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Warrington Wolves
Club information
Full name	Warrington Wolves; Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Wire, The Wolves,
Founded	1879
Current details
Ground(s)	Halliwell Jones Stadium (14,206)
Coach(s)	Tony Smith
Captain(s)	Adrian Morley
Competition	Super League

The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. They compete in Super League, Europe's top-level rugby league competition. Their colours are primrose (light yellow) and blue, though white has often featured on the home shirt. Warrington have never won the Super League trophy, but have lifted other major trophies, including the Challenge Cup in August, 2009. This was their first major honour since 1974 when they last lifted the Challenge Cup. Their last major cup final appearance prior to this was in 1990 against local rivals Wigan.

Warrington is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. In the past the club have been nicknamed "The Wire" or "Wires", in reference to the strength of the wire-pulling industry in Warrington. They previously played at the traditional ground of Wilderspool, but have since moved to the Halliwell Jones Stadium. They are the only club in the history of the sport in England to play every one of their seasons in the top flight. Warrington have a very strong rivalry with the Widnes Vikings.

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

Although the official foundation date for the club is given as 1879, (rugby) football was certainly played in the town before that date and there was an earlier club bearing the same name.

Under the heading 'Outdoor Sports - Football' the Widnes Guardian of January 25, 1873 reports on a recent game between Warrington and Wigan at the (unnamed) ground of the former. On 6 December 1873 that same newspaper carried details of a local derby between Warrington and Zingari and in subsequent weeks there were matches with Sale and Free Wanderers. Because surviving records from that era are fragmentary it is not possible to say with certainty what became of this Warrington club.

Warrington Zingari was founded in 1879 by Timothy Grix of Chatburn. The committee of the newly formed club managed to get the use of a field fronting Sankey Street. The headquarters of the club were at the White Hart Hotel in Sankey Street. The first match was an away game against the Walton side played at Rice Field in Liverpool on the 18th October 1879. Walton won by three goals to nil.

The first home game at Sankey Street for the club was against Oughtrington, with Warrington gaining their first victory by three goals to one. In their first season Warrington played 11 games, won 7, lost 2 and drew 2. A year later, The Warrington Guardian purchased the land in Sankey Street for its new offices and the club was forced to move to a new pitch at Wilderspool.

Another local club, Padgate Excelsior amalgamated with Warrington in 1881/82 to form a representative town side. After one season at Wilderspool Road, the club obtained another field at Slutchers Lane. A year later, Warrington moved back to Sankey Street to play in a field behind the town's post office.

In 1883/84, they moved for the fourth time, this time back to Wilderspool Road, the new pitch being just a short distance from the previous ground. In 1884/85, Warrington were strengthened again when the club Warrington Wanderers joined the town side.

In 1886, the club won its first silverware, the South West Lancashire and Border Towns Trophy. On August 28, 1895, the Committee decided to join with 21 other clubs throughout Lancashire and Yorkshire to form a new 'Northern Union' and resigned from the RFU.

In 1900/01, Warrington reached the final of the Challenge Cup, facing Batley. A crowd of 29,000 turned out at Leeds to see Warrington battle hard but be beaten by two tries to nil. Warrington also appeared in the renamed South West Lancashire Cup against Leigh two days later. The strenuous game against Batley took its toll on the Warrington players and the match ended in a 0-0 draw, the replay never took place.

In 1903/04, Warrington defeated Bradford Northern in a semi-final replay to earn a place in the final of the Challenge Cup. Warrington put up a fine performance against Halifax but lost 8-3. In 1904/05, Warrington beat Hull Kingston Rovers 6-0 to win the Challenge Cup final in front of a crowd of 19,638.

[edit] Post World War One

After a bad start to the 1921/22 season, Warrington won 12 out of 13 matches. This included an 8-5 victory over the touring Australian team. Warrington beat St. Helens Recs. and Leigh to reach the final of the Lancashire Cup. Wire beat Oldham 7-5, despite playing with only 12 men for most of the match after centre Collins sustained a broken collar bone.

After a bad start to the 1927/28 current and a poor previous season Warrington notched up victories over Hull Kingston Rovers, Huddersfield and finally Leeds in the semi-final of the Challenge Cup.

The final against Swinton was played in Wigan, with an estimated 12,000 travelling from the town to watch the match. Warrington were beaten 5-3, but a contentious decision could have cost the Wire the match.

The Kangaroos visited Wilderspool again in 1929 or 1930, Wire were without five regular players either playing for Lancashire or injured. Despite this, Warrington beat the tourists 17-8.

In 1932/33, the Lancashire Cup was won by beating St Helens in close fought match, the final result being 10-9 to Warrington. St. Helens Recs. and Wigan were disposed of on the way to that particular victory. As well as doing well in the league the team had reached the Challenge Cup final for the seventh time. The was the first time Warrington played at Wembley. The Wire lost 21-17 to Huddersfield.

In the 1933/34 season, Warrington played Australia and for once were beaten. Warrington also had the honour of playing the first rugby league match against a French side, captained by Jean Galia. In a season of firsts a match was played in Dublin to introduce the game to Ireland. A good crowd saw Wigan beat Warrington by 32-19.

The highlight of the 1935/36 season was a place in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Barrow were beaten in the first round, the second round was drawn away at Halifax with Warrington winning the replay at Wilderspool 18-15. Wigan were then beaten 5-2 to set up a semi-final against Salford at Wigan. Warrington was short of regular players and were thought to stand little chance, but as ever in they rose to the occasion to gain victory. Fifteen special trains were laid on as the town made its way to London for the final, however Leeds ran out 18-2 winners.

