'It's tough - boss Chris Chester reflects on Wakefield Trinity's poor Super League run after Huddersfield Giants defeat

“Proud Wakefield man” Chris Chester admits he is finding Trinity’s poor run tough to take.

The 29-6 loss at Huddersfield Giants was Trinity’s sixth successive defeat - five of them in Betfred Super League - since lockdown ended and Chester admitted they are in a “rut” and are falling behind the rest of the competition.

He accused his side of lacking “toughness and resilience” and conceded this is the most testing spell on his five seasons as coach.

“It’s tough,” Chester said.

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“We have had a really challenging couple of weeks, with players down for a lot of reasons.

“It is really disappointing; you live and breathe this game - I am a proud Wakefield man and it’s an honour to coach this team.

“It is very challenging at the moment and I am finding it pretty tough, to be honest.”

With half-backs Danny Brough and Jacob Miller both unavailable, Trinity lacked direction in attack.

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“We’ve been missing an organiser probably since Liam Finn retired a few years ago,” Chester reflected.

“There’s not a great deal out there.

“It is a patient game, we have got to wait and be cute with the money we are going to have to spend, but we had a team [on Thursday] which was more than capable and two more than capable halves who could and should’ve got us around the field, but that wasn’t the case.

“We’ve got to remember one of them is 19 and the other’s a guy who’s playing a half that’s a full-back.”

Chester identified prop Eddie Battye, who made his debut after a move from London Broncos, as Trinity’s one success from a dismal performance.

He said: “I thought Eddie was our best player.

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“He has only had three sessions with us, but he was at the forefront of our pack.

“He just needed another 16 blokes around him to show the same attitude and commitment.”

Liam Kay has joined Trinity’s injury list after damaging a shoulder against Giants, but Chester hopes to have fellow winger Tom Johnstone (elbow) back for next Friday’s game against Wigan Warriors at Warrington.

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