Wakefield's remarkable rise continued apace after they produced a performance rich in skill, grit and endeavour to overcome Warrington and climb joint top of the engage Super League.

An exhilaratingly high-tempo encounter saw John Kear's men outscore the visitors by six tries to four and further enhance their status as the surprise package of Super League XII.

It was a special day for Trinity winger Waine Pryce, who scored a crucial second-half try on his first start for the club since joining from relegated Castleford during the close-season.

But this was an outstanding team effort which made a further mockery of the Wildcats' pre-season status as relegation candidates.

Wakefield raced into a 10-0 lead inside the opening 10 minutes and their early inspiration came from their irrepressible stand-off Jamie Rooney.

He put the Wolves on the back foot inside the second minute with a delightful 40-20 kick.

That gave Trinity the field position to open the scoring barely 60 seconds later when Olivier Elima sent Peter Fox over in the right corner.

Rooney added the extras with an excellent conversion from near the touchline and in the 10th minute it got better for Wakefield as Ben Jeffries' teasing grubber kick was grounded by Ryan Atkins in the left corner.

Rooney failed to convert before Warrington began to force their way into the game.

Their talismanic skipper, Lee Briers, was sorely missed but the Wolves nevertheless began to build up a head of steam as the half progressed.

And with Chris Bridge beginning to exert a greater influence on proceedings from stand-off, it came as no surprise when Warrington claimed their first try midway through the opening period.

Replacement Paul Wood was on hand to touch the ball down and, after video referee Ben Thaler gave the first of several tries which he was required to review, Bridge landed the first of his four successful conversions to reduce the deficit to four points.

Trinity are made of stern stuff these days, however, and after Kevin Henderson's 'try' was ruled out for a forward pass from Jeffries, they registered their third score of the evening.

A mistake from Warrington's Rob Parker was seized on by Jason Demetriou, who collected possession and sent Paul March clear for a try converted by Rooney.

That looked to have given Wakefield a healthy interval advantage but a dreadful mistake from Brett Ferres allowed Warrington right back into it on the stroke of half-time.

The Trinity loose forward allowed Bridge to wrest the ball from his grasp and feed Kiwi wing Henry Fa'afili, who did the rest.

Bridge added the goal to cut the gap to four points again and it was the visitors who came out the stronger after the break.

Accordingly, they claimed their third try five minutes after the restart when Bridge showed brute strength to touch down and then Martin Gleeson sent Jon Clarke clear from 60 metres to touch down.

Bridge converted both scores to put Warrington 24-16 ahead but Wakefield produced a barnstorming response to overturn the visitors' lead.

First Pryce crossed in the left corner from Atkins' hack forward and then Jeffries waltzed through a hideously undermanned Wolves backline to touch down.

Wakefield continued to probe and in the 65th minute Tevita Leo-Latu further exposed weaknesses in the visitors' defence when he scampered clear.

With Rooney off the pitch, Jeffries kicked for goal but missed and then Pryce had another try ruled out after yet another decision went to the video referee.

It did not matter as their six tries and Rooney's three previous conversions meant victory was all Wakefield's.