Hull FC 18–28 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats — Elimination Play-off, 2004 Super League Finals Series

Elimination Play-off, 2004 Super League finals series: Hull FC 18–28 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, at KC Stadium, Hull on 24 Sep 2004.

Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. This is the first 2004-season match sourced in this backlog; the season summary slug follows the plain "super-league-2004" pattern rather than the roman-numeral "super-league-ix-2004" form initially expected, confirmed by browsing from the seasons index. Both lineups fetched cleanly on the first attempt with real, varied squad numbers (e.g. Hull's Shaun Briscoe at 32 (Fullback), Peter Lupton at 25 (Halfback); Wakefield's Mark Field at 21 (Fullback), Jason Demetriou at 1 (Centre)) rather than a suspicious sequential 1-13 index, so no re-fetch was needed. No duplicate or missing shirt numbers were encountered. Coaches confirmed via web search: Shaun McRae (Hull FC — Love Rugby League's ranking of Hull FC's Super League-era coaches states McRae's permanent tenure ran 2000-2004, departing for Australia at the end of that season) and Shane McNally (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats — corroborated by Rugby League Project's own 2004 Wakefield season page, which lists him as coach for all 33 matches that year, and by multiple obituary pieces on his death describing him as a former "Wakefield Trinity Super League coach of the year").