Super League returned to Belle Vue after Trinity’s promotion but it was the visitors who left with a 14-12 win

The Super League landscape is changing for the better in so many areas since IMG’s arrival into the game: and few places encapsulate the boom the sport has experienced lately quite like Wakefield Trinity.

Even the most ardent Trinity supporter would tell you one of rugby league’s grand old clubs was in desperate need of a refresh as recently as two years ago. Their famous old Belle Vue ground has been the butt of countless jokes about its state of disrepair and on the pitch, relegation at the end of 2023 was the culmination of several years of struggling.