2015 Warrington Wolves season

2015 Warrington Wolves season
2015 Warrington Wolves season
Super League XX Rank	6th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Semi-final
2015 record	Wins: 17; draws: 0; losses: 17
Points scored	For: 830; against: 714
Team information
Chairman	Steven Broomhead
Head Coach	Tony Smith
Captain	Ben Westwood;
Stadium	Halliwell Jones Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Ben Currie - 19
Goals	Gareth O'Brien - 40
Points	Gareth O'Brien - 103

This article details the Warrington Wolves rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the Wolves 20th season in the Super League.

Pre season friendlies

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Warrington score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
17/1/15	Pre Season	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Kickers	Attendance
24/1/15	Pre Season	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Kickers	Attendance

World Club Series

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
20 February 2015	WCC	St George	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12-18	O'Brien, Atkins	O'Brien 2/3	13,080

**2015 World Club Series Teams**
Warrington Wolves	positions	St George Illawarra Dragons
23. Gary Wheeler	Fullback	1. Josh Dugan
2. Rhys Evans	Winger	2. Eto Nabuli
4. Ryan Atkins	Centre	3. Dane Nielsen
5. Joel Monaghan (c)	Centre	4. Dylan Farrell
24. Kevin Penny	Winger	5. Jason Nightingale
20. Gareth O'Brien	Stand off	6. Gareth Widdop
7. Richie Myler	Scrum half	7. Benji Marshall
8. Chris Hill	Prop	8. Rory O'Brien
9. Daryl Clark	Hooker	9. Mitch Rein
10. Ashton Sims	Prop	10. Leeson Ah Mau
17. Ben Currie	2nd Row	11. Tyson Frizell
18. James Laithwaite	2nd Row	12. Joel Thompson
12. Ben Westwood	Loose forward	13. Ben Creagh (c)

3. Chris Bridge	Interchange	14. Trent Merrin
13. Ben Harrison	Interchange	15. Jack De Belin
14. Micky Higham	Interchange	16. Jake Marketo
19. Anthony England	Interchange	17. George Rose

Tony Smith	Coach	Paul McGregor

Table

Regular Season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	23	16	1	6	758	477	+281	33	Super League Super 8s
2	St Helens	23	16	0	7	598	436	+162	32
3	Wigan Warriors	23	15	1	7	589	413	+176	31
4	Huddersfield Giants	23	13	2	8	538	394	+144	28
5	Castleford Tigers	23	13	0	10	547	505	+42	26
6	Warrington Wolves	23	12	0	11	552	456	+96	24
7	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	452	484	−32	22
8	Catalans Dragons	23	9	2	12	561	574	−13	20
9	Widnes Vikings	23	9	1	13	518	565	−47	19	The Qualifiers
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	9	0	14	534	646	−112	18
11	Salford City Reds	23	8	1	14	447	617	−170	17
12	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	3	0	20	402	929	−527	6

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8's

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos (L, C)	30	20	1	9	944	650	+294	41	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	30	20	1	9	798	530	+268	41
3	Huddersfield Giants	30	18	2	10	750	534	+216	38
4	St Helens	30	19	0	11	766	624	+142	38
5	Castleford Tigers	30	16	0	14	731	746	−15	32
6	Warrington Wolves	30	15	0	15	714	636	+78	30
7	Catalans Dragons	30	13	2	15	739	770	−31	28
8	Hull F.C.	30	12	0	18	620	716	−96	24

Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2015 fixtures and results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2015 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
7/2/15	Super League XX	1	Salford	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	22-8	Myler, Higham, Atkins, R.Evans	Ratchford 3/4	11,864	-
13/2/15	Super League XX	2	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	W	7-6	Clark	O'Brien 1/1, O'Brien 1 DG	12,000	-
28/2/15	Super League XX	3	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	18-38	Monaghan, Wheeler, Philbin	O'Brien 3/3	8,946	Sky Sports
8/3/15	Super League XX	4	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	32-24	Russell (2), Monaghan, Philbin, Wheeler, Currie	Ratchford 4/6	9,587	-
13/3/15	Super League XX	5	Leeds	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	18-6	Penny, Ratchford, Atkins	Ratchford 3/3	10,075	Sky Sports
19/3/15	Super League XX	6	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	24-32	Clark, Higham, Penny, Hill	Ratchford 1/1, O'Brien 3/3	12,618	Sky Sports
27/3/15	Super League XX	7	Huddersfield	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	10-29	O'Brien, Penny	O'Brien 1/2	9,019	-
2/4/15	Super League XX	8	Widnes	A	Halton Stadium	L	10-30	Westwood, Currie	O'Brien 1/2	7,768	-
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	Castleford	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	14-22	Ratchford, Atkins, Penny	O'Brien 1/3	8,518	Sky Sports
11/4/15	Super League XX	10	Wakefield Trinity	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	80-0	Ormsby (2), T.King (2), Clark, Myler (3), Sims, Ratchford, Westwood, Monaghan, Currie (2)	Ratchford 12/14	8,036	-
16/4/15	Super League XX	11	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	20-30	Monaghan, Bridge (2), Currie	Ratchford 2/4	14,175	Sky Sports
24/4/15	Super League XX	12	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	W	29-10	Ormsby, Monaghan, Sims, Currie, Asotasi	Ratchford 4/5, Patton 1 DG	17,430	Sky Sports
3/5/15	Super League XX	13	Widnes	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	22-20	Ormsby, Monaghan (2), Clark, Westwood	Ratchford 1/5	10,856	-
10/5/15	Super League XX	14	Hull F.C.	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	26-27	Monaghan (2), Currie, Ormsby (2)	Ratchford 2/4, Bridge 1/1	9,697	-
22/5/15	Super League XX	15	Salford	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	34-18	Currie, Ormsby (3), Ratchford, Dwyer	Ratchford 5/6	6,159	-
31/5/15	Magic Weekend	16	St. Helens	N	St James' Park	L	16-20	Ratchford, Harrison, Atkins	Bridge 2/3	26,970	Sky Sports
5/6/15	Super League XX	17	Catalans Dragons	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	26-18	Currie (2), Atkins (2), Hill	O'Brien 3/5	8,611	Sky Sports
14/6/15	Super League XX	18	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	19-30	Clark, O'Brien, Harrison	O'Brien 3/3, O'Brien 1 DG	5,797	-
19/6/15	Super League XX	19	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	10-36	Hill, Ormsby	Patton 1/2	7,455	Sky Sports
2/7/15	Super League XX	20	Wigan	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	17-6	Myler, Atkins, O'Brien	O'Brien 2/3, O'Brien 1 DG	10,504	Sky Sports
12/7/15	Super League XX	21	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	40-20	Ratchford, Philbin, Russell (2), Westwood, Clark, Myler	O'Brien 6/7	3,354	-
16/7/15	Super League XX	22	St. Helens	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	14-20	Currie, Penny	O'Brien 3/3	11,618	Sky Sports
26/7/15	Super League XX	23	Castleford	A	The Jungle	W	44-6	Monaghan (2), Westwood, O'Brien, Ormsby, Currie, Ratchford, Wilde, Myler	O'Brien 4/9	7,239	-

2015 Super 8's

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
7/8/15	Super League XX	S1	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	10-49	Penny (2)	Sandow 1/2	13,118	Sky Sports
13/8/15	Super League XX	S2	Castleford	A	The Jungle	L	16-17	Myler (2), Penny	Sandow 2/3	5,212	Sky Sports
21/8/15	Super League XX	S3	Wigan	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	0-28	-	-	10,095	Sky Sports
6/9/15	Super League XX	S4	Hull F.C.	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	46-16	Penny (3), Wheeler (2), Currie, Atkins, Monaghan (2)	Sandow 5/9	8,076	Sky Sports
13/9/15	Super League XX	S5	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	10-48	Westwood, Asotasi	Sandow 1/2	5,563	Sky Sports
19/9/15	Super League XX	S6	Catalans Dragons	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	48-6	Monaghan (3), Atkins (2), Johnson (2), Currie, Myler	Sandow 4/7, Monaghan 1/1, Asotasi 1/1	7,862	Sky Sports
24/9/15	Super League XX	S7	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	W	32-16	Johnson, Monaghan, Hill, Atkins, Asotasi, Penny	Sandow 3/5, Monaghan 1/1	10,966	Sky Sports

