THE Wire's young stars shone in their pre-season friendly victory over Rochdale Hornets.
With the majority of first-teamers given the day off, the academy players took centre stage and, despite a late fightback from the Championship side, they emerged 24-20 victors.
Post-match reaction from Wire academy coach Paul Anderson
Hornets 20 Wire 24 match facts
A look back at the game as it happened
Check out match action photos courtesy of Mike Boden in our gallery above.
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