WARRINGTON Wolves made it three wins from three at the start of the Super League season by beating Super League newcomers Toulouse 32-18.
In the first ever meeting between these two sides in France, Toby King and Josh Charnley both ran in a brace of tries to send Toulouse to their third successive defeat.
The Wire handed a start to young half-back Reece Dean in the absence of Gareth Widdop, but it was George Williams whose neat kick through set up the first try for King.
Toulouse, who handed a debut to former Widnes full-back Olly Ashall-Bott, got on the board via a Chris Hankinson penalty on 12 minutes to trail 4-2.
Stefan Ratchford’s long pass put Charnley in for his first and then Dean set up King’s second to give the Wire a 16-2 half-time lead.
A long range score from Williams eight minutes after the break made the points virtually safe.
Ashall-Bott got Toulouse’s first try on 57 minutes before further scores from Charnley and Daryl Clark and a late Toulouse rally where they add tries through Romain Navarette and Maxime Stefani.
Charnley’s tries took him to a career total of 201, making him third all-time top try scorer in the Super League era.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Marcon, Armitage, Hankinson, Russell, Albert, Gigot, Garbutt, White, Navarrete, Stefani, Dixon, Bretherton. Subs: Pelissier, Sangare, Puech, Marion.
Warrington: Ratchford, Charnley, Mata’utia, King, Ashton, Dean, Williams, Philbin, Walker, Mulhern, Longstaff, Hughes, J Clark. Subs: Cooper, D Clark, Bullock, Davis.
201, 3rd all time top try scorer. Coming for top spot!! pic.twitter.com/wFHcksJ5yD
— Joshua Charnley (@Joshuacharnley) February 27, 2022
3⃣ from 3⃣! pic.twitter.com/MEQQas23Ma
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 27, 2022
A huge thank you to our travelling fans! 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/aVmXEqywDa
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 26, 2022
🍿 Match Highlights | Catch up on yesterday's action from the south of France as we continued our 100% start pic.twitter.com/5M50Yun32v
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 27, 2022
Super League’s 3rd highest try-scorer 🔥🔥@Joshuacharnley 👏 pic.twitter.com/wkdQNNVdYg
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 26, 2022
