Hull FC’s interim head coach Andy Last told BBC Radio Humberside:
“A game of two halves. First half, I wasn’t happy with the way the team performed. Defensively, they just rolled us up the field far too easily.
“Unfortunately, we lose Herman [Ese’ese] for 10 minutes and they were ruthless in that period and scored tries.
“The second half was far better. I thought we were really spirited in that second half, and didn’t let the scoreboard run away from us but there’s certainly things that we need to do better.”
Wakefield Trinity coach Daryl Powell told BBC Radio Leeds:
“Just pleased to get the win, we needed to respond to what happened to us last week [a 48-10 defeat by Wigan]. First half I thought we probably left a couple tries on the field – but we did a lot to build on.
On Herman Ese’ese’s sin-bin: “I think it’s a sin-binning to be honest. A couple of cuffs round the back of the head. I don’t think they were pivotal [to the outcome of the match]. I thought the first half was a pretty dominant performance by us.
“It was pretty warm – it’s not ridiculously oppressive, I’ve played in Papua New Guinea – but it’s pretty close and humid so that will have been difficult for both teams.”
Hull FC: Moy; Barron, O’Neill, Litten, Briscoe; Arthur, Sezer; Mata’utia, Bourouh, Hill, Batchelor, Cartwright, Kirby.
Interchanges: Ese’ese, Salabio, Hutchinson, Wood.
Sin-bin: Ese’ese (27), Mata’utia (68).
Wakefield: Jowitt; Johnstone, Pitts, Scott, Rourke; Trueman, Sinfield; McMeeken, Smoothy, Rodwell, Nikotemo, Vagana, Tevaga.
Interchanges: Hamlin-Uele, Faatili, Smith, McGann.
Referee: Aaron Moore.
