2016 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season

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

2016 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season
Super League XXI Rank	8th
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
Team information
Chairman	Michael Carter
Head Coach	Chris Chester (was Brian Smith)
Captain	Danny Kirmond
Stadium	Belle Vue
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Results

Super League

Main article: 2016 Super League season

Super League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	455	440	+15	32
4	St Helens	23	14	0	9	573	536	+37	28
5	Catalans Dragons	23	13	0	10	593	505	+88	26
6	Castleford Tigers	23	10	1	12	617	640	−23	21
7	Widnes Vikings	23	10	0	13	499	474	+25	20
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	10	0	13	485	654	−169	20
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[a]
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	6	2	15	486	610	−124	14
12	Huddersfield Giants	23	6	0	17	511	569	−58	12

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Notes:

1. Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015.^[1]

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	Team v t e	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
3	Hull F.C.	30	20	0	10	749	579	+170	40
4	St Helens	30	20	0	10	756	641	+115	40
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

Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Super 8s results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	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

Main article: 2016 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

Nat	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

Nat	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