Warrington Wolves rugby football club news, match reports from the Warrington Guardian

14 Mickey Higham 18/9/80

1:34pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

22 Lee Mitchell 8/9/88

3:40pm Friday 23rd January 2009

Second rower who has been emerging through the Wolves junior age group teams ever since he was part of the dominant Warrington Schools U11 team of 2000 which also produced Mike Cooper.

23 Chris Hicks 19/3/77

3:10pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

One of the fittest athletes in the Australian NRL, Hicks joins Warrington after a superb season in Manly’s Grand Final campaign of 2007 and was selected in the Sydney Sun-Hearld NRL Team of the Year.

24 Ben Harrison 24/2/88

2:40pm Friday 23rd January 2009

After being touted as a prospect to watch since signing from Barrow as a schoolboy, Harrison made 16 Super League appearances in his debut season in 2007, settling into the first-grade arena and hinting at possible higher honours.

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25 Chris Bridge 5/7/84

1:20pm Friday 23rd January 2009

WILL be used as a full back, centre or stand off during 2009.

19 Chris Riley 22/2/88

5:00pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Emerging as a first grader with nine Super League appearances in 2007, the England Academy full back has primarily been used in a wing position for the Wolves’ first team.

21 Matty Blythe 20/11/88

4:40pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

A graduate of the Wolves Scholarship scheme with William Beamont School, Blythe is a rapidly rising centre or second rower who made his Super League debut in the final game of last season at Salford.

7 Michael Monaghan

1:48pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

The ultimate competitor and a big-game performer, Michael Monaghan was one of the most influential individual players in any team in the NRL, taking Manly Sea Eagles to the verge of the 2007 Premiership only to be denied by Matt King’s Melbourne Storm in the final.

4 Matt King

1:48pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

With winners’ medals and an outstanding playing record at club, state and Test level in Australia, King’s arrival in the UK confirms the Super League as a competition capable of attracting the best players in the world in the prime of their career.

5 Kevin Penny

1:47pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

A home-grown Warrington talent who was the sensation of the second half of the 2007 season, Penny earned himself a place in the Super League Dream Team despite only coming into the first grade squad at the start of June.

11 Louis Anderson 27/6/85

1:48pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Described by Wolves owner Simon Moran as a “real coup for the club and Super League as a competition”, Louis arrives at Warrington 12 months after brother Vinnie joined the Wolves.

18 Mike Cooper 15/9/88

1:46pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Tough and physically powerful teenage front rower with good footwork at the line, Cooper had looked good in his early season performances in 2007 before suffering a serious injury which saw him break his tibia and fibula in an U18s game.

21 Andy Bracek

1:40pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Former England Academy second rower with superb footwork, Bracek has emerged as a regular in the Wolves first team in the past two seasons.

8 Adrian Morley

1:30pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Finished 2007 as Great Britain’s outstanding forward in the 3-0 series victory over New Zealand.

12 Ben Westwood 25/7/81

1:32pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

A talismanic player for the Wolves who has been top tackler at the club for the past two seasons and top tackler out of marker for the past three years, Westwood was Warrington’s Players’ Player of the Year and Fans Player of the Year in 2007.

13 Vinnie Anderson 14/2/79

1:33pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

A wonderfully talented natural rugby league player who can play as a specialist in the back row, halfbacks or centres, the hard-tackling New Zealand international is a £50000 signing for the Wolves from Super League Champions St Helens.

16 Garreth Carvell 21/4/81

1:35pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

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15 Paul Wood 10/10/81

1:36pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Dynamic front rower who has circled on the verge of international selection for a while, a good season in 2008 will put Wood in pole position for a World Cup tour.

17 Steve Pickersgill 28/11/85

1:38pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Now fully converted to the front row, Pickersgill is coming closer and closer to establishing himself as a first-team regular at Wolves, playing eight Super League games last season and added the Warrington Wolves Foundation Award in 2007 to the Senior Academy Player of the Year he picked up in 2006.

20 Simon Grix 28/9/85

1:39pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Made his long-awaited Warrington debut during 2006 after missing out in his first season at the Wolves due to a serious injury, Grix immediately looked a natural in the Super League environment.

6 Lee Briers

1:25pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Paul Cullen hailed the Wales international halfback as the “smartest player in the Super League” after he instigated a famous play-off victory over Leeds at Headingley in September 2006.

17 Paul Johnson

1:20pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

As a centre, winger or back rower few players in the game today can match Paul Johnson for consistency or professionalism.

9 Jon Clarke 4/4/79

1:27pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

Great Britain hooker Jon Clarke, who has steadily progressed from unsung stalwart of Warrington Wolves into a fully fledged Test international after breaking into the Great Britain team which faced the Kiwis in 2007, is the ultimate team player.

10 Paul Rauhihi 3/7/73

1:28pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

After being sidelined for more than half of his first season at the Wolves with injury, the powerful New Zealander was one of the quiet achievers of 2007, finishing the year as both the Wolves top metre maker and offloader, and winning a one-year contract extension.

3 Martin Gleeson

1:18pm Wednesday 23rd January 2008

The most expensive signing in Warrington history at a fee of £270,000 and one of the premier centres in international rugby league.