16th September: When Wakefield made the great escape

Richard de la Riviere looks back at what happened in Rugby League over the years on this day: 16th September Wakefield finalised Super League's greatest act of escapology by beating Castleford 29-17 in one of the modern era's most anticipated match-ups on this day in 2006. Trinity looked doomed until they appointed John Kear, a Challenge Cup-wi

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