Bulls out muscle Wolves

WARRINGTON Wolves were out muscled by a rampant Bradford Bulls as they went down 10-21 at the Halliwell Jones.
In a poor first half Warrington were completely out played as the visitors built up a 0-9 interval lead thanks to a try from Chris Nero, converted by Paul Deacon who also weighed in with a drop goal right on the hooter.
Missing skipper Adrian Morley and second-rower Ben Westwood, who were on international duty, the Wolves suffered a further set back with the loss of play maker Lee Briers on 15 minutes with a gashed ear.
Warrington were a shadow of the team which had won its five previous games and the defeat left them still outside the top eight with more than half the season gone.
Despite being on England duty Head of Coaching Tony Smith was in attendance but could do little to inspire his team which were well beaten by the better team.
The team did respond to his half-time team talk and but were already 0-15 behind thanks to a Glenn Morrison try and Deacon conversion when stand-off Chris Bridge sent Simon Grix through a gap as the centre side stepped through on his way to the line. Birdge added the extras to make it 6-15 but Terry Newton ended any hope of a comeback when he crashed over near the posts five minutes from time, as Deacon again added the extras.
Winger Chris Hicks went over in the corner late on to make the scoreline more respectable but Bridge couldn’t find the target.
Warrington could have no complaint with the final scoreline as they were beaten by a team they appeared more hungry for the points.