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2016 Warrington Wolves season

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2016 season. This is the Wolves' 21st consecutive season in the Super League.

2016 Warrington Wolves season
Super League XXI Rank1st League Leaders winners!!!
Play-off resultRunners Up
Challenge CupRunners Up
2016 recordWins: 26; draws: 1; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 892; against: 573
Team information
ChairmanSteven Broomhead
Head CoachTony Smith
Captain
StadiumHalliwell Jones Stadium
Top scorers
TriesBen Currie - 12
GoalsKurt Gidley - 59
PointsKurt Gidley - 138
← 2015 List of seasons 2017 →

Pre season friendlies edit

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
27/12/15 Pre Season Widnes Vikings A Select Security Stadium W 40-0 T King, Dwyer (2), Lineham, Patton, Johnson, Livett Gidley (5), Patton 5,177
24/1/16 Pre Season Leigh Centurions H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 46-4 Sims, Ormsby (3), Evans, Gidley, Lineham, Currie, Penny Gidley (3), Sandow (2) 4,963

Table edit

Super League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Hull F.C. 23 17 0 6 605 465 +140 34 Super League Super 8s
2   Warrington Wolves 23 16 1 6 675 425 +250 33
3   Wigan Warriors 23 16 0 7 455 440 +15 32
4   St Helens 23 14 0 9 573 536 +37 28
5   Catalans Dragons 23 13 0 10 593 505 +88 26
6   Castleford Tigers 23 10 1 12 617 640 −23 21
7   Widnes Vikings 23 10 0 13 499 474 +25 20
8   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 10 0 13 485 654 −169 20
9   Leeds Rhinos 23 8 0 15 404 576 −172 16 The Qualifiers
10   Salford City Reds 23 10 0 13 560 569 −9 14[a]
11   Hull Kingston Rovers 23 6 2 15 486 610 −124 14
12   Huddersfield Giants 23 6 0 17 511 569 −58 12
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Notes:
  1. ^ Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015.[1]

Super 8s table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Warrington Wolves (L) 30 21 1 8 852 541 +311 43 Semi-finals
2   Wigan Warriors (C) 30 21 0 9 669 560 +109 42
3   Hull F.C. 30 20 0 10 749 579 +170 40
4   St Helens 30 20 0 10 756 641 +115 40
5   Castleford Tigers 30 15 1 14 830 808 +22 31
6   Catalans Dragons 30 15 0 15 723 716 +7 30
7   Widnes Vikings 30 12 0 18 603 643 −40 24
8   Wakefield Trinity 30 10 0 20 571 902 −331 20
Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Super League edit

Key edit

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

Regular season edit

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
4/2/16 Super League XXI 1  Leeds A Headingley Stadium W 12-10 Sandow, Penny Gidley 2/2 16,168 Sky Sports
14/2/16 Super League XXI 2  Hull Kingston Rovers H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 38-8 Currie, Westerman, Lineham (3), Clark Gidley 7/7 11,037 -
26/2/16 Super League XXI 3  Wakefield Trinity H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 34-16 Currie (2), Sandow (2), Penny, Gidley Gidley 5/6 10,631 -
3/3/16 Super League XXI 4  Salford A AJ Bell Stadium W 31-30 Hughes, Currie, Atkins (2), Sims Sandow 5/5, Sandow 1 DG 4,861 Sky Sports
12/3/16 Super League XXI 5  Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 30-20 R.Evans (2), Currie, G.King, Sandow Gidley 5/5 8,859 Sky Sports
18/3/16 Super League XXI 6  Castleford H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 56-12 Sandow (2), Penny, Lineham (2), Russell (2), Atkins, Currie (2), Dwyer Gidley 6/9, Sandow 0/1, Ratchford 0/1 10,940 -
25/3/16 Super League XXI 7  Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 28-10 Sandow, Lineham, Gidley, Atkins, Currie Gidley 4/5 15,008 -
28/3/16 Super League XXI 8  Hull F.C. A KC Stadium L 24-26 Atkins, Lineham (2), Sandow, Penny Sandow 1/3, Ratchford 1/2 9,967 -
1/4/16 Super League XXI 9  Wigan A DW Stadium W 28-16 Currie, Lineham, Penny, Ratchford, Atkins Gidley 3/3, Ratchford 1/1, Sandow 0/3, Westerman 0/1 17,480 Sky Sports
8/4/16 Super League XXI 10  St. Helens H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 22-25 Penny (2), Atkins, Currie, Lineham Gidley 0/1, Westwood 1/3 13,678 Sky Sports
15/4/16 Super League XXI 11  Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 0-11 - - 5,427
22/4/16 Super League XXI 12  Widnes A Select Security Stadium W 48-16 Gidley, Penny (2), Westerman (2), Westwood, Ratchford (2) Gidley 7/7, Ratchford 1/1 7,441 -
28/4/16 Super League XXI 13  Wigan H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 40-10 Westwood (2), Benjamin Jullien, Clark, Atkins (2), Penny Gidley 5/6, Ratchford 1/1 11,724 Sky Sports
15/5/16 Super League XXI 14  Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue L 36-28 Westerman (2), Clark, Gidley, Russell Gidley (3), Smith 5,180
21/5/16 Super League XXI 15  Castleford N St James' Park L 14-34 Gidley, Ratchford, Currie Gidley 39,331 Sky Sports
27/5/16 Super League XXI 16  Leeds H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 52-18 Clark (2), Atkins, Ratchford, Gidley, Lineham, Dwyer, Ormsby (2) Gidley (8) 10,317 Sky Sports
03/06/16 Super League XXI 17  St. Helens A Langtree Park W 26-4 Currie, Sandow, Atkins, Ratchford, R.Evans Gidley(3) 11,353 Sky Sports
10/06/16 Super League XXI 18  Hull F.C. H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 12-19 Ormsby, Sandow Gidley (2) 10,518 Sky Sports
17/06/16 Super League XXI 19  Catalans Dragons H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 20-18 Atkins, Penny, Dwyer Gidley (4) 9,529 Sky Sports
01/07/16 Super League XXI 20  Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park D 16-16 Russell, Dwyer, Hughes Ratchford (2) 6,827
07/07/16 Super League XXI 21  Salford H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 40-14 Westerman (2), Atkins (2), Lineham, Patton, Russell Ratchford, Patton (5) 9,024 Sky Sports
17/07/16 Super League XXI 22  Castleford A The Jungle W 26-42 Rhys Evans (3), Ratchford, Dwyer, Currie, King, Clark Gidley (3), Sandow (4) 8,060
24/07/16 Super League XXI 23  Huddersfield H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 34-30 Ratchford, Currie, Westwood, Sandow, Atkins, Clark Gidley (5) Attendance

