Wakefield coach Chris Chester remains proud of his team despite watching them lose their unbeaten record in the Betfred Super League.

Trinity were on course for a fifth straight win when two tries from winger Ben Jones-Bishop gave them a 12-10 half-time lead at the DW Stadium, but Wigan scored 20 points after the break to wrap up a 30-18 victory.

“I thought it was a really good contest,” Chester said. “It was a tale of two halves.

“We probably didn’t want half-time to come because we were finishing the half pretty strongly. I thought we looked dangerous every time we got the ball.

“But in the second half we gave away too many penalties and only completed one of our first five sets.

“The effort was brilliant and, had we been a bit smart in the second half, things might have been different. It was a spirited performance, we were good in a lot of areas.

“I’ve no issues, I thought we got beat by the better side and we will learn a fair deal from that.

“They are all disappointed and that shows how far we’ve come, that we’re disappointed not to win at Wigan.

“I’m proud of everybody today. It was our biggest challenge and we just came up short against a good side.

“We’ve started the season pretty well, we’ve got to make sure this is a blip.”

Winger Joe Burgess scored a hat-trick and former Wakefield forward Taulima Tautai marked his 100th appearance for Wigan with his first try of the season as the hosts overturned a half-time deficit for the second successive week.

Warriors coach Shaun Wane was delighted with a fourth win from five attempts that lifts his side above Trinity into second place in the table, just two points behind arch rivals St Helens.

“It was a good win,” Wane said. “They’re a good, solid team, they were always going to be hard to beat.

“They said they wanted to come here and make it five from five and that was motivation to us.

“I thought we defended well and in our attack we got them a few times. A bit more clinical and it could have been a fair win for us.

“We came up with some poor errors in the first half, some simple one-on-one catches but there was no stress at half-time, they were easy fixes. We just needed to be more patient. I thought we earned the win.”

Sam Tomkins played the full game at full-back for the first time this season, with Morgan Escare used as a half-back when he entered the action from the bench, and Wane says it is a ploy he will continue with.

“I want to leave Sam there for a bit,” he said. “I need more from Morgan in the halves.”

Tomkins produced an impressive performance just four days after being once more omitted from England’s elite performance squad.

“I don’t think he’s stressing about it,” Wane said. “He just wants to play well for Wigan, which is to my liking.”