Hull were worthy winners, dominating long spells of the game, despite trailing at the break.

Forward Willie Manu made a big impact for the visitors, Graeme Horne caused Wildcats' defence some problems and Shaun Berrigan was also a threat.

Centre Craig Hall was the star man in the second half as Hull scored four tries to turn the game on its head.

He crossed twice, provided the final kick for one more and was involved in the other.

Wildcats' third successive defeat dented their top-six hopes and leaves coach John Kear and his players with some hard work to do before the cup re-match at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium.

Hull forced five drop outs in the first half but Wakefield defended strongly and two quick-fire tries helped them into a 12-6 interval lead against the run of play.

It took a desperate ankle tap by Wildcats hooker Brad Drew to deny Lee Radford from Ewan Dowes' superb offload on five minutes, then Jamie Rooney reacted quickly to touch the ball down in goal after Berrigan had grubbered behind the Wildcats line.

Hull forced a second drop out and Danny Brough sent his kick out on the full, but the visitors opted to run the subsequent penalty and the move broke down when Kirk Yeaman dropped the ball on the line.

The pressure eventually told on 11 minutes, after Brough's attempted clearing kick was charged down.

On the last tackle Danny Houghton's hopeful low kick hit a post and the hooker followed up to touch down, Danny Tickle landing the conversion.Wildcats levelled out of the blue on 18 minutes and were in front a couple of minutes later. First, Drew kicked ahead, got to the ball just ahead of full-back Matt Sing and hacked on again for Rooney to pick up and scoot over unopposed, with Brough adding the extras.

In the next set, Brough hoisted a towering kick to Hull's left side and the ball bounced kindly for winger Damien Blanch, who picked up and went over too far out for the scrum-half to convert.

At the other end, Yeaman's touchline break was halted by an excellent Sean Gleeson tackle, and then desperate defence pulled Manu down just short after good handling by Berrigan, twice, and Hall, before Berrigan was held up over the line.

Wildcats thought they had extended their lead on the half-hour mark when Dale Ferguson stepped out of Yeaman's poor attempted tackle to storm over, but video referee Steve Ganson ruled the touchdown out after spotting that defender Manu had been obstructed by Jason Golden.
Wildcats went close again when Oliver Wilkes burst into a gap from Danny Sculthorpe's offload, but he hit the deck from Manu's ankle tap and the ball came loose.

The home side had an escape just before the break when Gareth Raynor counter-attacked from Brough's kick, but his pass was spilled by Hall.

Moments later Sam Obst was tripped by Radford in front of the Hull posts. Referee Richard Silverwood placed the incident on report and Brough kicked the penalty to complete the first-half scoring.

The visitors were in front within 10 minutes of the resumption, their initial try coming after Wakefield turned over possession when Obst's pass to Brett Ferres went to ground on 44 minutes.

Berrigan and Hall worked the ball to Manu, who made good yards before shipping out a pass to Yeaman, who scorched over down the left flank. Tickle landed his second conversion from close to the touchline.

There was an element of fortune about the try which took the visitors ahead, on 50 minutes.

Berrigan's pass found Manu, who flicked the ball out, it bounced off Berrigan and was taken by Hall, who had a diagonal run to the corner, though Tickle was off target with his kick this time.

Moments later Hull should have scored again, but Sing spilled Danny Washbrook's pass almost on the line.

Richard Moore and Gleeson both went agonisingly close for Wakefield before Hall dashed clear with support, but his outside pass was picked up by Blanch. Desperate defence then held Jamie Thackray up over the line.

Hull went two scores clear with a converted try 17 minutes from time, Tom Briscoe dabbing the ball down from Yeaman's short, low kick, after he had received the ball from Hall's pass.

Hall put the game beyond Wildcats' reach with a spectacular try with 10 minutes left.

Briscoe flicked the ball away as he was being dragged into touch inside his own half, Hall collected, stepped past Jason Demetriou and raced clear, beating Drew's desperate last-gasp tackle. Tickle converted.

Drew pulled a late try back for Wildcats, converted by Brough, but it was too little, too late.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Blaymire, Blanch, Gleeson, Henderson, Petersen, Rooney, Brough, Moore, Drew, Wilkes, Ferres, Golden, Demetriou. Subs Bibey, Ferguson, Obst, Sculthorpe.
Hull: Sing, Briscoe, G Horne, Yeaman, Raynor, Washbrook, Berrigan, Dowes, Houghton, Thackray, Manu, Radford, Tickle. Subs Broughton, Hall, Wheeldon, Cusack.
Referee: Richard Silverwood (Mirfield).