I can’t dispute that Wakefield dominated the ruck, got the speed of the play-the-ball that they wanted and denied us a quick play-the-ball.

Discipline was better but it fell off a little bit at the end.

It was significant that a number of Wakefield tries came after we’d defended for 10 tackles, not just six because we’d given away a penalty.

That meant we’d another set to do near our own line after a good kicking game from Danny Brough. It was just an unstoppable tide.

It was never going to be cured in one week but it’s got to be cured for next week because we go to Widnes which is a tougher game and bigger game for us than this one was.

I thought the pack really played manfully. I was really proud of their efforts and I’m proud of all the effort.

It was a pretty challenging day for us in that Steve Maden, Lee Marsh and Adam Higson were all rendered unavailable in the last 24 hours and we had to play players that I didn’t really envisage playing. On the back of that I’ve got to say that I’m really proud of the players.

Macgraff Leuluai came in at the last minute and I didn’t think he let us down. It was a big effort to back up 24 hours after you’ve just played a full game in the Reserves. I’ve thanked him for that already.

This game was always going to play second fiddle to the Widnes game because we have more chance of winning in the Co-operative Championship than the Challenge Cup. The three players that were out will be in contention for next week’s game.

Our back three tried too hard at times. The longer the game went on and the more points that Wakefield scored, the nil scoreline from us became more and more relevant.

We’ll have to learn some lessons, some harsh lessons. I just don’t think we all fully believed when we came here that we could compete and ultimately you pay the price for that. I just don’t like losing, to anyone.