WARRINGTON Wolves' young players shone as they saw off Salford Red Devils in a pre-season friendly.
Jake Thewlis scored two second-half tries after older brother Josh, who shone throughout, had opened the scoring early on.
Jake Thewlis 🤝 Josh Thewlis
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 4, 2022
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Jack Darbyshire - son of former Wire player Paul - also marked his first senior appearance with a try as Ellis Longstaff and Ellis Robson also touched down.
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Match facts:
Lee Mossop Testimonial
Friday, February 4, 2022
Warrington Wolves...30 Salford Red Devils...14
Wolves: Josh Thewlis; Josh Charnley, Jack Darbyshire, Jake Thewlis, Noah Booth; Leon Hayes, Riley Dean; Joe Bullock, Tom Inman, Rob Butler, Ellis Robson, Ellis Longstaff, Jason Clark. Subs: Jacob Gannon, Morgan Burgess, Tom Whitehead, Peter Scott, Luke Thomas, Aiden Doolan
Red Devils: Morgan Escare; Rhys Williams, Myles Dalton-Harrop, Tim Lafai, Nathan Taylor; Jack Stevens, Chris Atkin; Sam Luckley, Amir Bourouh, Jack Ormondroyd, Ryan Lannon, James Greenwood, Jack Wells. Subs: Josh Johnson, Callum Green, Joshua Rourke, Jack Sherratt, Callum Hughes, Chris Worrell, Bradley Calland, Adam Holt, Sam Bardsley, Joseph Brady, Joseph Coope-Franklin, Toby Hughes, Jacob Lee, Alex Davidson, Daniel Spencer-Tonks
Scoring: Josh Thewlis try, 4mins, Dean goal, 6-0; Lannon try, 35mins, 6-4; Robson try, 38mins, Dean goal, 12-4; Jake Thewlis try, 45mins, 16-4; Brady try, 51mins, 16-8; Lee try, 63mins, Stevens goal, 16-14; Jake Thewlis try, 66mins, 20-14; Darbyshire try, 70mins, 24-14; Longstaff try, 73mins, Dean goal, 30-14
Penalties: Wolves 5 Red Devils 9
Referee: Ben Thaler
Attendance: 1,818
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