Wakefield end Magic Weekend by beating Cas

Betfred Super League

Castleford (4) 8

tries: Wood, Simm,

Wakefield (16) 32

In the final 2025 Magic Weekend game at St James’ Park, Wakefield Trinity put on a classy performance to defeat Castleford Tigers.

Caius Faatili ran in under the posts to keep Trinity’s dominating start, while Max Jowitt fought his way through.

Josh Simm cut into Wakefield’s lead just after the half-hour mark, but Wakefield capitalized on Lachlan Walmsley’s score to break into the lead.

Jake Trueman dummied his way into the space to touch down and then went on to convert his own try before Wakefield went ahead thanks to a training-ground move.

Faatili sailing in from a Mike McMeeken offload gave Trinity a 12-0 lead over Castleford, which was immediately followed by Trinity.

When Castleford did get the ball on the board, they did it skillfully, working the ball wide to Simm, who was successful in finding the space to dot down inside.

The score was in the balance at that point, but Trinity took a commanding 12-point lead thanks to Walmsley’s try, which came off the back of a looping ball to the wing.

After the break, Lino’s last-ditch kick was perfectly placed for Johnstone to collect and ground effortlessly, adding to that advantage.

On the hour mark, Castleford scored a classy try of their own thanks to Rowan Milnes’ kick, which bounced nicely for Jordan Dezaria, who fed Daejarn Asi to send Wood to score.

Jowitt made an audacious move from Walmsley, but Jowitt accidentally hit the Trinity full-back as he attempted to run over.

Wakefield added another score to Castleford’s overall total, with Lino influential again to work the ball laterally to Walmsley to dive in. Faatili added a second try of his own with a 70-meter run in, with Cas unable to catch him.

Westerman, Okoro, Salabio, and Atkin swaps.

Wakefield includes Walmsley, Hall, Pratt, Johnstone, Trueman, Lino, McMeeken, Hood, Faatili, Croft, Griffin, and Pitts.

Scott, Vagana, Cozza, and Smith swap things.