In the 1937/38 season, Oldham and Widnes were both knocked out by Warrington as they headed for another Lancashire Cup victory, this time 8-5 over Barrow.

During World War II , it was difficult to play matches and therefore pay the bills. To help out the club committee decided that a Limited Company of 10,000 £1 shares was to be created. The Warrington Football Club Limited was born. Warrington dropped out of the wartime Lancashire league in 1941/42 and did not return to league competition until 1945/46.

[edit] Post World War Two

The early post-war years saw a boom in rugby league in general, and the glory years of the Warrington club. A winger named Brian Bevan made his début for Warrington in 1945. Warrington made it to the 1956 Championship final held at Maine Road but lost to Workington Town.

With other stars such as Harry Bath and Gerry Helme, the Wire won all the code's major honours, including the League Championship for the only times in their history in 1947/48, 1953/54 and 1954/55.

Warrington defeated Huddersfield in the 1947/48 league semi-final. The final, against Bradford Northern, was staged at Maine Road and Warrington took the trophy by a margin of 17-5.

Warrington reached the 1948/49 Lancashire Cup final, Wigan took the trophy. In the league Warrington lost only five matches all season. Huddersfield exacted one of Wire's few defeats in the play-off final. The record attendance at Wilderspool was set in 1949 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington play Wigan.

Another good cup run took the Wire to the 1950 Challenge Cup final. This time they were to play local rivals Widnes. They led 14-nil at half time, eventually taking the trophy by 19-nil.

In 1951/52 Ces Mountford was appointed coach with a ten-year contract.

Warrington did well in the league in 1953/54 and made it to the top four play-off. St. Helens came to Wilderspool and were well beaten 11-5. They despatched Leeds in the Challenge Cup to get to their second final of the season, they were to play Halifax in both games. The intense Wembley final ended in a draw, two goals a piece. The replay was held at Odsal and a record 102,569 paid to see Warrington defeat Halifax 8-4. Thousands more got in for free and estimates of the total crowd were in the region of 120-130,000.

The week after the two teams met again in the League Cup, at Maine Road, Manchester. Warrington secured another victory by four goals to Halifax’s two goals and a try. The club had done the League and Cup double to add to the Lancashire Cup they had already won.

In 1954 in the Challenge Cup final replay at Odsal, Bradford, but the Wire beat Halifax in the semi-final of the 1954/55 League Cup passing the way to the final against Oldham at Maine Road. For the second consecutive season Warrington took the honours, the final score was 7-3.

The 1955/56 season saw a tournament titled the ITV Floodlit Competition. Eight clubs participated in a series of games played at football grounds in the London area, with Warrington eventually running out 43-18 victors over Leigh at Loftus Road.

On January 19, 1957, Warrington launched a lottery, which played an important part in the club's finances in future seasons.

In the 1959/60 season, they won the Lancashire Cup for the first time in 22 years, playing all their games away from home. St. Helens were the final hurdle but the Wire managed a 5-4 win at Central Park.

In 1961, Warrington reached the RL Championship final held at Odsal, but Leeds had total control over the match and ran out 25-10. This also turned out to be the last match for long serving coach Ces Mountford.

Ernest "Ernie" Ashcroft took over as coach from the departed Ces Mountford for the 1961/62 season. Easter Monday 1962 saw Brian Bevan's last match for Warrington.

During the early part of the 1965/66 season floodlights were installed and a friendly match against Wigan was arranged. They were officially switched on for the match on Tuesday 28 September, Wigan winning the match. Warrington's home game against Widnes became the first rugby league match to be broadcast on BBC albeit only to the south of England. The final of the Lancashire Cup was reached by gaining a 21-10 victory over Oldham in the semi-final. The final against Rochdale Hornets, at Knowsley Road, was won 16-5.

[edit] 1970s onwards

After a disastrous start to the 1970/71 season, coach Joe Egan decided to stand down. He was replaced by Peter Harvey. The change made little difference as the club won only 11 out of 24 matches. The club also had debts of around £33,000. An Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders was called and they agreed to increase the share capital to £30,000 by creating 20,000 'A' ordinary shares at £1 each. All of these 'A' shares were sold to Ossie Davies and were worth five votes for each share, rather than the usual one. The directors of the old board agreed to resign and Mr. Davies who had been Vice Chairman of the old board, became Chairman of the new board.

Alex Murphy joined Warrington as player-coach on May 20, 1971.

The indifferent league form continued in 1974/75, as did the early exit from several cup competitions, the Challenge Cup being the exception. Warrington again reached Wembley to face Widnes; the Chemics winning 14-7.

The first trophy was the Locker Cup won with a 14-9 victory over Wigan. Next was the Players No. 6 trophy, the final at Wigan against Rochdale Hornets providing a 27-16 win. Salford put an end to the success with a defeat in the first round of the BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy. A new competition, the Captain Morgan Trophy, provided the club with its third trophy of the season. Wins over Wigan, Castleford and Leeds led to the final against Featherstone Rovers which Warrington won 4-nil. However the team continued to perform poorly in the league.

