Update with video - Ideal Holmes show as Oli celebrates double century

In his 200th appearance for the club, Holmes romped over for a second half touchdown and also had a claim for a penalty try turned down.

It was a fine way for the back-rower to reach a major milestone, but he insisted the result brought him most satisfaction.

“First and foremost we got the win, which was the most important thing - and I managed to get my yearly try against Wakey,” he said.

“But most importantly, I was happy with the performance in the second half.”

Holmes has a good scoring record against Trinity, but admitted: “I don’t know why, it just seems to happen.

“I just find myself in the right time at the right place, so I can’t complain.”

His latest try came off a kick from Jake Trueman and he conceded: “It was a bit of luck with a bounce of the ball and I just finished it off.

“I was happy with that.”

It was particularly satisfying as moments earlier referee James Child had indicated a penalty try when Holmes appeared to be obstructed as he chased Paul McShane’s kick.

Video official Tom Grant said ‘no try’, but sin-binned Wakefield’s James Batchelor for a professional foul.

Holmes recalled: “I thought I would have got there.

“I don’t know if that would have counted as my try.

“I was asking on the field ‘is that mine’? It didn’t get given, but it came later.”

Most importantly for Cas, the derby win was a positive reply after their first defeat of the season, six days earlier at Catalans Dragons.

“We had a bit of a tough week,” Holmes admitted. “Powelly [coach Daryl Powell] wasn’t happy with the performance and rightly so.

“We weren’t happy as a team so we talked about a response and I think we got that, especially in the second half.”

Trinity led 15-14 at half-time, but Castleford dominated the second period after grabbing a try before the visitors had been in possession.

Holmes said: “We sorted our discipline out, cut out the errors and the penalties.

“We talked about playing more down in their half. We didn’t do that much in the first half, but we knew when we were down there we could cause them some problems.

“I think we definitely did that in the second half and it paid dividends.”

Castleford have won three of their opening four games in Betfred Super League and Holmes reckons they are on course for a good season.

He reflected: “We have had a bit of a tough start with the travel and short turn arounds and we’ve had quite a few injuries as well and people playing busted at the start of the season. I think we have handled it really well.”

Holmes missed the opening win over Toronto Wolfpack due to a groin injury, but said: “We had literally no back-rowers coming into the second game.

“I probably shouldn’t have played, but I’ve managed to get through these three games and felt stronger every week.”