THE Wire ruthlessly took advantage of an indisciplined Toronto Wolfpack outfit to book their spot in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Tom Lineham scored a second-half hat-trick, with Ben Murdoch-Masila and Josh Charnley and scoring twice.

Harvey Livett, Jack Hughes, Ben Westwood and Tyrone Roberts were also on the scoresheet as Warrington reached the last-eight.

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Adam Higson and Liam Kay scored early tries for the Canadian side, but their discipline unravelled as they had three players sin-binned and Andrew Dixon sent off for punching Harvey Livett.

Charnley edged The Wire ahead at the break after Mike Cooper had got them back into contention.

A fractious opening half saw play disrupted by several scuffles, but it was the Wolfpack who made the brightest start.

Their defensive intensity was impressive and they looked good in possession, as demonstrated by their two early tries.

First, Higson squeezed over in the corner after a nice right-edge handling move before Kay got outside Charnley to cross on the other flank.

Cooper bounced off the tackle of Corey Paterson to charge over just after the midway point of the first half, before the first of many flashpoints.

Kay’s tip tackle on Charnley saw him sin-binned, but worse was to follow.

After Livett reacted badly to Dixon’s tackle on the ground, the Wolfpack second rower landed a punch to the Wolves youngster to leave referee Ben Thaler no option but to send him off.

That proved the boost The Wire needed and they duly added their second try right on the half-time hooter as Charnley squeezed over from Stefan Ratchford’s flat pass, with Bryson Goodwin’s conversion taking them into a half-time lead.

The volatile nature of the first half only served to fire Warrington up, and they came out all guns blazing after the break.

A superb Ratchford break was backed up by Daryl Clark, who drew defenders before sending Livett strolling over the line.

Shortly afterwards, Tyrone Roberts’ deft short ball sent Murdoch-Masila charging through to add his name to the scoresheet.

Wolfpack skipper Josh McCrone was then sin-binned for dissent as Toronto threatened to unravel, with Darcy Lussick following him for the same reason shortly after.

Before that, though, The Wire managed to add another try as Westwood’s excellent carry allowed Clark to put Hughes over for a walk-in.

The superb Westwood then got himself on the scoresheet by barging through a tired Wolfpack defence.

Lineham then went marauding down the left touchline to take The Wire to 40 points before Roberts profited from Hughes’ offload to add his name to the scorers.

Another superb move got Lineham in for his second as a Kevin Brown tackle on Ashton Sims dislodged the ball and allowed first Ratchford and then Goodwin to break upfield before the latter kicked ahead for the winger to touch down.

Murdoch-Masila charged onto another short pass to double his tally before Charnley did the same shortly afterwards to round off another neat move.

Former Hull man Lineham then acrobatically completed his hat-trick after Livett found him on the hooter as The Wire showed their ruthless edge.

Wolves: Ratchford; Charnley, Atkins, Goodwin, Lineham; Brown, Roberts; Hill, Clark, Cooper, Hughes, Livett, Westwood. Subs: Murdoch-Masila, Patton, Philbin, Akauola.