Wolves fail to secure


play off place 
 
by Gary Skentelbery

WARRINGTON Wolves faded badly as they crashed to their first home defeat since May as the Huddersfield Giants leap frogged them into 5th spot in the table.
Defeat brought the curtain down at the Halliwell Jones as the Wolves will not be able to grab a home play off place.
The defeat also still leaves a question mark over whether Warrington can secure a top six spot with just two games to go.
Warrington were still very much in the hunt as the scores were locked at 12-12 just after the break.
But a wayward pass from hooker Mark Gleeson allowed the Giants pacy Aussie winger Jensen to intercept from his own try line to race away for a try that turned the match.
But Gleeson was not the only Wolves player to be guilty of mistakes as numerous missed tackles and Lee Briers poor goal-kicking contributed to this miserable defeat.
Kevin Brown and Jamahl Lolesi also scored second-half tries, to add to first-half efforts from Ryan Hudson and Brad Drew, as Huddersfield eased to their fifth win in six matches.
Warrington scored three tries in the first half but faded in the second half to end their home campaign on a disappointing note despite a hat-trick of tries from makeshift centre Ben Westwood.
They also lost prop forward Paul Wood with a dislocated shoulder and had international duo Adrian Morley and Paul Rauhihi placed on report for alleged foul tackles.
"We got what we deserved," said Wolves coach Paul Cullen. "We scored five very good tries but our composure and discipline simply wasn't good enough.
"We surrendered the battle of field possession and played the game at the wrong end of the field. We squandered two points tonight.
"But it all pales into insignificance when we consider the injuries to Paul Wood. He has a very badly bust shoulder. The shoulder came out and we fear he broke it as well."
It was a disappointing result in particular for Brent Grose, Henry Fa'afili and Chris Leikvoll who all pulled a Wolves shirt on for the last time at the Halliwell Jones.