WARRINGTON Wolves got their Super League campaign off to a flying start with a convincing victory over Leeds Rhinos.
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Super League, Round One
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Warrington Wolves…26 Leeds Rhinos…6
Wolves: Stefan Ratchford; Josh Charnley, Ryan Atkins, Bryson Goodwin, Tom Lineham; Blake Austin, Declan Patton; Chris Hill, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Ben Westwood. Subs: Jason Clark, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Joe Philbin, Danny Walker.
Rhinos: Jack Walker; Tom Briscoe, Kallum Watkins, Konrad Hurrell, Ash Handley; Tui Lolohea, Richie Myler; Adam Cuthbertson, Matt Parcell, Trent Merrin, Brett Ferres, Liam Sutcliffe, Stevie Ward. Subs: Brad Dwyer, James Donaldson, Mikolaj Oldezki, Brad Singleton.
Scoring: Ratchford try, 15mins, Ratchford goal, 6-0; Ratchford penalty, 22mins, 8-0; Charnley try, 28mins, Ratchford goal, 14-0; D Clark try, 31mins, Ratchford goal, 20-0; Austin try, 58mins, Ratchford goal, 26-0; Ward try, 76mins, Lolohea goal, 26-6.
Sin bin: Hughes (obstruction, 11mins), King (spear tackle, 73mins).
Penalties: Wolves 7 Rhinos 6.
Referee: Chris Kendall.
Attendance: 13,098.
Fantastic performance from @wolvesrl. King was quietly impressive.
— Darren Murray (@unreliablehero) February 2, 2019
@wolvesrl Thoroughly enjoyable and professional team performance tonight. Let's keep it going.
— Chris Allcock (@drift2925) February 2, 2019
Full time on an irresistible @wolvesrl display as they kick the season off in style!
A game won by half time with a superb first-half showing.
Follow the post-match reaction hereGreat wins for both our Teams today @theyellows and @wolvesrl is it our year ?
— PSPplumbing&heating (@pspsupplies) February 2, 2019
@wolvesrl was awesome tonite 👏🏽 and Blake Austin and. @Darylclark9 was on 🔥 #SLWarLee @SuperLeague #rugbyblood
— Keith Mason official (@keithmason106) February 2, 2019
perfect start to the new @SuperLeague season!!! @wolvesrl
— J O N K E M P (@JonKEMPY) February 2, 2019
WIRE! WIRE! WIRE! 💙💛🐺
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