2010 Warrington Wolves season
2010 Challenge Cup Winners champions
Super League XV Rank3rd
Play-off resultRound 2
Challenge CupWon Final
Leeds Rhinos, 6 – 30
2010 recordWins: 24; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 849; against: 466
Team information
ChairmanSteven Broomhead
Head coachEnglandAustraliaTony Smith
Captain
StadiumHalliwell Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance10,947
Agg. attendance142,305
High attendance13,024 v Wigan (20/2/10)
Top scorers
TriesEnglandChris Riley (25)
GoalsEnglandBen Westwood (44)
PointsEnglandBen Westwood (112)
Home colours
Away colours
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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.

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 CenturionsW60–16AwayLeigh Sports Village
Friendly23 January 2010 Workington TownW12–34AwayDerwent Park
Testimonial27 January 2010 Wigan WarriorsL12–20HomeHalliwell Jones Stadium4,622

Super League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Wigan Warriors (L, C) 27 22 0 5 922 411 +511 44 Play-offs
2 St Helens 27 20 0 7 946 547 +399 40
3 Warrington Wolves 27 20 0 7 885 488 +397 40
4 Leeds Rhinos 27 17 1 9 725 561 +164 35
5 Huddersfield Giants 27 16 1 10 758 439 +319 33
6 Hull F.C. 27 16 0 11 569 584 −15 32
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 14 1 12 653 632 +21 29
8 Celtic Crusaders 27 12 0 15 547 732 −185 24
9 Castleford Tigers 27 11 0 16 648 766 −118 22
10 Bradford Bulls 27 9 1 17 528 728 −200 19
11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 9 0 18 539 741 −202 18
12 Salford City Reds 27 8 0 19 448 857 −409 16
13 Harlequins 27 7 0 20 494 838 −344 14
14 Catalans Dragons 27 6 0 21 409 747 −338 12
Source:
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 Harlequins RLW58 – 0HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumCarvell, Mathers, Monaghan, Bridge, Riley (5), Myler, GrixBriers (7)11,678
213 February 2010 Castleford TigersW16 – 28AwayThe JungleGrix, Riley, Briers, Myler (2)Briers, Bridge (3)7,569Sky Sports
320 February 2010 Wigan WarriorsL20 – 22HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumMyler, Riley, Solomona, L AndersonBriers (2)13,024Sky Sports
428 February 2010 Huddersfield GiantsW10 – 14AwayGalpharm StadiumKing (2), HicksMyler8,567
57 March 2010 CrusadersW46 – 12HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumKing (2), Grix, Westwood (2), Monaghan, Hicks, SolomonaBridge (7)11,113
613 March 2010 Bradford BullsW33 – 8HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumMyler, Atkins (2), King (2), MonaghanBridge (4), Monaghan (dg)10,434Sky Sports
719 March 2010 St. HelensL28 – 18AwayGPW Recruitment StadiumGrix, King, Harrison, HicksBridge17,500
826 March 2010 Wakefield Trinity WildcatsW32 – 16HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumRiley (3), Bridge, Atkins (2)Bridge (4)10,743
92 April 2010 Salford City RedsW32 – 2HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumHicks (2), Atkins, Riley (2), Mathers, SolomonaBridge (2)11,467
105 April 2010 Hull F.C.W10 – 29AwayKC StadiumHicks (3), Myler, MonaghanHicks (2)14,131
1111 April 2010 Hull Kingston RoversL36 – 16AwayCraven ParkMathers, King, RileyWestwood (2)8,452
1225 April 2010 Catalans DragonsW40 – 6HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumMyler (2), Briers, Mathers, Riley, Cooper, HighamWestwood (6)9,619
131 May 2010 Salford City RedsW16 – 68NeutralMurrayfield StadiumMonaghan, Hicks (2), Atkins, Williams, Briers, Riley, V Anderson, Myler (2), Bridge, SolomonaWestwood (6), Briers, Bridge (3)26,642Sky Sports
1414 May 2010 Leeds RhinosL26 – 16AwayHeadingley Carnegie StadiumKing, Grix, HarrisonBridge (2)16,733
1523 May 2010 Huddersfield GiantsW36 – 20HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumHicks, King, Riley, Bridge, Morley, WoodBridge (4)11,087
164 June 2010 Salford City RedsW10 – 27AwayThe WillowsMathers (2), Hicks, Higham, SolomonaBridge (3), Briers (1 dg)6,093
1711 June 2010 Hull Kingston RoversW35 – 16HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumKing, Atkins, Briers (2), Monaghan, L AndersonBriers (5 + 1 dg)9,216
1819 June 2010 Bradford BullsW28 – 40AwayGrattan Stadium, OdsalRiley (2), Atkins, King, Briers, Higham (2)Briers (6)8,128
1927 June 2010 Leeds RhinosL30 – 37HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumHicks (2), King (2), Atkins, RileyBriers (3)10.442
203 July 2010 CrusadersW10 – 30AwayRacecourse GroundHicks (2), Riley (2), Higham, SolomonaBriers (2), Westwood5,197
2111 July 2010 Castleford TigersW54 – 30HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumMathers, Hicks, Atkins, Riley, Myler (3), Morley, SolomonaWestwood (9)10.577
2216 July 2010 Wigan WarriorsW16 – 23AwayDW StadiumHicks, Atkins, Myler, WestwoodWestwood (3), Briers (dg)22,701Sky Sports in 3D
2324 July 2010 Catalans DragonsL29 – 28AwayStade Aime GiralHicks (2), Briers, V Anderson, ClarkeWestwood (4)7,852
241 August 2010 St. HelensL24 – 26HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumWestwood (2), Clarke, WoodWestwood (4)12,863Sky Sports
2515 August 2010 Wakefield Trinity WildcatsW18 – 36AwayHearwell StadiumRiley, Hicks, Blythe, King (3), BriersWestwood (3), Briers5,562
2622 August 2010 Hull F.C.W36 – 18HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumRiley (2), Myler, Morley, Clarke, WestwoodWestwood (6)10,042Sky Sports
274 September 2010 Harlequins RLW22 – 36AwayThe StoopBridge (2), Cooper, Clarke, Solomona (2)Bridge (6)3,211