Warrington defeated Huddersfield, Huyton and then Dewsbury were defeated to get to Wembley for the first time in twenty years. Warrington beat 24-9 Featherstone Rovers for the second time that season in a cup final to win the Challenge Cup. In the Merit Trophy play-off, Warrington played and beat Hull, Bradford Northern and then Wakefield Trinity in the semi final. The final at Wigan was against St. Helens, and after a great struggle Warrington won their fifth trophy, 13-12. Alex Murphy then retired as a player but continued to coach the side.

Poor league performance continued in 1977/78 but Warrington again made it to the Regal trophy final. Warrington beat Widnes 9-4.

In 1978, Warrington appointed Billy Benyon as Alex Murphy's successor. A solid year round performance saw Warrington finish second in the league, losing only 8 matches all year. A major highlight of the season was the controversial 15-12 victory over the touring Australians. For the second year running the club reached the John Player Trophy final, but were unable to repeat the previous year's victory, the match going to Widnes by 16-4.

The 1980/81 season brought the Lancashire Cup and the John Player Trophy. After consistently good performances in the league they were League Championship runners up.

Australian Brian Johnson was appointed the club's head coach and manager in 1988.^[1]

In 1990 Warrington made it to the final of the Challenge Cup at Wembley Stadium and faced arch rivals Wigan. Warrington lost 34-16 and this is the last appearance in the Challenge Cup final before their success in 2009.

Warrington won the Regal Trophy in 1992 beating Bradford Northern 12-2 at Headingley, Leeds. This is the last major trophy Warrington have won to date. Warrington did make it to the final of the Regal Trophy in 1994 but lost 40-10 to Wigan at McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield.

With the advent of Super League, several mergers between clubs were proposed. Warrington were scheduled to merge with Widnes to form Cheshire who would compete in Super League. This was, however, resisted. Warrington were awarded a place in the Super League and Widnes were at one stage given a place but then were dropped and had to be relegated to Division One.

Coach Johnson moved on in 1995.^[2]

[edit] Super League era

For most of the Super League Era, Warrington Wolvesfailed to compete with the big guns and for several years were a mid-table or below outfit. Warrington added "Wolves" to their name and to mark this came a new logo which is still in place to date. Plans to move from Wilderspool Stadium were announced with Burtonwood the likely site. The former brewery on Winwick Road was chosen to be the new home for Warrington and Tesco were to also develop on the land with their first ever supermarket in the town. A lengthy planning process finally ended with the Secretary of State finally giving the green light for the 14,206 capacity (making it one of the smallest grounds in the league) stadium and supermarket to be built. The ground was reduced to 13,500 on safety grounds after the first match in the new stadium.

In 2000, retired Australian captain and scrum-half, Allan Langer came out of retirement to play in Super League for the Warrington Wolves. He captained the side and took them to within one match of the Challenge Cup Final in 2000.^[3]^[4]

Paul Cullen was appointed head coach in 2002, replacing David Plange.

Their best season in Super League has been the 2005 season (Super League X), where they finished in 4th place and earned a home tie in the playoffs. They are the only club never to have been relegated from the top flight of rugby league, throughout their long history.

Warrington's first season in the Halliwell Jones Stadium saw slight underachievement on the pitch reflected in their finishing position of eighth in Super League, though they did make the semi finals of the Challenge Cup. However they recorded a significant increase in their average attendances and midway through the season the club was purchased by events promoter Simon Moran. Moran immediately released fresh investment into the club, enabling coach Paul Cullen to sign Great Britain centre Martin Gleeson for a club record fee reported in the region of £200,000 as well as New Zealand internationals Henry Fa'afili and Logan Swann.

Australian half-back Andrew Johns played 3 games for the club when his Australian club Newcastle concluded their season. He wore the number 31 (the club was refused permission for Johns to wear 77) and is rumoured to have been paid around £40,000 (Aus$100,000) per match for the Wires. The signing caused controversy for a couple of reasons: if the Wires had made the Super League Grand Final, it would have clashed with the Kangaroos Tri-Nations test against New Zealand in Sydney; also, many people questioned why the Wires were allowed to bring in a player in time for the Super League play-offs after he had finished playing a full season in Australia. The signing and subsequent confusion over the rules led other Super League clubs to follow the example set by the Wires and signed their own Antipodean players on short-term contracts.

On 22 September 2006, Warrington beat Leeds 18-17 at Headingley to progress to the second round of the Super League playoffs. This was the first time during the Super League era that the Wires had progressed past the first round of the playoffs. However, they were unable to progress any further as they were beaten 40-24 by Bradford Bulls at Odsal Stadium.

For the 2007 season Warrington signed current Great Britain international Adrian Morley on a four year deal from the Sydney Roosters NRL club, Paul Johnson, another Great Britain international, from Bradford Northern on a three year deal and New Zealand international back rower or centre Vinnie Anderson, 27, on a three year deal from St Helens paying a £50k transfer fee.

Warrington finished the 2007 season in 7th place in the table which was seen as a disaster for the club following the impressive signings made during the close season. Finishing 7th resulted in Warrington missing out on the end of season playoffs for the first time in 3 years with local rivals Wigan pipping the Wire on the last weekend of the season.

Warrington have already signed four players for the 2008 season. They are Michael Monaghan, who has signed from Manly on a 4-year-deal, Vinnie Anderson's brother Louis from the New Zealand Warriors, Manly Sea Eagles winger Chris Hicks, both on 2-year-deals and Melbourne Storm centre Matt King on a four year deal.

Warrington announced that Australasian trio Chris Leikvoll, Brent Grose, and Henry Fa'afili could not be retained for the 2008 season due to salary cap restrictions.

