STEFAN Ratchford was the comfortable victor in our Warrington Guardian readers' man of the match poll for his display in Friday's loss to Castleford.

The returning Wire full-back was not able to prevent a 28-18 defeat at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle, but he scored two tries in a good personal display that earned him 49 per cent of the vote.

Dec Patton, who played the second half at scrum-half, was second with 25 per cent while Bryson Goodwin (13 per cent) claimed third place

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You can see the full breakdown in the voting below