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Warrington Wolves 4 Harlequins 17
THE future of Warrington Wolves Coach Paul Cullen is on a knife edge as the club collapsed to their fifth home defeat of the season.
While injury ravaged Harlequins strengthened their Super League play-off hopes with a first-ever win over Warrington at the Halliwell Jones Stadium the Wolves were left languishing near the wrong end of the table.
The Wolves board have made clear their ambitions of bringing silverware to the club and invested heavily in signing proven international players.
At the start of the season deputy Chairman Steven Broomhead made it clear that anything less than silverware or a top three finish would be classed as an under achievement.
With more than half the season gone Warrington's season is almost in tatters - and it doesn't get any easier with the visit of St Helens in the league and a trip to Knowsley Road looming in the cup.
Cullen faces a titanic task to turn his team's fortunes around and could face the same fate as the ocean-going liner if things don't improve soon.
His facial expression at the end of the match told its own story as he had to endure being booed on to the pitch by the Wire faithful and then seeing his players being booed.
Sources close to the club say the board's patience is wearing thin.
Meanwhile first-half tries from Matt Gafa, Rob Purdham and Julien Rinaldi gave Quins their fourth away win of the season.
Warrington's only try came from Martin Gleeson after good work by Ben Westwood. After the break they dominated possession but Quins' defence held out.
Paul Sykes added a late drop to Quins captain Purdham's two goals to hand Wolves a fifth defeat in six matches.
Warrington were also handed a disciplinary worry over Great Britain forward Adrian Morley, who was put on report for a high tackle on hooker Rinaldi midway through the second half.
A dejected Cullen said after the match: "We are very disappointed we couldn't deliver. We were very ordinary. I didn't think we worked hard enough to try and break through and push Harlequins back at all and ultimately paid the price.
"We were very flat. We couldn't find sufficient energy to get from one end of the field and come up with a kicking game that was going to put some pressure on Harlequins.
"We sent them all the wrong signals very early and they got a smell and a sniff that we weren't quite right. It's very difficult to take."
Cullen on a
knife edge
by Gary Skentelbery
THE future of Warrington Wolves Coach Paul Cullen is on a knife edge as the club collapsed to their fifth home defeat of the season.
While injury ravaged Harlequins strengthened their Super League play-off hopes with a first-ever win over Warrington at the Halliwell Jones Stadium the Wolves were left languishing near the wrong end of the table.
The Wolves board have made clear their ambitions of bringing silverware to the club and invested heavily in signing proven international players.
At the start of the season deputy Chairman Steven Broomhead made it clear that anything less than silverware or a top three finish would be classed as an under achievement.
With more than half the season gone Warrington's season is almost in tatters - and it doesn't get any easier with the visit of St Helens in the league and a trip to Knowsley Road looming in the cup.
Cullen faces a titanic task to turn his team's fortunes around and could face the same fate as the ocean-going liner if things don't improve soon.
His facial expression at the end of the match told its own story as he had to endure being booed on to the pitch by the Wire faithful and then seeing his players being booed.
Sources close to the club say the board's patience is wearing thin.
Meanwhile first-half tries from Matt Gafa, Rob Purdham and Julien Rinaldi gave Quins their fourth away win of the season.
Warrington's only try came from Martin Gleeson after good work by Ben Westwood. After the break they dominated possession but Quins' defence held out.
Paul Sykes added a late drop to Quins captain Purdham's two goals to hand Wolves a fifth defeat in six matches.
Warrington were also handed a disciplinary worry over Great Britain forward Adrian Morley, who was put on report for a high tackle on hooker Rinaldi midway through the second half.
A dejected Cullen said after the match: "We are very disappointed we couldn't deliver. We were very ordinary. I didn't think we worked hard enough to try and break through and push Harlequins back at all and ultimately paid the price.
"We were very flat. We couldn't find sufficient energy to get from one end of the field and come up with a kicking game that was going to put some pressure on Harlequins.
"We sent them all the wrong signals very early and they got a smell and a sniff that we weren't quite right. It's very difficult to take."
Warrington (4) 4
Tries: Gleeson
Harlequins RL (14) 17
Tries: Gafa, Purdham, Rinaldi
Goals: Purdham (2)
Drops: Sykes
