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Warrington Wolves 10 Leeds Rhinos 52
report Gary Skentelbery pictures George Thornton
INJURY ravaged Warrington Wolves wilted in the heat as a team patched up with youngsters were over run by a powerful Leeds Rhinos.
The Rhinos recorded a resounding 52-10 success as they ran riot during the second half at a swealtering Halliwell Jones Stadium.
To their credit Warrington opened the scoring through a Ben Westwood try, but the visiotrs were 18-10 up by the interval and eased clear in the second half, racking up nine tries by the final whistle.
Returning from a two-match suspension, Westwood reminded Wolves fans what they had been missing when he finished off good work by Jon Clarke and Martin Gleeson for the opening try on 16 minutes, adding the conversion from the touchline.
But Leeds were back on terms shortly before the half-hour mark as Gareth Ellis accepted a pass from Kevin Sinfield to touch down and they hit the front soon afterwards when New Zealand centre Clinton Toopi came on to score with virtually his first touch after replacing Matt Diskin. Sinfield converted both scores, but Warrington refused to lie down and reduced the lead to two points as Brent Grose took advantage of good work by Richie Barnet who palmed a high ball down to the winger to touchdown.
But the Wolves headed for the dressing room deflated as a powerful Keith Senior burst sent in Scott Donald with Sinfield's third successful kick stretching the lead to 18-10.
The unstoppable Senior then crossed the whitewash himself moments after the restart as he brushed aside the challenge of Stuart Reardon and Rob Burrow underlined Leeds' growing superiority as he scooted over five minutes later. Warrington - missing Paul Johnson, Michael Sullivan, Chris Bridge, Chris Leikvoll, Adrian Morley, Rob Parker, Paul Wood and their inspirational captain Lee Briers - wilted as the game entered the final half-hour and Leeds picked them off almost at will.
Jamie Thackeray bulldozed over, while Brent Webb and Danny McGuire increased the agony for home fans as they extended the lead to 46-10 with ten minutes still left on the clock.
Grose then saw a try chalked off for a forward pass and, to add insult to injury, Burrow nipped in to collect a McGuire kick to claim his second and Leeds' ninth three minutes from time, with the accurate Sinfield adding his eighth successful kick of the afternoon.Pictures show Stuart Reardon and Ben Westwood in action.
Wolves wilt!
report Gary Skentelbery pictures George Thornton
INJURY ravaged Warrington Wolves wilted in the heat as a team patched up with youngsters were over run by a powerful Leeds Rhinos.
The Rhinos recorded a resounding 52-10 success as they ran riot during the second half at a swealtering Halliwell Jones Stadium.
To their credit Warrington opened the scoring through a Ben Westwood try, but the visiotrs were 18-10 up by the interval and eased clear in the second half, racking up nine tries by the final whistle.
Returning from a two-match suspension, Westwood reminded Wolves fans what they had been missing when he finished off good work by Jon Clarke and Martin Gleeson for the opening try on 16 minutes, adding the conversion from the touchline.But Leeds were back on terms shortly before the half-hour mark as Gareth Ellis accepted a pass from Kevin Sinfield to touch down and they hit the front soon afterwards when New Zealand centre Clinton Toopi came on to score with virtually his first touch after replacing Matt Diskin. Sinfield converted both scores, but Warrington refused to lie down and reduced the lead to two points as Brent Grose took advantage of good work by Richie Barnet who palmed a high ball down to the winger to touchdown.
But the Wolves headed for the dressing room deflated as a powerful Keith Senior burst sent in Scott Donald with Sinfield's third successful kick stretching the lead to 18-10.
The unstoppable Senior then crossed the whitewash himself moments after the restart as he brushed aside the challenge of Stuart Reardon and Rob Burrow underlined Leeds' growing superiority as he scooted over five minutes later. Warrington - missing Paul Johnson, Michael Sullivan, Chris Bridge, Chris Leikvoll, Adrian Morley, Rob Parker, Paul Wood and their inspirational captain Lee Briers - wilted as the game entered the final half-hour and Leeds picked them off almost at will.
Jamie Thackeray bulldozed over, while Brent Webb and Danny McGuire increased the agony for home fans as they extended the lead to 46-10 with ten minutes still left on the clock.
Grose then saw a try chalked off for a forward pass and, to add insult to injury, Burrow nipped in to collect a McGuire kick to claim his second and Leeds' ninth three minutes from time, with the accurate Sinfield adding his eighth successful kick of the afternoon.
Warrington (10) 10.
Tries: Westwood, Grose.
Goals: Westwood.
Leeds (18) 52.
Tries: Ellis, Toopi, Donald, Senior, Burrow 2, Thackray, Webb, McGuire.
Goals: Sinfield 8.
Att: 10,155
