2025 Warrington Wolves season

Warrington Wolves 2025 season
2025 Super League season Rank	8th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Runners-up
2025 record	Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scored	For: 480; against: 641
Team information
Chairman	Stuart Middleton
Head Coach	Sam Burgess
Captain	George Williams
Stadium	Halliwell Jones Stadium
High attendance	12,503 Wigan Warriors, 8 August [1]
Low attendance	8,625 Castleford Tigers, 30 May [2]
Top scorers
Tries	Jake Thewlis (12)
Goals	Marc Sneyd (41)
Points	Marc Sneyd (90)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2025 season was Warrington Wolves' 30th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They competed in the 2025 Super League season and the 2025 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
12 January; 15:00 [a]	Halifax Panthers	A	The Shay	N/A	C–C				[3]
17 January; 19:30	Widnes Vikings	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	22–36	Johnson (2), Russell, J. Thewlis	Leyland (2/2), Ratchford (1/2)		[4]
1 February; 17:30 [b]	Leigh Leopards	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–20	Ashton, J. Thewlis	Leyland (2/2)		[5]

Super League

Main article: 2025 Super League season

On 9 July 2024, it was announced that Warrington would be part of the 2025 Rugby League Las Vegas event, playing their away match against Wigan Warriors at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. ^[6]

Fixtures

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
16 February; 15:00	Round 1	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	20–12	Lindop, Ashton, King, Dufty	Ratchford (1/2), Thewlis (1/2)	5,873	Sky Sports +	3rd	[7]
21 February; 20:00	Round 2	Catalans Dragons	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium [c]	W	18–12	King, Walker, Dufty	Thewlis (3/3)	11,157	Sky Sports Action	3rd	[8]
1 March, 21:30 (GMT)	Round 3 (Rugby League Las Vegas)	Wigan Warriors	N	Allegiant Stadium	L	24–48	Lindop, Harrison, Dufty, Ashton	Thewlis (4/4)	45,209	Sky Sports Main Event	6th	[9]
9 March; 13:00	Round 4	Wakefield Trinity	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	16–30	Lindop, Johnson, Thewlis	Thewlis (2/3)	10,024	Sky Sports +	8th	[10]
21 March; 20:00	Round 5	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	14–12	Williams, Ashton	Thewlis (2/2 + 1 pen.)	14,068	Sky Sports Main Event	7th	[11]
28 March; 20:00	Round 6 [d]	Leeds Rhinos	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	16–14	Lindop, Ratchford, J. Thewlis	Sneyd (2/3)	10,523	Sky Sports Main Event	5th	[12]
12 April; 17:30	Round 7	Hull F.C.	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	16–28	Ashton (2), Williams, Thewlis	Sneyd (0/4)	10,523	Sky Sports +	7th	[13]
19 April, 13:30	Round 8 (Rivals Round)	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	14–18	King, Ashton	Sneyd (2/2 + 1 pen.)	9,267	BBC One	9th	[14]
24 April, 20:00	Round 9	St Helens	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	32–18	Ashton (3), King, Tai, Dufty	Sneyd (2/3), Thewlis (2/3)	10,214	Sky Sports Action	8th	[15]
4 May; 15:15	Round 10 (Magic Weekend)	Wigan Warriors	N	St James' Park	L	20–22	J. Thewlis (2), Tai, Philbin	Ratchford (2/4)	32,862 [e]	Sky Sports Action	9th	[16]
18 May; 15:00	Round 11	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	10–40	Lindop, Wrench	Sneyd (1/2)	10,764	Sky Sports +	9th	[17]
23 May; 20:00	Round 12	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–31	Russell, Thewlis	Thewlis (2/2)	9,972	Sky Sports Action	9th	[18]
30 May; 20:00	Round 13	Castleford Tigers	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	34–24	J. Thewlis, Thewlis, Tai, Lindop, Currie, Ratchford	Sneyd (4/5), Ratchford (1/1)	8,625	Sky Sports +	8th	[2]
14 June; 17:30	Round 14	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	12–34	Thewlis, Currie	Sneyd (2/2)	14,306	Sky Sports +	8th	[19]
21 June; 15:00	Round 15	Huddersfield Giants	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	16–24	Sneyd, King, J. Thewlis	Sneyd (2/3)	9,964	Sky Sports +	8th	[20]
