Wolves win in Wales

WARRINGTON Wolves secured a 6-22 victory at Celtic Crusaders on their first ever visit to the new Welsh franchise.
The victory was Warrington’s third on the trot and took them to 7th in the league table, leap-frogging Wigan.
Defences were on top for most of the first half, with the only try coming after nine minutes from Warrington’s Jon Clarke, who pounced from five yards out as two Crusaders defenders allowed a cross kick to bounce, with Chris Hicks adding the extras to put the Wolves 0-6 up at the break.
Young forward Ben Harrison extended the lead after 52 minutes with Hicks again on target.
Full-back Richie Mathers secured the points for Warrington with two quick tries on 57 and 62 minutes, with Hicks converting one to open up a 0-22 lead.
The home side scored a late consolation effort through Luke Dyer which was goaled by Mark Lennon.
After the match Warrington’s Head of Coaching Tony Smith heaped praise on his teams defensive effort but was still not satisfied with the overall performance!
“I thought our defence was awesome today,” he said.
“I don’t want to be negative but there were handling errors. I was encouraged by the way we started to play before those errors crept in.
“It was a greasy ball and, although it was not wet or raining, it was greasy out there and it is a while since we played in those type of conditions.
“Some individuals struggled with that but, overall, I was quite satisfied in the manner we went about the game.
“There was some good rugby league played out there and some enterprising tries.
“I don’t want to be too downbeat about it because that will not give credit to Celtic, who I thought defended very well as well. They are very solid in that area.
“Whilst I thought we were always in control and held onto the ball, there was just a patch where we came up with five or six errors in a row and that was pretty rough. “We lost our way but I was not too disappointed by that.”