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The spirit of Adam Watene loomed large over the JJB Stadium where injury-hit Wakefield claimed a shock 12-6 victory over Wigan in their opening engage Super League match.

The 100-1 title outsiders are dedicating 2009 to their popular former player, who collapsed and died of a heart attack in October and was their inspiration behind Sunday's stunning result.

The Wildcats led 10-0 at half-time thanks to a brace of tries from debutant winger Dave Halley and it could have been more for they had two other touchdowns disallowed.

Joel Tomkins scored Wigan's only try after the break as the Warriors, who had Australians Mark Riddell and Amos Roberts on debut, failed to shine.