Mason Caton-Brown aims to write his own piece of Challenge Cup history ahead of Salford clash
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Mason Caton-Brown started the season playing in a 46-0 hammering at Championship Rochdale, and now stands two wins from Wembley.
Wakefield’s Enfield-born flyer began the campaign on dual registration with partner club Dewsbury, but has now become a key figure for Chris Chester’s side.
Caton-Brown has scored 15 tries in just 12 Trinity appearances, including a sparkling hat-trick against tonight’s Challenge Cup quarter-final opponents and his former club Salford.
The 24-year-old will be hoping to repeat that feat tonight and move a step closer to the final - even if it means upsetting a few old mates.
He said: “I’ve still got a lot of friends at Salford and still live in Manchester.
“I see a few of them at the gym or around town, and the Salford fans are still really nice with me and were wishing me well even after we won there the other week.
“It’s one of my favourite grounds to play at so it was good to score those tries.
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“Both games we’ve played in Super League this year have been really close and we’ve managed to win both - there’s a lot of belief in this team this year.
“Even when we’ve been in sticky situations we’ve stuck together.”
Trinity’s coach Chester and head of rugby John Kear have a rich Challenge Cup history between them.
They lifted the trophy together with Hull FC in 2005, Chester took Hull KR to the 2015 final and Kear masterminded the biggest shock in the competition’s history with Sheffield in 1998.
But Caton-Brown insists they haven’t made reference to that in Wakefield’s attempt to go one better than last year and reach a first final since 1979.
He added: “They haven’t mentioned it at all to be honest - we’ve just been focusing on what we’re doing.
“It would be nice for this group to create its own bit of history now.
“We haven’t put any limit on what we can do this year or put ourselves in any bracket - we just want to compete in every game and we’ve been doing that.”