For all those already writing off Wakefield, rookie boss Mark Applegarth says: “I’ve heard it all before.”
Trinity are favourites for the Super League drop in 2023 with even promoted Leigh better fancied to stay up. They have lost star players such as Jacob Miller, Tom Johnstone and David Fifita and have a severely limited playing budget. At just 38, Applegarth is also the top-flight’s youngest head coach after being promoted from assistant following Willie Poching’s shock September axing.
But ever since going up in 1999, the West Yorkshire club has often flirted with danger and always survived. On all the negative talk, Applegarth admitted: “It’s something I had even when I played at Wakefield and we’ve heard it ever since. But it’s completely irrelevant. I’m not being disrespectful but it’s white noise to us. We control what we can control.
