Wolves pay the penalty
for missed chances
By Sports staff
WARRINGTON Wolves let a 6-16 lead slip as they kicked off Super League X with a defeat at London Broncos.
Although the Wolves went behind in the opening minutes they shot into the lead when Prop Mark Milton powered over from close range followed by Nat Wood who went over with an arching run, which Lee Briers converted from wide out.
When Ben Westwood, playing in the pack following an injury to young Prop Paul Wood, went over it opened up a 10 point gap.
But the home side went over just before the break and took control at the start of the second half, with Paul Sykes having a better kicking game than Briers.
Despite two touchdowns from new signing Martin Gleeson, one a sensational solo effort holding off three tacklers, Warrington paid the penalty for three missed conversion attempts, as both sides scored five tries.
Briers missed one kick from in front of the sticks and also took the wrong option a couple of times.
Despite immense pressure on the Broncos line, which saw Westwood knock on with the line at his mercy and Gleeson being held up Warrington couldn’t find a way through.
After the match Head Coach Paul Cullen said: “You have to credit London’s resilience but two disallowed tries didn’t help us.
“There were elements of our game I was very happy with, but other elements that were not good enough.
“It was a massive blow losing Paul Wood so early on as he is a rotational prop and others had to do extra work.
“Two unforced errors at the start of the second half left us too much to do.”
Menahwile Paul Wood is unergoing a scan on his damaged ankle toi see if there is a break.