After a storming start to the season, Chris Bridge was once again injured with a ruptured achilles tendon and this ruled him out for the rest of the season. Stuart Reardon, full back for the team, is also expected to have a full reconstruction of his achilles tendon, gained at the clash against St Helens and is expected to be out for the rest of the season. Paul Wood is also likely to be out for the season, after a further injury to his shoulder.

In a match on 8 May Matt King was knocked out in a game against Wigan from a high tackle that caused Wigan player Ritchie Mathers to be sent off. King was stretchered off, but only received slight concussion. Utility back Paul Johnson missed most of the season after it was confirmed that he needed a full cruciate knee ligament reconstruction. Johnson was injured during the second half of Warrington's 40-34 cup defeat at St Helens.

On 27 May 2008 Head Coach Paul Cullen resigned from the coaching role at the club following a run of only one victory in 7 league fixtures. James Lowes was appointed as the new Head Coach of the club and given a contract until the end of the 2010 season.

The club went on to finish the season in sixth position in the table and securing a playoff tie away to Catalans Dragons. The Wolves lost 46-8 ending what was another season to forget for the club.

For 2009, the Wolves recruited Garreth Carvell from Hull FC for an undisclosed fee on a three year deal, along with Micky Higham from Wigan Warriors on a two year deal. On 5 March, after losing all three of their three opening games to the Super League XIV season, Warrington removed James Lowes from the position of head coach, and replaced him with then-England coach, Tony Smith, who was also given the role of director of rugby.

April 2009 saw Martin Gleeson depart for rivals Wigan Warriors and Stuart Reardon leave the club. Reardon then shortly signed for Hull FC. As part of the deal that took Gleeson to Wigan, Richie Mathers made a return move to Warrington following a short loan deal back in 2002.

On the 30th of May 2009, Warrington reached the Semi Finals of the Rugby League Challenge Cup, beating Hull KR 24-25 via a drop goal from Lee Briers in Golden Point Extra time to earn a place in the last four with Wigan Warriors, St Helens and Huddersfield Giants (Who at that point had still yet to play their matches). The semi final draw pitted the Wolves against Wigan, and St Helens against Huddersfield.

On 8 August 2009, Warrington beat Wigan who had injuries to key players Darrell Goulding, Tim Smith, Eamon O'Carroll, Lee Mossop, Shaun Ainscough and the suspended Gareth Hock to reach Wembley for the first time in 19 years.

Despite only averaging crowds of 8,000 in recent seasons (2009 average attendance 8,155) they sold just under 21,000 tickets for the Challenge Cup Final.

The Wolves faced the Huddersfield Giants in the final at the national stadium Wembley in front of a 76560 crowd. Warrington scored first after a charge down with Richie Mathers going over the line under the sticks. Warrington eventually won the game 25 - 16 with Michael Monaghan winning the Lance Todd Trophy for the man of the match performance.

Warrington Wolves returned home from Wembley with the cup and was greeted by more than 10,000 fans who had been starved of success for 35 years. This was their first Challenge Cup win since 1974, and the team arrived home on an open top bus, and paraded the trophy round the town before heading to the Town Hall.

Warrington finished the 2009 season in lowly 10th place missing out on the play offs yet again. After the final game of the season Chairman Lord Doug Hoyle announced that he will be stepping down from the post and leaving the Wolves.

Signings made for the 2010 season are Richard Myler, Ryan Atkins and David Solomona. England Internationals Myler, from Salford, and Atkins from Wakefield have both agreed 4 year contracts keeping them at the club until 2013. These two players have signed for combined fees totalling in excess of £300,000. Kiwi and Samoan International Solomona has agreed a 1-year contract. the departing players for warrington are Paul Rauhihi, Steve Pickersgill and Paul Johnson

For the start of pre-season training for the 2010 season. the Wolves will have a centralised training facility based at the University of Chester Padgate campus. This will give the first team access to a new purpose built state-of-the-art gym, playing facilities, physiotherapy rooms and video analysis suites, providing the Warrington Wolves First Team with a 'Centre of Excellence' for all year round training

[edit] 2009 Squad

As of 11 April 2009:

Number	Player	Position	Previous Club

2	Paul Johnson	RW	Bradford Bulls
4	Matt King	LC	Melbourne Storm
5	Kevin Penny	LW	Warrington Wolves
6	Lee Briers	SO	St Helens
7	Michael Monaghan	SH	Manly Sea Eagles
8	Adrian Morley	PR	Sydney Roosters
9	Jon Clarke	HK	Harlequins Rugby League
10	Paul Rauhihi	PR	North Queensland Cowboys
11	Louis Anderson	SR	New Zealand Warriors
12	Ben Westwood	SR	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
13	Vinnie Anderson	LF	St Helens
14	Mickey Higham	HK	Wigan Warriors
15	Paul Wood	PR	Warrington Wolves
16	Garreth Carvell	PR	Hull FC
17	Steve Pickersgill	PR	Warrington Wolves
18	Mike Cooper	SR	Warrington Wolves
19	Chris Riley	LW	Warrington Wolves
20	Simon Grix	SO	Halifax RLFC
21	Matty Blythe	LC	Warrington Wolves
22	Lee Mitchell	SR	Warrington Wolves
23	Chris Hicks	RW	Manly Sea Eagles
24	Ben Harrison	PR	Barrow Island
25	Chris Bridge	SO	Bradford Bulls
28	Tyrone McCarthy	LW	Warrington Wolves
30	Richie Mathers	FB	Wigan Warriors
31	Brian Carney	WG	Munster Rugby
32	Taylor Welch	WG	Warrington Wolves
32	Vinny Kakopa	WG	Warrington Wolves

