Morton at the double for Wildcats

Sunday 7th February 2010

Youngster Dale Morton scored twice as Wakefield beat Catalans 28-20 to claim their second win of the new Engage Super League season.

The 19-year-old Academy product benefited from two Danny Brough passes as the Wildcats recovered from a 16-10 deficit in the second half at the Hearwell Stadium.

Glenn Morrison also touched down in the Wakefield recovery, adding to earlier tries from Dale Ferguson and Luke George. Catalans twice led after tries from Dimitri Pelo, Olivier Elima and Sebastian Martins but Chris Walker's late effort proved mere consolation. The match was locked at 10-10 after an even first half.

Wakefield started superbly with Tevita Leo-Latu breaking up the middle before spreading wide for Danny Brough to put Ferguson over for the opener after four minutes.

Brough added the extras and the Wildcats threatened again as Morton broke clear only to be hauled down by Elima. A Brough kick was then well taken in the air by Sean Gleeson but the Dragons got back to prevent him touching down.

Catalans finally got themselves into the game as they pieced together a superb move after 13 minutes. Adam Mogg and Setaimata Sa combined to send Steven Bell down the right. The winger was caught in the corner but play was quickly switched to the left and the over-stretched Wildcats defence could not prevent Jean-Philippe Baile sending Pelo over.

Catalans crossed the whitewash when McGuire was on hand at the other end to set up Elima for a converted try with a neat offload. But they could not retain their lead and Wakefield levelled before the interval as George seized a Jason Demetriou kick to the corner.

The French side suffered a further blow as Dallas Johnson was sinbinned for persistent infringement but that did not stop them reclaiming the lead as Martins barged over early in the second half.

Again the French could not hold their advantage and Wakefield took charge with two tries in as many minutes. Brough created the first with a pass for Morton to claim his first and then Ben Jeffries pierced the line on halfway to lay on Morrison's first Wakefield try.

Morton then settled the match 11 minutes from time as he stooped to gather a long Brough pass on the bounce and powered over. Brough added his third goal to ensure the Wildcats had revenge for last year's play-off loss to the Dragons.