Player appearances

Super League Only

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	Matty Russell			FB	W	W	W	W	W												FB	FB	FB	FB
2	Rhys Evans	W	W																						C	C
3	Chris Bridge			C		SO	SO	SO	SO	C	C	C	C	C	B	C	C	C	C	SO
4	Ryan Atkins	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C
5	Joel Monaghan	C	C	W	C			C	C	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W				W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
6	Stefan Ratchford	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	C	L	C	C	FB	FB	FB	SO	SO	C	C
7	Richie Myler	SH	SH							SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SH	SH	SH	SH	SO	SO	SO			SO	SO
8	Chris Hill	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	L	P	P	P	P	P	P
9	Daryl Clark	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	B	B	B	B	B	B		H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
10	Ashton Sims	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	B	B	P	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P		B	P	P
11	Simon Grix																								x	x	x	x	x	x	x
12	Ben Westwood	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
13	Ben Harrison	B	B	B					L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	P	L	L		L	L	B	B	B	B
14	Micky Higham	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Roy Asotasi	B		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P	P	B	B	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P	P	B	B
17	Ben Currie	SR	SR	SR	C	C	C	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR				SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
18	James Laithwaite	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	SR	SR
19	Anthony England	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	B	B	P	B			B	B				B	B	P
20	Gareth O'Brien	SO	SO	SO	SO	SH	SH	SH	SH	SO								SO	SO		SO	SO	SO	SO	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Ben Evans	x	B	x	B	B	B
22	Gene Ormsby	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Gary Wheeler	B	B	SH	SH																	C				B	C	C	C
24	Kevin Penny	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W						W					W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W
25	Brad Dwyer	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
26	Joe Philbin	x	x	B	SR	SR	SR	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	SR	SR	B		SR	x	B	B	x	B	B
27	George King	x	x	x	B	B	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	B	B	B				B	B	B	L	L	L	L
28	Toby King	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C	C	C	x	C	x	x	x	x	C	x	B		x	C	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Declan Patton	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO			SH						x	x	x	x	x	x
31	Sam Wilde	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B		B	B	x	x	B	B	x	x
33	Chris Sandow	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
34	Jack Johnson	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	FB	FB	FB	FB

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
15/5/15	Cup	6th	Dewsbury	A	Rams Stadium	W	52-10	Dwyer, Atkins, Sims, Currie (2), Patton, Penny (2), Bridge, Myler	Bridge 6/10	1,771	-
27/6/15	Cup	QF	Leigh	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	34-24	Sims, Currie (2), Penny (2), G.King	O'Brien 4/5, Westwood 1/1	10,119	BBC Sport
1/7/15	Cup	SF	Hull Kingston Rovers	N	Headingley Stadium	L	18-26	Atkins, Myler, Currie	O'Brien 3/3	13,049	BBC Sport

Player appearances

Challenge Cup Games only

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
1	Matty Russell
2	Rhys Evans
3	Chris Bridge	C
4	Ryan Atkins	C	C	C
5	Joel Monaghan	W		W
6	Stefan Ratchford	x	FB	FB
7	Richie Myler	SH	SH	SH
8	Chris Hill	P	P	P
9	Daryl Clark	x	H	H
10	Ashton Sims	P	P	P
11	Simon Grix
12	Ben Westwood	SR	SR
13	Ben Harrison	L	L	L
14	Micky Higham		x	x
15	Roy Asotasi		B	B
17	Ben Currie	SR	SR	SR
18	James Laithwaite	B	C
19	Anthony England	B		B
20	Gareth O'Brien	B	SO	SO
21	Ben Evans
22	Gene Ormsby	W	W	W
23	Gary Wheeler			C
24	Kevin Penny	FB	W
25	Brad Dwyer	H	B	B
26	Joe Philbin	x	B	B
27	George King	B	B
28	Toby King	x	x	x
29	Declan Patton	SO	x
31	Sam Wilde	x	x	SR

2015 squad statistics

Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 24 September 2015.