[edit] 2009 Signings/Transfers

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Years Signed	Until the End of

Garreth Carvell	Hull FC	3 years	2011
Micky Higham	Wigan Warriors	2 years	2010
Richie Mathers	Wigan Warriors	2 1/2 years	2011
Richie Myler	Salford City Reds
Brian Carney	Munster RU	6 months	2009

Losses

Losses
Player	Signed for	When left
Mark Gleeson	Halifax	July 2008
Rob Parker	Salford City Reds	September 2008
Andy Bracek	Barrow Raiders	September 2008
Martin Gleeson	Wigan Warriors	April 2009
Stuart Reardon	Hull FC	April 2009
Kevin Penny	Widnes Vikings	May 2009 (1 Month Loan)
Steve Pickersgill	Widnes Vikings	May 2009 (1 Month Loan)

[edit] 2009 Fixtures/Results

2009 Engage Super League

Date	Competition	Rd	Opponent	Score		Result	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
28/12/2008	Friendly	F	Warrington Wolves (U21)	4 - 44	Wigan Warriors	Lost	Mendeika		6,711		Report
29/01/2009	Friendly	F	Warrington Wolves	24-32	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	Higham (2), King, Thompson,	Hicks (4)	3,471		Report
01/02/2009	Friendly	F	Swinton Lions	26-36	Warrington Wolves (U21)	Won	Lomax, Williams, McCarthy, Scott, Thompson, Pickersgill	Bridge (6)	305
13/02/2009	Super League XIV	1	St Helens	26-14	Warrington Wolves	Lost	Higham, Rauhihi	Hicks (3)	17,009	Sky Sports
21/02/2009	Super League XIV	2	Warrington Wolves	20-40	Catalans Dragons	Lost	King, Carvell, Hicks	Hicks (4)	7,947	Sky Sports
27/02/2009	Super League XIV	3	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	22-48	Warrington Wolves	Lost	L. Anderson (2), Hicks, Bridge	Hicks (3)	5,169	Sky Sports
08/03/2009	Super League XIV	4	Warrington Wolves	14-20	Leeds Rhinos	Lost	Briers, Higham, Hicks	Hicks	9,863
14/03/2009	Super League XIV	5	Harlequins RL	60-8	Warrington Wolves	Lost	V. Anderson, Rauhihi		3,206
22/03/2009	Super League XIV	6	Warrington Wolves	24-12	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	Harrison, Monaghan, Johnson (2), King	Hicks (2)	8,457
29/03/2009	Super League XIV	7	Warrington Wolves	27-22	Celtic Crusaders	Won	Grix, Briers, King, Mitchell, Hicks	Hicks (3), Briers (DG)	7,854
04/04/09	2009 Challenge Cup	4th Round	Warrington Wolves	56-10	York City Knights	Won
10/04/2009	Super League XIV	8	Salford City Reds	18-16	Warrington Wolves	Lost
13/04/2009	Super League XIV	9	Warrington Wolves	6-28	Castleford Tigers	Lost
17/04/2009	Super League XIV	10	Bradford Bulls	22-58	Warrington Wolves	Won				Sky Sports
26/04/2009	Super League XIV	11	Warrington Wolves	40-18	Huddersfield Giants	Won
03/05/2009	Super League XIV	*12	Warrington Wolves	28-36	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost				Sky Sports
16/05/2008	Super League XIV	13	Hull FC	16-18	Warrington Wolves	Won				Sky Sports
22/05/09	Super League XIV	14	Warrington Wolves	16-8	Wigan Warriors	Won
07/06/2009	Super League XIV	15	Castleford Tigers	18-34	Warrington Wolves	Won
20/06/2008	Super League XIV	16	Catalans Dragons	12-24	Warrington Wolves	Won
28/06/2009	Super League XIV\|	17	Warrington Wolves	24-12	Hull FC	Won
04/07/2009	Super League XIV	18	Celtic Crusaders	6-22	Warrington Wolves	Won
12/07/2009	Super League XIV	19	Warrington Wolves	26-40	St Helens	Lost
19/07/2009	Super League XIV	20	Huddersfield Giants	28-10	Warrington Wolves	Lost
26/07/2008	Super League XIV	21	Warrington Wolves	62-20	Salford City Reds	Won
31/07/2009	Super League XIV	22	Leeds Rhinos	24-22	Warrington Wolves	Lost
14/08/2009	Super League XIV	23	Wigan Warriors	36-16	Warrington Wolves	Lost
23/08/2009	Super League XIV	24	Warrington Wolves	28-40	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Lost
29/08/2009	2009 Challenge Cup	**Cup Final	Huddersfield Giants	16-25	Warrington Wolves	Won	Mathers,Hicks,V.Anderson,Monaghan	Bridge(4),Briers(DG)	76,560
06/09/2009	Super League XIV	25	Hull Kingston Rovers	40-16	Warrington Wolves	Lost
13/09/2009	Super League XIV	26	Warrington Wolves	44 - 34	Harlequins RL	Won

*Round 12 played at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium.