Super 8's edit

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
4/8/16 Super League XXI S1  St. Helens H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-20 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
14/8/16 Super League XXI S2  Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 38-10 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
20/8/16 Super League XXI S3  Castleford H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 14-11 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
3/9/16 Super League XXI S4  Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 26-22 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
11/9/16 Super League XXI S5  Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 30-12 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
18/9/16 Super League XXI S6  Wigan H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 28-35 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
23/9/16 Super League XXI S7  Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 23-6 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV

Play-offs edit

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
29/9/16 Super League XXI Semi Final  St. Helens H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 18-10 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance Sky Sports
08/10/16 Super League XXI Grand Final  Wigan N Old Trafford W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance Sky Sports

Player appearances edit

FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand-off SH=Scrum half PR=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
1 Kurt Gidley SO SO SO   SO SO SO   SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
2 Tom Lineham W W W W W W W W W W     W W W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
3 Rhys Evans C C C C C C C C C B W C C C   C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
4 Ryan Atkins   B C C C C C C C C C C C C   C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
5 Matty Russell FB FB FB FB FB FB     FB FB FB FB FB FB FB   x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
6 Stefan Ratchford       SO B B FB SO B SH SH SH SH   SH FB x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
7 Chris Sandow SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH             SH x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
8 Chris Hill P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
9 Daryl Clark H H H     B H H H H H H H H H H x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
10 Ashton Sims P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
11 Ben Currie C C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR C SR SR SR SH SR SR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
12 Jack Hughes SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR C SR SR       x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
13 Ben Westwood SR SR         B B L SR SR B B SR SR SR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
14 Joe Westerman L L L L L L L L B L L L L L L L x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
15 Mitchell Dodds       B B                       x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
16 Brad Dwyer B B B H H H                   B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
17 James Laithwaite                                 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
18 George King B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
19 Ben Harrison                               x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
20 Kevin Penny W W W W W W W W W W W W W W     x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
21 Ben Evans                                 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
22 Gene Ormsby x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
23 Gary Wheeler x x x B                         x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
24 Toby King     x x x x x x x x x x x x C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
25 Joe Philbin x x x x x x x x x B B x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
26 Declan Patton x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
27 Sam Wilde x x x x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
28 Jack Johnson x x x x x x x FB x x x W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
29 Benjamin Jullien B x B B x x x x x B B B B SR B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
30 Harvey Livett x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
31 Morgan Smith x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
32 Jordan Cox B B B   B B B B B     B B B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
33 Ryan Bailey                             B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

  = Injured

  = Suspended

Challenge Cup edit

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV
7/5/16 Cup 6th  Oldham A Bower Fold W 70-10 G.King (3), Lineham , Smith, Jullien (2), R.Evans, Ormsby (2), Currie, Hill Gidley 6/9, Ratchford 3/4 2,394 -
24/6/16 Cup QF  Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 20-18 Hughes, Penny, Dwyer Gidley 4/5 BBC Sport
30/7/16 Cup SF  Wakefield Trinity N Leigh Sports Village W 56-12 Hughes, Clark, R.Evans, Gidley, Chris Sandow/Sandow, Ratchford, Currie, King (2), Westwood Gidley 7/8, Ratchford 1/2 10,358 BBC Sport
27/8/16 Cup F  Hull F.C. N Wembley W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Scores Attendance BBC Sport

