2010 Warrington Wolves season

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2010 Warrington Wolves season
2010 Challenge Cup Winners champions
Super League XV Rank3rd
Play-off resultRound 2
Challenge Cup Won Final
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2010 recordWins: 24; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 849; against: 466
Team information
ChairmanSteven Broomhead
Head coach Flag of England.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Smith
Captain
Stadium Halliwell Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance10,947
Agg. attendance142,305
High attendance13,024 v Wigan (20/2/10)
Top scorers
Tries Flag of England.svg Chris Riley (25)
Goals Flag of England.svg Ben Westwood (44)
Points Flag of England.svg Ben Westwood (112)
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Home colours
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Away colours
  2009 List of seasons 2011  

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2010 season. This is the clubs fifteenth season of the Super League era. The club will also look to defend the Challenge Cup following victory at Wembley Stadium against Huddersfield Giants in August 2009.

Contents

Pre Season

The Wolves played three pre-season fixtures in total. The traditional Boxing Day fixture with rivals Widnes Vikings was postponed first on 26 December 2009 and then on 3 January 2010 due to the pitch being frozen. No further dates were attempted for this fixture. The Wolves first pre-season fixture saw them travel for the first time to Leigh Sports Village to face Leigh Centurions on 17 January 2010. The Wolves ran out 16–60 victors on the day. The club then travelled to Derwent Park to face Workington Town on 23 January 2010 in a game that helped raise funds for the area following the floods earlier this year. Warrington sent the Under 21s team but still had enough strength to record a 12–34 victory against the semi-professionals from Cumbria. Warrington's final warm up fixture was for Paul Wood's Testimonial and take place at Halliwell Jones Stadium on 27 January 2010 against Super League rivals Wigan Warriors. Wigan stole the show and recorded a 12–20 victory, this being the Warriors first ever victory at the new home of the Wolves since 2003.

FriendlyDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
Friendly17 January 2010 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions W60–16Away Leigh Sports Village
Friendly23 January 2010 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town W12–34Away Derwent Park
Testimonial27 January 2010 Wigancolours.png Wigan Warriors L12–20Home Halliwell Jones Stadium 4,622

Super League

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (L, C)272205922411+51144Play-offs
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 272007946547+39940
3 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 272007885488+39740
4 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 271719725561+16435
5 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 2716110758439+31933
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 27160115695841532
7 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 2714112653632+2129
8 Cruscolours.svg Celtic Crusaders 271201554773218524
9 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 271101664876611822
10 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27911752872820019
11 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27901853974120218
12 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 27801944885740916
13 Quinscolours.svg Harlequins 27702049483834414
14 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 27602140974733812
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Matches

RoundDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
17 February 2010 Quinscolours.svg Harlequins RL W 58 – 0 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Carvell, Mathers, Monaghan, Bridge, Riley (5), Myler, GrixBriers (7)11,678
213 February 2010 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers W 16 – 28 Away The Jungle Grix, Riley, Briers, Myler (2)Briers, Bridge (3)7,569 Sky Sports
320 February 2010 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors L 20 – 22 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Myler, Riley, Solomona, L AndersonBriers (2)13,024 Sky Sports
428 February 2010 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants W 10 – 14 Away Galpharm Stadium King (2), HicksMyler8,567
57 March 2010 Cruscolours.svg Crusaders W 46 – 12 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium King (2), Grix, Westwood (2), Monaghan, Hicks, SolomonaBridge (7)11,113
613 March 2010 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls W 33 – 8 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Myler, Atkins (2), King (2), MonaghanBridge (4), Monaghan (dg)10,434 Sky Sports
719 March 2010 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens L 28 – 18 Away GPW Recruitment Stadium Grix, King, Harrison, HicksBridge17,500
826 March 2010 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats W 32 – 16 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Riley (3), Bridge, Atkins (2)Bridge (4)10,743
92 April 2010 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds W 32 – 2 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks (2), Atkins, Riley (2), Mathers, SolomonaBridge (2)11,467
105 April 2010 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. W 10 – 29 Away KC Stadium Hicks (3), Myler, MonaghanHicks (2)14,131
1111 April 2010 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers L 36 – 16 Away Craven Park Mathers, King, RileyWestwood (2)8,452
1225 April 2010 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons W 40 – 6 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Myler (2), Briers, Mathers, Riley, Cooper, HighamWestwood (6)9,619
131 May 2010 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds W 16 – 68 Neutral Murrayfield Stadium Monaghan, Hicks (2), Atkins, Williams, Briers, Riley, V Anderson, Myler (2), Bridge, SolomonaWestwood (6), Briers, Bridge (3)26,642 Sky Sports
1414 May 2010 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos L 26 – 16 Away Headingley Carnegie Stadium King, Grix, HarrisonBridge (2)16,733
1523 May 2010 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants W 36 – 20 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks, King, Riley, Bridge, Morley, WoodBridge (4)11,087
164 June 2010 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds W 10 – 27 Away The Willows Mathers (2), Hicks, Higham, SolomonaBridge (3), Briers (1 dg)6,093
1711 June 2010 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers W 35 – 16 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium King, Atkins, Briers (2), Monaghan, L AndersonBriers (5 + 1 dg)9,216
1819 June 2010 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls W 28 – 40 Away Grattan Stadium, Odsal Riley (2), Atkins, King, Briers, Higham (2)Briers (6)8,128
1927 June 2010 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos L 30 – 37 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks (2), King (2), Atkins, RileyBriers (3)10.442
203 July 2010 Cruscolours.svg Crusaders W 10 – 30 Away Racecourse Ground Hicks (2), Riley (2), Higham, SolomonaBriers (2), Westwood5,197
2111 July 2010 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers W 54 – 30 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Mathers, Hicks, Atkins, Riley, Myler (3), Morley, SolomonaWestwood (9)10.577
2216 July 2010 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors W 16 – 23 Away DW Stadium Hicks, Atkins, Myler, WestwoodWestwood (3), Briers (dg)22,701 Sky Sports in 3D
2324 July 2010 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons L 29 – 28 Away Stade Aime Giral Hicks (2), Briers, V Anderson, ClarkeWestwood (4)7,852
241 August 2010 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens L 24 – 26 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Westwood (2), Clarke, WoodWestwood (4)12,863 Sky Sports
2515 August 2010 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats W 18 – 36 Away Hearwell Stadium Riley, Hicks, Blythe, King (3), BriersWestwood (3), Briers5,562
2622 August 2010 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. W 36 – 18 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Riley (2), Myler, Morley, Clarke, WestwoodWestwood (6)10,042 Sky Sports
274 September 2010 Quinscolours.svg Harlequins RL W 22 – 36 Away The Stoop Bridge (2), Cooper, Clarke, Solomona (2)Bridge (6)3,211