**Challenge Cup Final Played at Wembley Stadium.

***Super League Grand Final played @ Old Trafford

[edit] Major honours

Championships (3 times): 1947-48, 1953-54, 1954-55

Challenge Cup (6 times): 1905, 1907, 1950, 1954, 1974, 2009

Rugby Football League Premiership (1 time): 1985-86

Lancashire League(8 times): 1937-38, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1967-68

Lancashire Cup (9 times): 1921-22, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1989-90

Regal Trophy (4 times): 1973-74, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1990-91

[edit] Records

Record Victory - 84-1 vs York Wasps 27/02/00
Record Defeat - 0-80 vs St Helens RLFC 4/01/96
Record Attendance - 102,569 vs Halifax RLFC 05/05/1954

Match played at Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Most Goals in a Game - 14 - Lee Briers vs York Wasps 27/02/00
Most Tries in a Game - 7 - Brian Bevan vs Leigh 29/03/49
Most Points in a Game - 42 - Lee Briers vs York Wasps 27/02/00
Most Goals in a Season - 170 (inc 13 dg) - Steve Hesford 1978-1979
Most Tries in a Season - 66 - Brian Bevan 1978-1979
Most Points in a Season - 363 - Harry Bath 1952-1953

[edit] Players earning International Caps while at Warrington

John "Jack" Arkwright, for England while at St Helens 1933 Other Nations; while at Warrington 1936 France, Wales; 1937 France; 1938 France, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1936 Australia x 2, New Zealand; 1937 Australia x 3
William "Willie" Aspinall, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1966
Allan Bateman, for Wales while at Warrington 1995 ?-caps
Harry Bath, for Other Nations while at Warrington 1949-55 10-caps
William "Billy" Belshaw, for England while at Liverpool Stanley 1935 Wales; 1936 Wales; 1937 France; while at Warrington: 1938 France, Wales; 1939 France, Wales; 1940 Wales; 1941 Wales; 1943 Wales; 1945 Wales, for Great Britain while at Liverpool Stanley 1936 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1937 Australia; while at Warrington: 1937 Australia x 2
Nathan "Nat" Bentham, for England while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Wales x 2; while at Halifax: 1929 Other Nations; while at Warrington 1930 Other Nations x 2, for Great Britain while at Wigan Highfield 1928 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3; while at Halifax: 1929-30 Australia x 2; while at Warrington: Australia x 2
Brian Bevan, for Other Nations while at Warrington 1949-55 16-caps
John Bevan, for Wales while at Warrington circa-1975 ?-caps (World Cup 1975 4-caps, 2-tries)
Tom Blinkhorn, for England while at Warrington 1929 Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1929-30 Australia
Alfred "Alf" Boardman, for England while at Warrington 1905 Other Nations
Ernest "Ernie" Brooks, for England while at Warrington 1908 Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1908-09 Australia x 3
Brian Case, for England while at Warrington 1981 France, for Great Britain while at Wigan 1984 Australia, New Zealand x 3; 1987 Papua New Guinea; 1988 Papua New Guinea, Australia (sub)
Jim Challinor, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1958…1960 3-caps (World Cup 1960 1-cap)
David Chisnall, for England while at Warrington 1975 Wales (sub), France, Wales, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea (sub), for Great Britain while at Leigh 1970 Australia, New Zealand (World Cup 1970 1-cap)
Neil Courtney, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1982
William "Billy" Cunliffe, for England while at Warrington 1921 Wales, Other Nations, Australia; 1922 Wales; 1923 Wales x 2; 1925 Wales x 2; 1926 Wales, Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1920 Australia, New Zealand x 2; 1921-22 Australia x 3; 1924 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1926 New Zealand
Jonathan Davies, for Wales while at Warrington 1995 ?-caps
William "Billy" Derbyshire, for England while at Warrington 1947 Wales
George Dickenson, for England while at Warrington 1904 Other Nations; 1908 Wales x 2; 1909 Australia, for Great Britain while at 1908 Australia
William "Billy" Dingsdale, for England while at Warrington 1928 Wales; 1929 Other Nations; 1930 Wales, Other Nations; 1931 Wales; 1932 Wales; 1933 Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1929
Desmond "Des" Drummond, for England while at Leigh 1980 Wales, France; 1981 France, Wales; 1984 Wales, for Great Britain while at Leigh 1980 New Zealand x 2; 1981 France x 2; 1982 Australia x 3; 1983 France x 2; 1984 France, Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3, Papua New Guinea; 1985 New Zealand x 3; 1986 France x 2; while at Warrington 1987 Papua New Guinea; 1988 France
Ronald "Ronnie" Duane, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1983

