BODENE Thompson has been named as The Wire's man of the match for Friday's crushing win over Catalans Dragons by Warrington Guardian readers.

It was a close vote this week, but the debutant second rower came out on top with 30 per cent of the vote.

Dec Patton (24 per cent) just edged out (Tyrone Roberts (22 per cent) for second place.

See the full breakdown of the voting below.