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Wakey continue promising start

Wakefield continued their promising start to the new engage Super League season after a first-half blitz saw off newcomers Salford 29-10 at Belle Vue.

Tries from Damien Blanch, Oliver Wilkes and Ryan Atkins helped the Wildcats into a commanding 19-0 lead at the break after an insipid display by the Reds.

Salford caused more problems in the second half and rallied with a Stephen Myler try but Wakefield would not fold.

Atkins and Blanch killed off the game with tries in the last five minutes although Willie Talau grabbed a late Salford consolation.

It was a second win in three outings for the Wildcats and fired another shot at the critics who wrote off their chances this term.

The only downside for them was a another serious-looking injury, this time to Scott Grix, for their already threadbare squad.

Grix, who started at scrum-half, was helped from the field late in the first half with a leg problem.

Any further absence would see him join a casualty list that already included four other playmakers in Sam Obst, Jamie Rooney, Danny Brough and Tevita Leo-Latu before the game.

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