Robert "Bob" Eccles for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1982
Kevin Ellis, for Wales while at Warrington 1995 ?-caps
James "Jim" Featherstone, for England while at Warrington 1948 France; 1949 Wales, France x 2, Other Nations; 1950 Wales x 2; 1952 Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1948 Australia; 1950 New Zealand x 2; 1952 Australia x 3
John "Jack" Fish, for England while at Warrington 1904 Other Nations; 1906 Other Nations; 1908 Wales
John "Jackie" Fleming, for England while at Warrington 1948 France x 2, Wales; 1949 Wales, France; while at Widnes 1951 France
Eric Fraser, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1958 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1959 France x 2, Australia; 1960 France x 2, New Zealand, France x 2; 1961 France, New Zealand x 2 (World Cup 1960 2-caps, 10-goals)
Laurence "Laurie" Gilfedder, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1962
Mark Gleeson, for England while at Warrington 2005 France (sub)
Parry Gordon (Testimonial match 1981), for England while at Warrington 1975 Papua New Guinea (sub)
Francis Gregory, for England while at Warrington 1939 Wales
Mike Gregory, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1987…90 20-caps
Robert "Bobby" Greenhough, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1960 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 1-cap)
Iestyn Harris, for Wales while at Warrington, while at Leeds, while at Bradford ≥1995 ?-caps, for Great Britain while at Warrington, while at Leeds, while at Bradford 1996…2004 12-caps, for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff Blues (RU) 2001…04 ?-caps
Gerry Helme, for England while at Warrington 1948 Wales, France; 1949 Wales, France; 1953 France, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1948 Australia x 3; 1954 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1954 France x 2, Australia, New Zealand (World Cup 1954 4-caps, 2-tries)
Mark Hilton, for England while at Warrington 1995 France (sub); 1999 France (sub)
Thomas "Tom" Hockenhull, for England while at Warrington 1906 Other Nations
Keith Holden, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1963
E. Jenkins (#6), for Wales while at Warrington 1909 England
Albert Johnson, for England while at Warrington 1944 Wales; 1945 Wales x 2; 1946 France x 2, Wales x 2; 1947 France x 2, Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1946 Australia x 2, New Zealand; 1947 New Zealand x 3
Mark Jones, for Wales while at Warrington 1995 ?-caps
Kenneth "Ken" Kelly, for England while at Warrington 1979 Wales; 1981 France, Wales, for Great Britain while at St Helens 1972 France x 2; while at Warrington 1980 New Zealand; 1982 Australia
William "Billy" Kirk, for England while at Warrington 1930 Other Nations

Thomas "Tommy" Martyn, for England while at Warrington 1975 Wales, France, Wales (sub); 1979 Wales, France
Thomas "Tom" McKinney for Other Nations 7-caps, for British Empire XIII while at Salford 1952 New Zealand, for Rugby League XIII while at Salford 1954 France, for Great Britain while at Salford 1951 New Zealand; 1952 France (non-test), Australia x 2; 1953 France (non-test); 1954 France (non-test), Australia x 3, New Zealand; while at Warrington 1955 New Zealand x 2, France (non-test), New Zealand; 1956 France (non-test); while at St. Helens 1957 New Zealand (World Cup 1957 1-cap)
Joseph "Joe" "Jack" 'Cod' Miller, for England while at Warrington 1928 Wales; 1933 Other Nations; 1936 France, Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1933 Australia x 3; 1936 Australia, New Zealand x 2
Adrian Morley, for England while at Leeds 1996 France (sub); 2000 Australia, Ireland,, for Great Britain while at Leeds 1996 New Zealand (sub) x 2; 1997 ASL x 2, ASL (sub); 1999 Australia, New Zealand; 2002 Sydney New Zealand x 2; 2003 Australia x 3; 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 2005 Australia x 2, New Zealand, New Zealand (sub); 2006 New Zealand x 3, Australia (sub) x 2; while at Warrington 2007 France, New Zealand x 3
Alex Murphy (Warrington Testimonial match 1976) (#7), for England while at Leigh 1969 Wales, France, for Great Britain while at St Helens 1958 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1959 France x 2, Australia; 1960 New Zealand, France, Australia, France; 1961 France, New Zealand x 3; 1962 France, Australia x 3; 1963 Australia x 2; 1964 France; 1965 France, New Zealand; 1966 France x 2; while at Warrington 1971 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 3-caps, 1-try)
Albert Naughton (brother of Daniel "Danny" Naughton and John "Johnny" Naughton), for England while at Warrington 1953 France x 2; 1956 France, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1954 France x 2 (World Cup 1954 2-caps)
W. Neill (#13), for Wales while at Warrington 1909 England
Michael "Mike" Nicholas, for Wales while at Warrington circa-1975 ?-caps (World Cup 1975 Squad 0-caps)
Derek Noonan, for England while at Warrington 1975 Wales, France, Wales (World Cup 1975 Squad 2-caps)
Terrence "Terry" O'Grady, for England while at Oldham 1952 Wales; 1955 Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Oldham 1954 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 3; while at Warrington 1961 New Zealand
Harold Palin, for England while at Warrington 1947 Wales; 1948 France, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1947 New Zealand x 2
Kenneth "Ken" Parr, for England while at Warrington 1968 Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1968 France
Alfred "Alf" Peacock, for England while at Warrington 1925 Wales
Ossie Peake, for England while at Warrington 1939 Wales; 1940 Wales; 1941 Wales
Barry Philbin, for England while at Warrington 1975 France
Albert Pimblett, for England while at Warrington 1948 Wales; 1949 France, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1948 Australia x 3
Ian Potter, for England while at Warrington 1981 France, Wales, for Great Britain while at Wigan 1985 New Zealand x 3; 1986 France x 2, Australia x 2, Australia (sub)
John "Jack" Preston, for England while at Warrington 1905 Other Nations
Raymond "Ray" Price, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1954…57 9-caps (World Cup 1957 Squad 0-caps)

