HALF TIME: Warrington Wolves 28 Harlequins 0 (From Warrington Guardian)

HALF TIME: Warrington Wolves 28 Harlequins 0

3:58pm Sunday 7th February 2010

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WARRINGTON Wolves are in total control at half time.

Wolves kicked off against the visiting Harlequins with very much the same line-up as against Wigan in the final pre-season friendly.

Tony Smith chose Gareth Carvell instead of Paul Wood but apart from that it was a similar sight to the one that met the Wigan side at The Halliwell Jones Stadium last week.

Harlequins started without key players across the pitch, missing their captain Rob Purdham, the dangerous Luke Dorn and Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook, who is serving a one match ban for a head-butt against Wakefield.

The pre-match entertainment was kicked off by Irish X-factor duo Jedward, performing their new single ‘Under Pressure’ and what a fitting start to a Super League season that is steeped in expectation for Wolves.

With Leeds and Saints both slipping up this weekend the stage seemed set for another unexpected result, but Wolves showed the so-called ‘big boys’ of Super League how it is done with a scintillating first half performance.

Myler kicked off his Super League debut with a bang, as he set up Gareth Carvell with a calm inside pass and the big prop charged through two to slam the ball down in the third minute. Lee Briers continued his perfect kicking campaign with the extras.

Wolves broke through just minutes later as Richie Mathers showed his hard work in pre-season is paying off.

He picked up the ball from Michael Monaghan and showed strength and speed to slip between several Quins players and make it 12-0, with Briers again kicking the conversion.

Monaghan capped off a terrific first half performance with a solo try from four metres out.

He tapped a quick penalty and found a gap in the Quins line to squeeze through and drop over, Briers adding the conversion.

Chris Bridge then continued the tremendous first half showing for Wolves as he picked up the ball at dummy half on the last tackle and jinked through the Quins to touch down between the posts.

On the stroke of half-time Wolves completed a dominant display as a beautiful move across the length of the pitch sent Chris Riley over in the corner.

Briers threw a miracle pass down the line to Bridge who off-loaded to Riley and the quick winger found the space to charge over.

Briers ended his run of 16 successful conversions as he missed from the right touchline.

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