Wakefield Trinity secure Championship title after hammering Toulouse

It ended 36-0 in the Grand Final.

Author: PA Sport StaffPublished 20th Oct 2024

Wakefield capped off an impressive season in the Betfred Championship by beating Toulouse 36-0 in the Grand Final.

Trinity blew their French opponents away in the first period with tries from Derrell Olpherts, Matty Ashurst, the retiring Jermaine McGillvary and Iain Thornley making it 22-0.

More was to come in the second period from Wakefield as Olpherts and McGillvary grabbed another after Oliver Pratt's effort, with kicker Max Jowitt breaking the record for most points scored in a season when he reached 498.

Toulouse would have been hoping to emulate their performance in July which saw them condemn Wakefield to their only defeat of the season, but Olpherts went over in the corner in the 16th minute to give Daryl Powell's side the lead.

Ten minutes later and Ashurst combined with Jowitt before the former ran over the whitewash and two tries in five minutes took the contest away from Toulouse.

McGillvary, in his final game of his career, went over before the ball was then spread wide for Thornley to complete a stunning first-half display.

It took 18 minutes but Pratt opened Wakefield's account in the second half when he dived over and Olpherts jumped highest to take the ball and crash over the whitewash to take the hosts 30-0 ahead.

Wakefield were not done there and McGillvary capped off a fantastic performance, sliding over and then nailing the difficult conversion from out wide to secure Trinity the treble.

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