With four minutes on the clock, Samoan Mason Lino opened the scoring for the hosts when he slotted over a penalty in front of the sticks after it was adjudged a Hull goal-line dropout had not gone 10 yards.
Wakefield dominated the opening exchanges and when hooker Liam Hood’s short pass found Croft, he found a gap in the Hull defence to dive over from close range for the game’s first try.
A high kick from Wakefield’s Oli Russell was then misjudged by Hull full-back Logan Moy before Josh Rourke touched down. But after an on-field try was awarded, the former London Broncos man was clearly in an offside position after video referee Liam Rush re-examined the footage.
Midway through the first half, the hosts got on the board when Ese’ese managed to juggle John Asiata’s short reverse pass to bulldoze his way through three tackles to dive over and score.
Moments before the break, Harvey Smith’s excellent linebreak through midfield put Russell in prime position to kick high for Tom Johnstone who gathered expertly to score but, for the second time in the half, Trinity were thwarted from extending their lead for an offside in the build-up.
Following an error-ridden start to the second half, Lino then thought he scored Wakefield’s second try of the night when he dived over but play was pulled back after Mike McMeeken was found guilty of obstruction. Trinity, for the third time on the night, had a try wiped off.
It took until the hour mark for Hull’s Aidan Sezer to show the form from Saturday’s Challenge Cup victory at Wigan Warriors, and his pass found replacement Chamberlain who raced clear of the Trinity defence to score his first Super League try of the season in the left corner and put the visitors in front for the first time.
Sezer’s useful conversion from the touchline extended the lead to four points and the Australian’s delicate grubber-kick found last weekend’s hat-trick hero Martin who gathered well to dot down and clinch the win.
With six minutes left, Hood offloaded to Trinity centre Scott who bravely dived over against his former club to reduce the arrears to four points but after Lino missed his conversion attempt, the hosts’ chances of salvaging the game had gone.
