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Ellis Transforms Wakefield into Title Contenders

Kitchen magnate Matt Ellis has invested £10 million in Wakefield Trinity, transforming the rugby league club from perennial underachievers into Super League title contenders.

Kitchen magnate Matt Ellis has invested £10 million in Wakefield Trinity, transforming the rugby league club from perennial underachievers into Super League title contenders. The 60-year wait for a major trophy could finally end under Ellis's ownership. biznow.biz

For supporters of a certain age, Wakefield Trinity represent one of rugby league's great names, having been league champions twice and Challenge Cup winners three times in the 1960s. Ellis, too young to remember those glory days, is motivated to end the club's 60-year trophy drought.