No	Player	Position	Age	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Matty Russell	Fullback	N/A	Gold Coast Titans	10	4	0	0	16
2	Rhys Evans	Winger	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	5	1	0	0	4
3	Chris Bridge	Centre	N/A	Bradford Bulls	18	3	9	0	30
4	Ryan Atkins	Centre	N/A	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	29	14	0	0	56
5	Joel Monaghan	Wing	N/A	Canberra Raiders	27	17	2	0	72
6	Stefan Ratchford	Stand off	N/A	Salford Red Devils	31	7	37	0	102
7	Richie Myler	Scrum half	N/A	Salford Red Devils	25	12	0	0	48
8	Chris Hill	Prop	N/A	Leigh Centurions	34	4	0	0	16
9	Daryl Clark	Hooker	N/A	Castleford Tigers	32	6	0	0	24
10	Ashton Sims	Prop	N/A	North Queensland Cowboys	32	4	0	0	16
11	Simon Grix	Second row	N/A	Halifax	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ben Westwood	Second row	N/A	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	31	6	1	0	26
13	Ben Harrison	Loose forward	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	29	2	0	0	8
14	Micky Higham	Hooker	N/A	Wigan Warriors	15	2	0	0	8
15	Roy Asotasi	Second row	N/A	South Sydney Rabbitohs	30	3	1	0	14
17	Ben Currie	Second row	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	31	19	0	0	76
18	James Laithwaite	Second row	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	22	0	0	0	0
19	Anthony England	Prop	N/A	Featherstone Rovers	15	0	0	0	0
20	Gareth O'Brien	Scrum half	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	19	5	40	3	103
21	Ben Evans	Prop	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	4	0	0	0	0
22	Gene Ormsby	Wing	N/A	Swinton Lions	17	11	0	0	44
23	Gary Wheeler	Stand off	N/A	St Helens R.F.C.	11	4	0	0	16
24	Kevin Penny	Wing	N/A	Swinton Lions	23	16	0	0	64
25	Brad Dwyer	Hooker	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	19	2	0	0	8
26	Joe Philbin	Second row	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	16	3	0	0	12
27	George King	Second row	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	19	1	0	0	4
28	Toby King	Centre	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	7	2	0	0	8
29	Declan Patton	Stand off	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	9	1	1	1	7
31	Sam Wilde	Prop	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	7	1	0	0	4
33	Chris Sandow	Scrum half	N/A	Parramatta Eels	7	0	16	0	32
34	Jack Johnson	Fullback	N/A	Warrington Wolves Academy	4	3	0	0	12

= Injured = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

In

Player	Signed from	Contract Length	Date
Ashton Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	2 Years	July 2014
Daryl Clark	Castleford Tigers	4 Years	August 2014
Gary Wheeler	St. Helens	1 Year	October 2014

Out

Player	Signed for	Contract Length	Date
Brad Dwyer	London Broncos	1 Year (Loan)	September 2014
Glenn Riley	London Broncos	1 Year	September 2014
Chris Riley	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	1 Year	September 2014
James Saltonstall	Halifax	2 Years	October 2014
Michael Monaghan	Catalans Dragons Assistant Coach	2 Years	October 2014
Danny Bridge	Rochdale Hornets	2 Years	October 2014
Trent Waterhouse	Thirroul Butchers	3 Years	November 2014
Paul Wood	Featherstone Rovers	2 Years	January 2015
Tom Walker	Workington Town	1 Year	January 2015
Jordan Burke
Gavin Bennion