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Player profiles

• 19 Chris Riley 22/2/88

  Emerging as a first grader with nine Super League appearances in 2007, the England Academy full back has primarily been used in a wing position for the Wolves’ first team. read more

• 21 Matty Blythe 20/11/88

  A graduate of the Wolves Scholarship scheme with William Beamont School, Blythe is a rapidly rising centre or second rower who made his Super League debut in the final game of last season at Salford. read more

• 7 Michael Monaghan

  The ultimate competitor and a big-game performer, Michael Monaghan was one of the most influential individual players in any team in the NRL, taking Manly Sea Eagles to the verge of the 2007 Premiership only to be denied by Matt King’s Melbourne Storm in the final. read more

• 4 Matt King

  With winners’ medals and an outstanding playing record at club, state and Test level in Australia, King’s arrival in the UK confirms the Super League as a competition capable of attracting the best players in the world in the prime of their career. read more

• 5 Kevin Penny

  A home-grown Warrington talent who was the sensation of the second half of the 2007 season, Penny earned himself a place in the Super League Dream Team despite only coming into the first grade squad at the start of June. read more

• 21 Andy Bracek

  Former England Academy second rower with superb footwork, Bracek has emerged as a regular in the Wolves first team in the past two seasons. read more

• 18 Mike Cooper 15/9/88

  Tough and physically powerful teenage front rower with good footwork at the line, Cooper had looked good in his early season performances in 2007 before suffering a serious injury which saw him break his tibia and fibula in an U18s game. read more

• 11 Louis Anderson 27/6/85

  Described by Wolves owner Simon Moran as a “real coup for the club and Super League as a competition”, Louis arrives at Warrington 12 months after brother Vinnie joined the Wolves. read more

• 20 Simon Grix 28/9/85

  Made his long-awaited Warrington debut during 2006 after missing out in his first season at the Wolves due to a serious injury, Grix immediately looked a natural in the Super League environment. read more

• 17 Steve Pickersgill 28/11/85

  Now fully converted to the front row, Pickersgill is coming closer and closer to establishing himself as a first-team regular at Wolves, playing eight Super League games last season and added the Warrington Wolves Foundation Award in 2007 to the Senior Academy Player of the Year he picked up in 2006. read more

• 15 Paul Wood 10/10/81

  Dynamic front rower who has circled on the verge of international selection for a while, a good season in 2008 will put Wood in pole position for a World Cup tour. read more

• 16 Garreth Carvell 21/4/81

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• 13 Vinnie Anderson 14/2/79

  A wonderfully talented natural rugby league player who can play as a specialist in the back row, halfbacks or centres, the hard-tackling New Zealand international is a £50000 signing for the Wolves from Super League Champions St Helens. read more

• 12 Ben Westwood 25/7/81

  A talismanic player for the Wolves who has been top tackler at the club for the past two seasons and top tackler out of marker for the past three years, Westwood was Warrington’s Players’ Player of the Year and Fans Player of the Year in 2007. read more

• 8 Adrian Morley

  Finished 2007 as Great Britain’s outstanding forward in the 3-0 series victory over New Zealand. read more

• 6 Lee Briers

  Paul Cullen hailed the Wales international halfback as the “smartest player in the Super League” after he instigated a famous play-off victory over Leeds at Headingley in September 2006. read more

• 17 Paul Johnson

  As a centre, winger or back rower few players in the game today can match Paul Johnson for consistency or professionalism. read more

• 9 Jon Clarke 4/4/79

  Great Britain hooker Jon Clarke, who has steadily progressed from unsung stalwart of Warrington Wolves into a fully fledged Test international after breaking into the Great Britain team which faced the Kiwis in 2007, is the ultimate team player. read more

• 10 Paul Rauhihi 3/7/73

  After being sidelined for more than half of his first season at the Wolves with injury, the powerful New Zealander was one of the quiet achievers of 2007, finishing the year as both the Wolves top metre maker and offloader, and winning a one-year contract extension. read more

• 3 Martin Gleeson

  The most expensive signing in Warrington history at a fee of £270,000 and one of the premier centres in international rugby league. read more

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