Wakefield Trinity coach Michael Shenton rues missed opportunity after familiar frustration

Trinity completed the comeback in the final quarter when Corey Hall touched down from Jake Trueman's kick.

However, Joe Ofahengaue scored six minutes from time to secure a 24-20 win for Leigh and leave Wakefield to rue another slow start following a similar outcome against Leeds Rhinos in their previous game.

"The boys are massively deflated in there," said Trinity assistant coach Shenton. "We had an opportunity to win it at the end.

"The last two games we've played have come down to our starts. We've just given ourselves too much to do conceding three tries in the first half.

"It's really disappointing, especially after the week off. There are some attitude things there. We need to handle the stuff that goes against us a little bit better.

"I'm proud of the boys at the same time and their courage to fight their way back. There are plenty of times when the scoreline can totally blow out when that happens to a team but there is some real character building in this group. That's a real positive to come out of this."

A seventh defeat of the year - their fifth by four points or fewer - leaves Wakefield one point adrift of the top six at the halfway mark of the campaign.

The return of Trueman, who had featured just once in three months because of a troublesome back issue, was a welcome sight for the play-off hopefuls.

"I think he came through okay," added Shenton.

"He's been a huge miss for us. A lot of our attack goes through Jake.

"Going into the back end of the year, if we can keep Truey fit, it gives us a much better chance of doing something special."

The win cemented Leigh's place in the top four but Adrian Lam believes they are only scratching the surface.

"We're a six out of 10 at the minute," he said. "There's so much more improvement left."