Challenge Cup

RoundDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
418 April 2010 Featherstone RoversW48–24HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumGrix, Riley (2), Myler (3), V Anderson, Solomona (2)Westwood (4), Bridge (2)7,754
58 May 2010 Huddersfield GiantsW4 – 60AwayGalpharm StadiumAtkins, Bridge (5), Myler, Hicks (3), Riley, HighamWestwood (4), Briers (2)6,641BBC
Quarter-finals30 May 2010 Bradford BullsW22 – 26AwayGrattan StadiumHicks (2), Atkins, Briers, V AndersonBridge (3)7.000BBC
Semi-finals8 August 2010 Catalans DragonsW54 – 12NeutralStobart StadiumKing, Riley, Briers, Clarke, L Anderson (3), Harrison, MylerWestwood (7), Myler, Briers12,265BBC
Final28 August 2010 Leeds RhinosW6 – 30NeutralWembley StadiumHicks (3), Atkins (2), L AndersonWestwood (3)85,217BBC

Super League XV Play Offs

RoundDateOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendanceTV
PO110 September 2010 St. HelensL28 – 12AwayGPW Recruitment StadiumKing (2), Bridge14,632Sky Sports
PO218 September 2010 Huddersfield GiantsL22 – 34HomeHalliwell Jones StadiumHicks (2), Higham (2)Westwood (3)8,050Sky Sports

2010 Squad

As of 27 November 2009:

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

2010 Transfers In/Out

In

Name Position Signed from Date
New Zealand David Solomona Second Row Bradford Bulls September 2009
England Ryan Atkins Centre Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2009
England Richard Myler Stand Off/Scrum Half Salford City Reds September 2009

Out

Name Position Club Signed Date
England Paul Johnson Hooker Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2009
New Zealand Paul Rauhihi Second Row Retired September 2009
England Steve Pickersgill Second Row Widnes Vikings September 2009

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