Jon Roper, for England while at Warrington 1999 France
Robert "Bob" Ryan, for England while at Warrington 1950 France; 1952 Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1950 Australia, New Zealand x 2; 1951 New Zealand; 1952 Australia
Ronald "Ron" Ryder, for England while at Warrington 1952 Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1952 Australia
Paul Sculthorpe, for England while at Warrington 1996 France, Wales; while at St Helens 2000 New Zealand; 2001 Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1996 Papua New Guinea (sub), Fiji, New Zealand x 3; 1997 ASL x 3; while at St Helens 1998 New Zealand x 3; 1999 Australia (sub); 2001 Australia x 3; 2002 Australia, New Zealand x 2; 2003 Australia x 3; 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 2006 New Zealand
Frank Shugars, for Wales while at Warrington 1909 England, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1910
Arthur Skelhorne, for England while at Warrington 1921 Australia; 1922 Wales; 1923 Wales, for Great Britain while at Warrington 1920 Australia, New Zealand x 3; 1921-22 Australia x 3
David Stephenson, won caps for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1982 against Australia (2 matches); in 1986 against Australia; in 1987 against France, and Papua New Guinea; and in 1988 against France, Papua New Guinea, Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand.
George Thomas, for Great Britain while at Warrington circa-1908
Thomas "Tommy" 'Tubby' Thompson, for England while at Warrington 1933 Australia
James "Jim" Tranter, for England while at Warrington 1922 Wales; 1923 Wales
Robert "Bobby" Wanbon (#10), for Wales while at Warrington circa-1975 ?-caps (World Cup 1975 3-caps)
Ben Westwood, for England while at Warrington 2004 Russia, France, Ireland; 2005 New Zealand
Derek Whitehead (Testimonial match 1980), for Great Britain while at Warrington ?-caps
Frank Williams, for England while at Warrington 1930 Other Nations
Paul Wood, for England while at Warrington 2005 France, New Zealand
John Woods, for England while at Leigh 1979 Wales (sub), France; 1980 Wales (sub), France; 1981 France (sub), Wales, Wales (sub), for Great Britain while at Leigh 1979 Australia x 3, New Zealand (sub); 1980 New Zealand; 1981 France x 2; 1982 Australia, Australia (sub); 1983 France (sub); while at Warrington 1987 Papua New Guinea (sub)

[edit] Hall of Fame Inductees

John "Jack" Fish 1898 to 1911
Ernest "Ernie" Brookes 1902 to 1920
George Thomas 1903 to 1914
Frank Shugars 1904 to 1912
James "Jim" Tranter 1911 to 1928
Arthur Skelhorne 1911 to 1925
William "Billy" Cunliffe 1914 to 1930
Joseph "Joe" "Jack" 'Cod' Miller 1926 to 1946
Thomas "Tommy" 'Tubby' Thompson 1927 to 1934
William "Billy" Dingsdale 1928 to 1940
William "Bill" Shankland 1931 to 1938
John "Jack" Arkwright (Snr) 1934 to 1945
Harold Palin 1936 and 1947 to 1951
Albert Johnson 1939 to 1951
Gerry Helme 1945 to 1957
Brian Bevan 1945 to 1962

Robert "Bob" Ryan 1945 to 1958
James "Jim" Featherstone 1946 to 1953
Harry Bath 1948 to 1957
Albert Naughton 1949 to 1961
Eric Fraser 1951 to 1964
Laurence "Laurie" Gilfedder 1951 to 1963
James "Jim" Challinor 1952 to 1963
Raymond "Ray" Price 1953 to 1957
Bobby Greenhough 1957 to 1966
William "Willie" Aspinall 1962 to 1971
Parry Gordon 1963 to 1981
Derek Whitehead 1969 to 1979
John Bevan 1973 to 1986
Dave Chisnall 1971 to 1975, 1981 to 1984
Kenneth "Ken" Kelly 1977 to 1987
Michael "Mike" Gregory 1982 to 1994

[edit] Other Notable Players

Owen 'Ozzy' Bevan (brother of Brian Bevan)
Les Boyd
Lee Briers (Testimonial match 2007)
Gary Chambers (Testimonial match 1998)
Dennis Curling (Testimonial match 1982)
John Dalgreen

Mark Forster (Testimonial matches 1993 and 2003)
Eric Frodsham (#1) (1954 Challenge Cup Winner & Captain)
Bobby Fulton
Andy Gregory
Austin Heathwood (#12) (1954 Challenge Cup Winner)
Steve Hesford

Andrew Johns
Allan Langer
Gerald Lowe (#10) (1954 Challenge Cup Winner)
Daniel "Danny" Naughton (#8) (1954 Challenge Cup Winner) (brother of Albert Naughton and John "Johnny" Naughton)
Tawera Nikau

Mark Roberts (#12) [1]
Christopher "Chris" Rudd (Testimonial match 1998)
Gary Sanderson (Testimonial match 1996)
Paul Sculthorpe
Frank Wright (#9) (1954 Challenge Cup Winner)

[edit] References

^ http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascmedia/20010730.asp
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^ Hadfield, Dave (2000-03-06). "Questionnaire: ALLAN LANGER - Australian Test scrum-half and captain of Warrington". The Independent (London, England). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5061710.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
^ Burke, David A (2000-03-25). "This time we must tame raging Bulls". The Mirror (London, England: MGN LTD). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60819727.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

[edit] External links

[0] ttp://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascmedia/20010730.asp

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[2] Hadfield, Dave (2000-03-06). "Questionnaire: ALLAN LANGER - Australian Test scrum-half and captain of Warrington". The Independent (London, England). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5061710.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

[3] Burke, David A (2000-03-25). "This time we must tame raging Bulls". The Mirror (London, England: MGN LTD). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60819727.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

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