With the exception of an ill-fated trip to France, things couldn’t be better for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as they look to finish the season strongly.

Their visit to Perpignan, where they were beaten 40-6 by Catalan Dragons, stands out as their only blemish in recent rounds of Super League.

Beaten at Odsal by fellow strugglers Bradford 20-12 in the first week of June, things looked bleak for Wakefield, however since then the Wildcats have climbed the table and the Bulls have been consigned to relegation.

Trinity’s run of success has seen them blossom in June with home wins over London Broncos (16-14) and Wigan Warriors (36-28) before draw with Hull FC (20-20).

July them produced the triumph all Trinity fans hunger for as they beat Leeds Rhinos 16-14 and that was followed by a narrow 12-10 win against Widnes Vikings.

Then came the trip to France, but in the last round of matches Wakefield bounced back with a 40-26 success at Warrington Wolves and they can now look to the final five games of the league schedule hankering after points that could take them into the top eight.

After Sunday’s home run out against the Giants, coach James Webster’s troops are away at St Helens, home to Salford Red Devils, away to local rivals Castleford Tigers and then conclude on their own track against Hull KR.

The away trips will prove testing, but after the Halliwell Jones Stadium showing who is to say Wakefield cannot make it to the play-offs.

James Webster certainly seems to have the desired effect after taking the reins at the Wildcats.

The Sydney-born 35-year-old took on the mantle of head coach when he replaced Richard Agar at the start of June.

As a player Webster was regarded as either a scrum half or hooker and started out with Balmain Tigers, but made his mark with the Parramatta Eels where he played over 40 NRL games.

He headed for England and Hull KR where he had three seasons and then had spells at Widnes and Hull FC.

He joined Agar at Wakefield on the coaching staff in 2012.

After last week’s victory at Warrington Wolves it is hard to pick anyone other than Chris Riley as Wakefield’s dangerman!

On loan at the Wildcats from the Wolves, the winger admitted that he had apologised to Warrington coach Tony Smith after he had run in a hat trick of tries in the 40-26 win over his full-time employers.

Warrington-born, the 26-year-old started out as a full-back, but as he emerged from the Wolves junior ranks showed a killer touch when it came to getting over the try line.

Riley has bagged 120 tries in 180 games for his hometown club and was a Challenge Cup winner when the Wolves beat Leeds in the final in 2010.

Always a try scorer Riley bagged two tries as he made his debut on loan for Harlequins RL in May 2011 against Castleford – though the match ended as a disappointing 56-24 defeat for the London side.