Poching moved from Wakefield to Leeds after the 2001 season

Leeds: (10) 22
Tries: Donald, Tansey, Diskin, Hall
Goals: Sinfield 2, Poching

Wakefield: (4) 14
Tries: Demetriou, Henderson, George
Goals: March

Leeds back-row forward Willie Poching marked his farewell appearance for the club by converting teenager Ryan Hall's late try against visitors Wakefield.

The Samoan international announced his retirement in August after failing to fully recover from a knee injury.

Scott Donald, Jordan Tansey and Matt Diskin also went over for Leeds, with Jason Demetriou, Kevin Henderson and Luke George responding for Wakefield.

Leeds debutant Kylie Leuluai limped off after 20 minutes with an ankle injury.

Although Wakefield started brightly, the Rhinos opened the scoring with their first attack through Donald after Kevin Sinfield created the opportunity.

The Wildcats were rewarded 10 minutes later when Demetriou found his way to the line, but Tansey put Leeds back in front in the 21st minute and Diskin extended the lead early in the second half.

But Wakefield still looked dangerous and with 10 minutes to go they came back into the game with two tries in as many minutes.

Henderson was put over by a good offload from Richard Moore before substitute George outsprinted the opposition from deep in his own half to score.

Leeds had the final say through Hall, with the biggest cheer of the day coming for Poching's long-range conversion.

Leeds: Smith, Donald, Toopi, Gibson, Williams, Sinfield, Tansey, Bailey, Diskin, Leuluai, Lauitiiti, Thackray, Jones-Buchanan.
Substitutes: Poching, Scruton, Kaye, Hall, Burgess, Ratu.