Player appearances edit

FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand Off SH=Scrum half P=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 6 QF SF F
1 Kurt Gidley SO SO SO x
2 Tom Lineham W x x x
3 Rhys Evans C C W x
4 Ryan Atkins   C C x
5 Matty Russell x W W x
6 Stefan Ratchford SH FB FB x
7 Chris Sandow   SH SH x
8 Chris Hill P P P x
9 Daryl Clark H H H x
10 Ashton Sims P   P x
11 Ben Currie SR SR SR x
12 Jack Hughes x SR SR x
13 Ben Westwood x P B x
14 Joe Westerman L L L x
15 Mitchell Dodds     x x
16 Brad Dwyer   B B x
17 James Laithwaite     x x
18 George King B B B x
19 Ben Harrison     x x
20 Kevin Penny FB W x x
21 Ben Evans     x x
22 Gene Ormsby W x x x
23 Gary Wheeler     x x
24 Toby King x x C x
25 Joe Philbin SR x x x
26 Declan Patton x x x x
27 Sam Wilde B x x x
28 Jack Johnson x x x x
29 Benjamin Jullien C x x x
30 Harvey Livett x x x x
31 Morgan Smith B x x x
32 Jordan Cox B B x x
33 Ryan Bailey   B B x

2016 squad statistics edit

Further information: Warrington Wolves
  • Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 22 April 2016.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Kurt Gidley Fullback N/A Newcastle Knights 12 3 50 0 112
2 Tom Lineham Winger N/A Hull F.C. 12 11 0 0 44
3 Rhys Evans Centre N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 13 3 0 0 12
4 Ryan Atkins Centre N/A Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 12 9 0 0 36
5 Matty Russell Wing N/A Gold Coast Titans 12 2 0 0 8
6 Stefan Ratchford Stand off N/A Salford Red Devils 11 3 7 0 26
7 Chris Sandow Scrum half N/A Parramatta Eels 9 8 6 1 45
8 Chris Hill (c) Prop N/A Leigh Centurions 14 1 0 0 4
9 Daryl Clark Hooker N/A Castleford Tigers 12 2 0 0 8
10 Ashton Sims Prop N/A North Queensland Cowboys 14 1 0 0 4
11 Ben Currie Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 14 12 0 0 48
12 Jack Hughes Second row N/A Wigan Warriors 13 1 0 0 4
13 Ben Westwood Loose forward N/A Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 10 3 1 0 14
14 Joe Westerman Loose forward N/A Hull F.C. 14 3 0 0 12
15 Mitchell Dodds Prop N/A Brisbane Broncos 2 0 0 0 0
16 Brad Dwyer Hooker N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 6 1 0 0 4
17 James Laithwaite Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 0 0 0 0 0
18 George King Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 13 4 0 0 16
19 Ben Harrison Loose forward N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 0 0 0 0 0
20 Kevin Penny Wing N/A Swinton Lions 14 10 0 0 40
21 Ben Evans Prop N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 0 0 0 0 0
22 Gene Ormsby Wing N/A Swinton Lions 1 2 0 0 8
23 Gary Wheeler Stand off N/A St Helens R.F.C. 1 0 0 0 0
24 Toby King Centre N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 0 0 0 0 0
25 Joe Philbin Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 3 0 0 0 0
26 Declan Patton Stand off N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 1 0 0 0 0
27 Sam Wilde Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 2 0 0 0 0
28 Jack Johnson Fullback N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 2 0 0 0 0
29 Benjamin Jullien Centre N/A SO Avignon 8 3 0 0 12
30 Harvey Livett Loose forward N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 0 0 0 0 0
31 Morgan Smith Prop N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 1 1 0 0 4
32 Jordan Cox Second row N/A Hull Kingston Rovers 11 0 0 0 0
33 Ryan Bailey Prop N/A Castleford Tigers 0 0 0 0 0

  = Injured   = Suspended

2016 transfers in/out edit

In

Player Signed from Contract Length Announced
  Kurt Gidley Newcastle Knights 1 Year May 2015
  Tom Lineham Hull F.C. 4 Years June 2015
  Jack Hughes Wigan Warriors 2 Years August 2015
  Mitchell Dodds Brisbane Broncos 1 Year September 2015
  Benjamin Jullien SO Avignon 1 Year September 2015
  Joe Westerman Hull F.C. 3 Years October 2015
  Jordan Cox Hull Kingston Rovers 1 Year October 2015
  Ryan Bailey Castleford Tigers 1 Year November 2015

Out

Player Signed for Contract Length Announced
  Chris Bridge Widnes Vikings 2 Years July 2015
  Richie Myler Catalans Dragons 2 Years July 2015
  Roy Asotasi Retirement N/A September 2015
  Simon Grix Halifax / Wolves Coaching Staff 1 Year September 2015
  Gareth O'Brien Salford Red Devils 2 Years October 2015
  Anthony England Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 Year October 2015
  Joel Monaghan Castleford Tigers 2 Years October 2015
  Gene Orsmby Huddersfield Giants 1 Month Loan April 2016

References edit

  1. ^ "Salford docked six points for cap breach". Love Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016.

External links edit

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