Wakefield Trinity Foundation will be premiering their ‘These Sporting Lives’ documentary exclusively on Youtube at 5pm on Saturday (12th Dec).
After being founded in 2018 and beginning with non-competitive matches, the Wakefield Trinity PDRL side took a huge step forward in 2019 when they came runners-up in the inaugural PDRL Grand Final against Warrington Wolves. Trinity also featured at half-time of the 2019 Betfred Super League Grand Final in front of over 60,000 spectators.
This new documentary - directed and produced by Luke Bower-Massey - focuses on the three Trinity players who embarked on a trip of a lifetime. Last summer, Connor Lynes, Ben Nicholson and club captain, Darren Dean, teamed up with the Gold Coast legends to face off against the Australian side’s PDRL team at half-time of Titans’ game against Brisbane.
Speaking before the first release of the mini-doc onto Amazon Prime, Trinity’s Head of Foundation, Craig Shepherd, said: “Publicity is something we have struggled with over the past few years and this isn’t just happening on a national or global scale, but locally.
“As we started getting hold of that, we started getting some recognition both locally and regionally, to the point where we were nominated for the Super League Foundation of the Year in 2019.
“To be part of something like this and to be recognised globally, is really important. Gold Coast are excited about the reveal of this documentary as it shows their club in a positive light, which is a by-product of all the hard work that has gone into this project.
“Adjacent to this, it also puts Wakefield Trinity as a club in the spotlight and gets them a bit of global acknowledgement as well.
“So, when you couple all that in and you have a documentary going live to millions of people, it is only going to benefit us in the best possible way.”
Watch the documentary at 5pm this Saturday here.
