Trout | Dewsbury Rams | 1 Year | November 2015 |
| Tim Smith | Retirement | N/A | November 2015 |
| Ali Lauitiiti | New Zealand Warriors | 1 Year | November 2015 |
| Ian Kirke | Retirement | N/A | November 2015 |
| Jarrod Sammut | Workington Town | 2 Years | December 2015 |
| Chris Riley | Rochdale Hornets | 2 Years | December 2015 |
| Dean Collis | Released | | |
| Pita Godinet | Released | | |
| Kevin Locke | Released | | |
| Lopini Paea | Released | | |
| Matt Ryan | Released | | |
| Lee Smith | Released | | |