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Warrington Wolves 43 Wigan Warriors 24
by Gary Skentelbery pictures George Thornton
INSPIRED by skipper Lee Briers Warrington Wolves were more than match for woeful Wigan as they ran in seven tries to climb to fourth in the table.
Aussie legend Andrew Johns, who guested for the Wolves two seasons ago, was back in town to witness the rout and received a rousing reception from the Wolves faithful in the 12,000 plus crowd when he was introduced on the pitch at half time.
The team who were also celebrating Head Coach Paul Cullen's new two year contract, obviously wanted to put on the style as they swept to their fourth win in a row and compounded arch rivals Wigan's woes.
Johns, who has been forced to quit the game due to a neck injury must have been itching to get on the pitch as Briers and his team mates weaved their magic.
Man of the match Briers grabbed an opportunist try, helped set up several others and booted seven goals, plus a drop goal to secure a memorable victory. Smart passing put Stuart Reardon over in the corner with just three minutes gone then Kevin Penny raced 40 yards to grab bag his 10th try in eight starts, showing a clean pair of heel to the trailing defenders.
Wigan threatened a recovery when Phil Bailey and Chris Ashton combined for Liam Colbon to go over but Briers then forced his way through from dummy half.
Warrington could have had more points on the board had Henry Fa'afili had not fumbled the ball over the line after doing all the hard work.
Briers added a drop goal just before the half time hooter to make at 25-6 at the break.
Again Wigan briefly threatened to stage a fightback but Warrington soaked up the pressure, with young Penny pulling off two try saving tackles.
Grose, Clarke, Fa'afili and finally Chris Bridge crossed for further tries with Wigan's responses coming from Leuluai and Goulding twice, the last one the final action giving a flattering scoreline for the visitors.
If Warrington remain injury free and continue with this kind of form they could still prove to be a dark horse in the play offs.Pictures show try scorers Brent Grose and Kevin Penny in action.
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Wolves wallop Wigan!
by Gary Skentelbery pictures George Thornton
INSPIRED by skipper Lee Briers Warrington Wolves were more than match for woeful Wigan as they ran in seven tries to climb to fourth in the table.
Aussie legend Andrew Johns, who guested for the Wolves two seasons ago, was back in town to witness the rout and received a rousing reception from the Wolves faithful in the 12,000 plus crowd when he was introduced on the pitch at half time.The team who were also celebrating Head Coach Paul Cullen's new two year contract, obviously wanted to put on the style as they swept to their fourth win in a row and compounded arch rivals Wigan's woes.
Johns, who has been forced to quit the game due to a neck injury must have been itching to get on the pitch as Briers and his team mates weaved their magic.
Man of the match Briers grabbed an opportunist try, helped set up several others and booted seven goals, plus a drop goal to secure a memorable victory. Smart passing put Stuart Reardon over in the corner with just three minutes gone then Kevin Penny raced 40 yards to grab bag his 10th try in eight starts, showing a clean pair of heel to the trailing defenders.
Wigan threatened a recovery when Phil Bailey and Chris Ashton combined for Liam Colbon to go over but Briers then forced his way through from dummy half.
Warrington could have had more points on the board had Henry Fa'afili had not fumbled the ball over the line after doing all the hard work.
Briers added a drop goal just before the half time hooter to make at 25-6 at the break.
Again Wigan briefly threatened to stage a fightback but Warrington soaked up the pressure, with young Penny pulling off two try saving tackles.
Grose, Clarke, Fa'afili and finally Chris Bridge crossed for further tries with Wigan's responses coming from Leuluai and Goulding twice, the last one the final action giving a flattering scoreline for the visitors.
If Warrington remain injury free and continue with this kind of form they could still prove to be a dark horse in the play offs.
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Warrington: (25) 43
Tries: Grose 2, Penny, Briers, Clarke, Fa'afili, Bridge
Goals: Briers 7
Drop goals: Briers
Wigan: (6) 24
Tries: Colbon, Leuluai, Goulding 2
Goals: Richards 4
Atten: 12,500