28 June; 17:30	Round 16	Hull F.C.	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	24–10	Thewlis, J. Thewlis, Powell, Fitzgibbon	Sneyd (4/4)	10,235	Sky Sports +	8th	[21]
4 July; 20:00	Round 17	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford Community Stadium	W	24–12	Dufty, Harrison, Thewlis, Ratchford	Sneyd (3/4 + 1 pen.)		Sky Sports +	8th	[22]
12 July; 18:00 (BST)	Round 18	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	24–20	Gardner, Williams, Crowther, J. Thewlis	Thewlis (3/3), Sneyd (1/1)	6,548	Sky Sports +	8th	[23]
20 July; 15:00	Round 19	Castleford Tigers	A	Wheldon Road	L	14–20	Stone, J. Thewlis, Ratchford	Sneyd (1/2), Irwin (0/1)		Sky Sports +	8th	[24]
1 August; 20:00	Round 20	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	16–20	Dufty, J. Thewlis	Sneyd (1/2 + 3 pen.)		Sky Sports +	8th	[25]
8 August; 20:00	Round 21	Wigan Warriors	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	18–24	Thewlis, Williams, J. Thewlis	Sneyd (2/3 + 1 pen.)	12,503	Sky Sports Action	8th	[1]
14 August; 20:00	Round 22	Catalans Dragons	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	30–22	J. Thewlis (2), Gardner, Stone, Thewlis	Sneyd (5/5)	10,740	Sky Sports +	8th	[26]
23 August; 15:00	Round 23	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	L	10–23	Wrench, King	Sneyd (1/2)	3,941	Sky Sports +	8th	[27]
29 August; 20:00	Round 24	Salford Red Devils	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–25	Dufty, J. Thewlis	Thewlis (2/2)		Sky Sports +	8th	[28]
6 September; 15:00	Round 25	Leigh Leopards	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–34	King, Thewlis	Ratchford (2/2)	11,060	Sky Sports +	8th	[29]
13 September; 17:30	Round 26	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	L	2–12		Sneyd (1 pen.)	10,494	Sky Sports +	8th	[30]
18 September; 20:00	Round 27	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	20–28	Thewlis (2), Stone, Holroyd	Sneyd (2/4)		Sky Sports Main Event	8th	[31]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull Kingston Rovers (L, C)	27	22	0	5	786	292	+494	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	21	0	6	794	333	+461	42
3	Leigh Leopards	27	19	1	7	619	452	+167	39	Advance to Eliminators
4	Leeds Rhinos	27	18	0	9	610	310	+300	36
5	St Helens	27	17	0	10	677	314	+363	34
6	Wakefield Trinity [f]	27	15	0	12	688	458	+230	30
7	Hull FC	27	13	1	13	539	461	+78	27
8	Warrington Wolves	27	10	0	17	480	641	−161	20
9	Catalans Dragons	27	10	0	17	425	652	−227	20
10	Huddersfield Giants	27	7	0	20	347	738	−391	14
11	Castleford Tigers	27	6	0	21	396	815	−419	12
12	Salford Red Devils [f] (R)	27	3	0	24	234	1129	−895	4 [g]

Source:
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. James Saltonstall testimonial; match cancelled due to poor weather
2. Toby King testimonial
3. Stadium was renamed the 'Luke Littler Stadium' for this fixture
4. 5,000th match of Super League rugby
5. Attendance recorded across three fixtures.
6. Salford forfeited their game against Wakefield. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 48–0 victory for Wakefield, and converse loss for Salford, with the points scored and conceded applying to both teams. ^[32]
7. On 22 September 2025, Salford Red Devils were deducted two points breaching "a number of RFL operational rules" surrounding their team selection for their Round 1 fixture against St Helens on 15 February 2025. ^[33]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025 Challenge Cup

On 25 June 2024, the RFL announced a change to the Challenge Cup format, totalling 7 rounds compared to the previous 9, with Super League teams entering to play away from home at round 3. ^[34]

Warrington Wolves were first drawn on 14 January to play Whitehaven R.L.F.C. away in Round 3 following Whitehaven's subsequent Round 2 24–12 victory against the Swinton Lions on 25 January. ^[35] Following their victory against Whitehaven, Warrington beat the Widnes Vikings 26–16 away on 15 March, ^[36] qualifying them for the quarter-finals against local rivals St Helens. ^{[37] [38]}

