St. Helens v Warrington Wolves Preview


By Chris Lord
May 10 2006

Wolves face Saints in huge local derby as Warrington look to continue there climb up the Super League table.

 

St. Helens v Warrington Wolves

Knowsley Road, St. Helens
Friday 12th May 2006
Kick Off: 20:05

Warrington Wolves travel to Knowsley Road looking to make it 5 wins on the spin against the league leaders St. Helens. Warrington, will also be looking for the first ever win since 1993 at St. Helens. Since the 1996 Super League era, Warrington have failed to beat there rivals away from home, and on numerous occasions, they have been blown away by St. Helens, with several 50, 60 and 70 point defeats to show. However over the past 2 seasons, Warrington have ran Saints close losing both times but by 28-8 and 30-31.

St. Helens go into the match as huge favourates to make up for there shock loss at Huddersfield last weekend, but a huge army of Warrington fans are expected to make the 7 mile journey to see if the Wolves can beat there rivals.

 

Here are the St. Helens and Warrington Wolves 20 man Squads for the match:

St. Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, Fozzard, Cunningham, Cayless, Gilmour, Wilkin, Sculthorpe, Roby, Hooper, P. Anderson, V. Anderson, Graham, Hardman, Smith

Warrington 20-man: Grose, Fa’afili, M. Gleeson, Reardon, Briers, Sullivan, Leikvoll, Clarke, Hilton, Swann, Wainwright, Noone, M. Gleeson, Westwood, Wood, Lima, Barnett, Rauhihi, Grix, Bridge.

Referee: R. Silverwood

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