The Bulldogs led 12-6 at the break as Wakefield’s “uncharacteristic” errors were punished by the visitors. And although it wasn’t a perfect second half display, Powell’s league leaders retained their unbeaten Championship status thanks to unanswered tries from Caleb Uele, Oliver Pratt, Liam Kay, Derrell Olpherts and Josh Griffin.
Powell said: “We were never at our best. We were talking in the changing room about how we have been after we have come out of Wembley – up and down performances. Today was very similar.
The Bulldogs led 12-6 at the break as Wakefield’s “uncharacteristic” errors were punished by the visitors. And although it wasn’t a perfect second half display, Powell’s league leaders retained their unbeaten Championship status thanks to unanswered tries from Caleb Uele, Oliver Pratt, Liam Kay, Derrell Olpherts and Josh Griffin.
Powell said: “We were never at our best. We were talking in the changing room about how we have been after we have come out of Wembley – up and down performances. Today was very similar.
“We started great, we got 6-0 up and allowed Batley into the game. There were a few different reasons why that happened. We made a lot of errors which was uncharacteristic. We were 53 per cent completions at half-time which is unlike us and put us under pressure
Batley have got some pretty big players who caused us a bit of trouble. It took a lot of energy out of us. They made it really difficult for us (earlier in the season) and they have done it again. We made it pretty tough on ourselves but they took advantage of that. They are well coached, they work hard, they’ve got some big boys who cause a lot of trouble.
“They were really good and put us under some pressure. Luckily we were good enough to come out of the other side.”
He added: “At half-time we had a bit of a chat about our standards as much as anything. While we were better in the second half we were never really at our best. At half time I thought we had played really poorly, we made a lot of errors. It was about finding our intent and our game.
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