A lifelong supporter of the club who has been carrying the standard for Warrington rugby league for over a decade, Wedge' Wainwright enjoyed a well earned testimonial season in 2006. A wide-running forward with fine vision and an offloading game, he creates gaps for runners down the left hand side of the Wolves attack. A regular on the terraces at Wilderspool from his childhood, he was aged eleven when he watched the famous Premiership Final victory - featuring current Wolves coach Paul Cullen - over Halifax at Elland Road in 1986. Played for Woolston Rovers before joining Warrington's Academy, he was a halfback as a junior and played stand-off in the 1993 Academy Cup Final victory, before switching to back row. Toured Australia with Great Britain Academy in 1994 but missed most of the opening season of Super League with a recurrent foot injury. Left Warrington at the end of the 1999 season to join Salford, his game developed at the Willows and he returned a more experienced and confident player in 2003, playing the best rugby of his career as the club moved to the Halliwell Jones Stadium.