After winning 20–12 in the quarter-final, Warrington visited the Totally Wicked Stadium to play the Leigh Leopards in the semi-finals on 11 May. A 21–14 victory over Leigh qualified the Warrington Wolves to play in the 2025 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium against 2023 final runners-up Hull Kingston Rovers. ^[39] Following a closely-contended match, however, Warrington lost the final 8-6. ^[40]

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
8 February; 15:00	Round 3	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	A	Recreation Ground	W	44–4	Walker (2), Leyland, J. Thewlis (2), Taylor-Wray (2)	Ratchford (3/4), Thewlis (3/4)	3,980	Not televised	[41]
15 March; 17:00	Round 4	Widnes Vikings	A	Halton Stadium	W	26–16	Holroyd, Thewlis, Wood, Currie, Musgrove	Ratchford (2/4), Thewlis (1/1)	7,011	Not televised	[42]
6 April; 14:30	Quarter-finals	St Helens	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	20–12	Dufty, Currie, Williams	Sneyd (3/3 + 1 pen.)	10,114	BBC Two	[43]
11 May; 16:15	Semi-finals	Leigh Leopards	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	21–14	Tai, Vaughan, King	Sneyd (3/3 + 1 pen.) Drop-goals: Sneyd	11,722	BBC Two	[39]
7 June; 15:00	Final	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	Wembley Stadium	L	6–8	Thewlis	Sneyd (1/1)	63,278	BBC One	[40]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Oli Leyland	London Broncos	2 Years	October 2024 [44]
Daniel Russell	St George Illawarra Dragons	2 Years	October 2024 [44]
Alfie Johnson	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	October 2024 [45]
Marc Sneyd	Salford Red Devils	11⁄2 years	March 2025 [46]

Loans in

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Sam Stone	Salford Red Devils	End of season	June 2025 [47]
Ryan Matterson	Parramatta Eels	End of season	July 2025 [48]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Matty Nicholson	Canberra Raiders	3 Years	July 2024 [49]
Gil Dudson	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2 Years	September 2024 [50]
Matty Russell	Wakefield Trinity	1 Year	September 2024 [51]
John Bateman	Wests Tigers	End of loan	October 2024 [52]
Wesley Bruines	TBC		October 2024 [53]
Joe Bullock	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	October 2024 [54]
Josh Drinkwater	Oldham R.L.F.C.	1 Year	November 2024 [55]
Zane Musgrove	Oldham R.L.F.C.	11⁄2 Years [a]	May 2025 [57]
Connor Wrench	N/A	Retirement	August 2025 [58]

Loans out

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Alfie Johnson	Halifax Panthers	End of season	May 2025 [59]
Daniel Russell	Salford Red Devils	End of season	June 2025 [60]
Tom Whitehead	Salford Red Devils	Rolling monthly	June 2025 [60]

Squad

2025 Warrington Wolves squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Matt Dufty – FB 2 Josh Thewlis – WG, FB 3 Toby King – CE 4 Rodrick Tai – CE 5 Matty Ashton – WG 6 George Williams (c) – SO, SH 7 Leon Hayes – SH, HK 8 James Harrison – LF, SR, PR 9 Danny Walker – HK 10 Paul Vaughan – PR 11 Ben Currie – SR		12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon – SR 13 Luke Yates – LF, PR 14 Sam Powell – HK 15 Joe Philbin – LF, SR, PR 17 Jordan Crowther – LF, PR, HK 18 Oli Leyland – SO, SH, FB 19 Stefan Ratchford – FB, SO, CE, SH 21 Adam Holroyd – SR 23 Cai Taylor-Wray – FB 24 Max Wood – PR 25 Lucas Green – PR		27 Luke Thomas – PR 28 Jake Thewlis – WG 29 Zac Bardsley-Rowe – CE 30 Daniel Okoro – PR, SR 33 Arron Lindop – CE, WG 35 Marc Sneyd – SH, SO (gk) 38 Sam Stone – SR 40 Ryan Matterson – SR, LF				Head coach Sam Burgess Assistant coaches Richard Marshall Martin Gleeson Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) = suspended = injured (gk) = Goal kicker Updated: 18 September 2025 Source(s): 2025 squad numbers

Notes

1. Following his contract release by Warrington due to a 'internal disciplinary issue', Musgrove was handed an eight-game ban by the RFL on 25 June for the use of unacceptable language during the Challenge Cup semi-final fixture against Leigh. ^[56]

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