WAKEFIELD cemented their place in the Super League play-off picture after a crushing 48-6 win over West Yorkshire rivals Castleford on the second day of action at Magic Weekend.

Cameron Scott, Tom Johnstone and Caleb Hamlin-Uele each helped themselves to a brace in an emphatic nine-try romp against Ryan Carr’s beleaguered Tigers.

Brilliant Trinity never relented from the moment Scott collected a bobbling kick from Jake Trueman and opened his side’s account with just three minutes on the clock.

Castleford, for whom shocking inconsistency has been a major frustration all season, were simply not up for the fight and it could have been worse as Scott and Will Tate had further tries ruled out in the first 10 minutes.

Johnstone finally made it two off a pass from Josh Rourke in the 17th minute, and Hamlin-Uele barged through the flat-footed Castleford rearguard before Scott sliced over for his second to make it 20-0 at the break.

Carr’s half-time team-talk made no significant difference as Wakefield continued in the same vein after the interval, Lachlan Walmsley diving over acrobatically off a flicked pass from Scott, then Tyson Smoothy crossing for their sixth.

Further tries from Hamlin-Uele and Johnstone bolstered Wakefield’s tally before Rourke crossed for their ninth and final try with five minutes remaining — duly converted by Jack Sinfield, who would contribute 12 points with the boot.