{"id":549971,"date":"2026-04-25T12:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:33:14","slug":"wakefield-trinity-coach-outlines-next-step-for-club-and-heaps-praise-on-overseas-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549971\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakefield Trinity coach outlines \u2018next step\u2019 for club and heaps praise on overseas signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wakefield Trinity have been challenged by Daryl Powell to take the \u2018next step\u2019 this weekend when they travel to St Helens, with the head coach believing a win over the Saints can send a message across Super League.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s game will see high-flying Trin travel to take on St Helens<\/a>, the one side that Wakefield did not manage to defeat last year in the club\u2019s first season back in Super League.<\/p>\n

Having started the 2026 season so strongly, with six wins from eight in Super League, Daryl Powell was asked about his side\u2019s year-on-year improvement, in what is now his third season at the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve got better in a lot of areas, but the challenge for us is consistency,\u201d the head coach stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaints are the only team that we haven\u2019t beaten really in the last couple of years in Super League. That makes it something pretty big for us to go and get after.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that what\u2019s next is to harness that true winning belief, something he believes can be attained by \u2018going into games like this and coming out the other side in a positive way\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s our next step, really, for everybody to look at us and go, \u2018well, these boys are very, very difficult to beat wherever they go\u2019, whether it\u2019s Wigan, St Helens, Leeds, Warrington, wherever it is. Semifinals, quarterfinals, we want to be that team that doesn\u2019t fear anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s our next step. That\u2019s our challenge now, that we need to front up and come out the other side of.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From scaffolding to Super League \u2013 Wakefield Trinity boss hails Q Cup signing<\/p>\n

With today\u2019s game against St Helens<\/a> and next week\u2019s West Yorkshire derby against Leeds Rhinos, Wakefield will have two good chances to prove that they are the real deal and one man who may ave a big role to play is off-season signing Tray Lolesio.<\/p>\n

Trinity signed the prop forward from the Queensland Cup<\/a> and whilst it took until round seven for the 23-year-old to earn his Super League debut with Wakefield, Daryl Powell is chuffed with how the former scaffolder is coming along.<\/p>\n

Powell explained: \u201cWhen Tray was playing over there in the Q Cup, he was scaffolding. This is his first real taste of full-time environment, so we always thought it\u2019d take him a little bit of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

That time saw him loaned out to Bradford Bulls before playing off the bench in round seven and then starting last week against the Bulls<\/a>, a performance that Powell was very pleased with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really impressed with what he did last week. I wouldn\u2019t have given him a start if I didn\u2019t think it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just thought he was great. The way he carries the ball. He defended pretty solid, but the way he carries the ball, he\u2019s got great leg speed and good late feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prop forward has now been set the challenge to take on today\u2019s game as a key test, away from Belle Vue and in a big-game environment against a strong St Helens pack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for him, (the game versus St Helens) will be great,\u201d Powell said, adding: \u201cGoing into a hot bed, a hot environment where you\u2019ve got to be on it whilst you\u2019re on the field. From what he\u2019s done so far, he\u2019s been awesome. I\u2019ve been really impressed with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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