Challenge Cup

RoundDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
418 April 2010 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers W 48–24 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Grix, Riley (2), Myler (3), V Anderson, Solomona (2)Westwood (4), Bridge (2)7,754
58 May 2010 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants W 4 – 60 Away Galpharm Stadium Atkins, Bridge (5), Myler, Hicks (3), Riley, HighamWestwood (4), Briers (2)6,641 BBC
Quarter-finals30 May 2010 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls W 22 – 26 Away Grattan Stadium Hicks (2), Atkins, Briers, V AndersonBridge (3)7.000 BBC
Semi-finals8 August 2010 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons W 54 – 12 Neutral Stobart Stadium King, Riley, Briers, Clarke, L Anderson (3), Harrison, MylerWestwood (7), Myler, Briers12,265 BBC
Final28 August 2010 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos W 6 – 30 Neutral Wembley Stadium Hicks (3), Atkins (2), L AndersonWestwood (3)85,217 BBC

Super League XV Play Offs

RoundDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
PO110 September 2010 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens L 28 – 12 Away GPW Recruitment Stadium King (2), Bridge14,632 Sky Sports
PO218 September 2010 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants L 22 – 34 Home Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks (2), Higham (2)Westwood (3)8,050 Sky Sports

2010 Squad

As of 27 November 2009:

NumberNatPlayerPositionPrevious Club
1 Flag of England.svg Richard Mathers FB Wigan Warriors
2 Flag of England.svg Chris Riley RWWarrington Wolves Academy
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt King RC Melbourne Storm
4 Flag of England.svg Chris Bridge LC Bradford Bulls
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Hicks LW Manly Sea Eagles
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lee Briers SO St. Helens
7 Flag of England.svg Richard Myler SH Salford City Reds
8 Flag of England.svg Adrian Morley PR Sydney Roosters
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Monaghan HK Manly Sea Eagles
10 Flag of England.svg Garreth Carvell PR Hull
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Louis Anderson SR New Zealand Warriors
12 Flag of England.svg Ben Westwood SR Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
13 Flag of England.svg Ben Harrison LFWarrington Wolves Academy
14 Flag of England.svg Mickey Higham HK Wigan Warriors
15 Flag of England.svg Jon Clarke HK Harlequins RL
16 Flag of England.svg Paul Wood PRWarrington Wolves Academy
17 Flag of Ireland.svg Simon Grix LF Halifax
18 Flag of England.svg Michael Cooper PRWarrington Wolves Academy
19 Flag of England.svg Lee Mitchell SRWarrington Wolves Academy
20 Flag of England.svg Matty Blythe SRWarrington Wolves Academy
21 Flag of England.svg Kevin Penny WGWarrington Wolves Academy
22 Flag of Ireland.svg Tyrone McCarthy SRWarrington Wolves Academy
23 Flag of England.svg Ryan Atkins C Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
24 Flag of England.svg Alex ThompsonHKWarrington Wolves Academy
26 Flag of New Zealand.svg David Solomona PF Bradford Bulls
27 Flag of New Zealand.svg Vinnie Anderson SR St. Helens
28 Flag of England.svg Adam Neal PRWarrington Wolves Academy

2010 Transfers In/Out

In

NamePositionSigned fromDate
Flag of New Zealand.svg David Solomona Second Row Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls September 2009
Flag of England.svg Ryan Atkins Centre Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2009
Flag of England.svg Richard Myler Stand Off/Scrum Half Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds September 2009

Out

NamePositionClub SignedDate
Flag of England.svg Paul Johnson Hooker Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2009
Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Rauhihi Second RowRetiredSeptember 2009
Flag of England.svg Steve Pickersgill Second Row Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings September 2009

References

  1. Wilson, Andy. "Chris Hicks hat-trick leads Warrington to Challenge Cup triumph over Leeds". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.