WOLVES are looking to reward their fans with a trip to Wembley, centre Ryan Atkins says ahead of Saturday’s Challenge Cup semi-final against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

Tony Smith’s side go into the game at Leigh Sports Village knowing a win will secure a fourth Wembley final in eight years.

Over 5,000 Wire fans will be in attendance on Saturday and Atkins says the team want to repay them for their loyalty.

“Wembley is a massive occasion, a lot of fans go there anyway but to go with your own team is special,” he said.

“It will be great to do it for them, it will bring us confidence as a team as well.

“Our fans are loyal. They turn up in their thousands wherever we play and they spend a lot of money on season tickets and shirts.

“It’s not cheap to be a rugby league fan and we want to repay them by giving them a day out at Wembley.”

The Wire go into the game on the back of a six-game unbeaten sequence following last weekend’s 34-30 win over Huddersfield Giants.

However, since winning the Challenge Cup in 2012, they have fallen at the semi-final stage in the last three seasons.

With his former club blocking the path to the August showpiece, Atkins is clear about what is needed to win the game.

“We need to concentrate on ourselves, we need to be more sensible with the ball and more selective in defence,” he said.

“We need to dictate to teams rather than be dictated to, we’ve conceded way too many tries in the last few weeks.

“We know we can score tries but we need to be more ruthless in defence and start intimidating teams to make them scared of us.”

Atkins also said he still looks out for his former side, with whom he started his first-team career before moving to The Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2010.

“Wakefield will always hold a special place in my heart, I look out for their results and get to games whenever I can,” he said.

“They are one of those clubs who will always be underdogs, they don’t have the finances or facilities of other clubs but they rely heavily on team unity.

“They are a proud team that will always use their unity to get them places and it’s shown this year.

“They will play on being underdogs and Chris will feel confident about having a gameplan to beat us but we’ve learned the lesson that we can never go into a game expecting to win.”