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Wolves get 2023 season off to a dream start

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WARRINGTON Wolves got the 2023 Super League season off to a perfect start with a 42-10 thrashing of Leeds Rhinos.

The damage was done in a dominating first half display where the hosts racked up a 30-0 advantage.

A pre-match tribute was made to Brianna Ghey and The Lathums performed in front of an encouraging 11,062 crowd at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

The action on the field was a stark contrast to how both sides finished last season, with Leeds reaching the Grand Final while the Wolves finished second bottom.

It took four minutes for Daryl Powell’s side to break the deadlock, Ben Currie breaking through on the left and finding Matt Dufty on his inside shoulder to score the first try of the new season.

Warrington kept Leeds on the backfoot and a succession of penalties highlighted their dominance and enabled Stefan Ratchford to add a penalty goal to make it 8-0.

Those extra two points would prove redundant later on as the Wolves carved open their opponents four times before half time.

Daryl Clark took advantage of a stricken Aidan Sezer to find his way over from dummy half and then an improvised play started by Josh Drinkwater resulted in Josh Thewlis finishing smartly in the right corner.

Danny Walker’s grubber kick caused a slip from Richie Myler, who had a torrid time on his return to Warrington, with Walker winning the race to touch down before the dead ball line.

Debutant Sam Kasiano then got in on the act. Shortly after being held up just short of the try line, confirmed by the video referee to have been stopped by the knee of a desperate Cameron Smith, Kasiano got his try by plucking a Drinkwater kick out of the air and touching down.

It took an hour for Leeds to get on the board, through Rhyse Martin but the game was long gone.

James Harrison and Greg Minikin added further tries for the home side before Justin Sangare marked his Leeds debut with a try.


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