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Friday 9th October 2020
Warrington Wolves 14 Wigan Warriors 18
Headingley, Leeds (Switched from Halliwell  Jones Stadium, Warrington due to Covid-19 Restrictions)
Betfred Super League 25 - Round 15 of 20
Kick Off 7:45pm

-	Wigan				-	Warrington
6	Bevan French				1	Stefan Ratchford		G3
21	Dom Manfredi				17	Jake Mamo
11	Willie Isa				4	Toby King
1	Zak Hardaker	T	G3		3	Anthony Gelling
23	Jake Bibby				5	Josh Charnley
7	Thomas Leuluai				6	Blake Austin
31	Jackson Hastings				7	Gareth Widdop
19	Joe Bullock				8	Chris Hill	T
9	Sam Powell				9	Daryl Clark
17	Oliver Partington				10	Mike Cooper
15	Joe Greenwood	T			11	Ben Currie
12	Liam Farrell	T			12	Jack Hughes
13	Sean O'Loughlin				14	Jason Clark
Interchange:
16	Morgan Smithies				15	Joe Philbin
28	Harry Smith				19	Matty Davis
33	Joe Shorrocks				26	Matty Ashton	PT
38	Brad Singleton				27	Ellis Robson*
*Warrington 27. Ellis Robson was an unused substitute.

               

Report:	A gutsy victory for Wigan who had to overcome an early head assessment for Joe Greenwood, a fifth minute sin bin for Willie Isa, absence of Joe Burgess and Oliver Gildart due to covid restrictions and also finding themselves 12-0 down after 20 minutes. The combination of losing Greenwood and Isa made it a very back foot start which was also compounded by an early poor error by Jake Bibby. Warrington peppered not only where Isa was absent but also Morgan Smithies, returning for six matches suspension, who had come on for Greenwood very early. He was missing tackles early for fun and this enabled a break that resulted in a penalty try for Matty Ashton who was cleared stopped from scoring off the ball by Dom Manfredi. He was perhaps fortunate to escape sin bin himself but the penalty decision made it an easy conversion for Stefan Ratchford for 6-0. A barge over by Chris Hill made it 12-0 on 20 minutes. Wigan were definetly on the back foot and in real danger at this point but a big clean hit by Oliver Partington on Blake Austin, that created an error and a break, eventually resulted in a try for Joe Greenwood that Hardaker converted for 12-6. Timely on the back of that try both Joe Shorrocks and new debutant Brad Singleton came off the bench whilst Warrington began to sub off the likes of Chris Hill. It created a more even arm wrestle that carried the score to half time. Wigan then levelled within four minutes of the restart with Zak Hardaker scoring and converting. Warrington did retake the lead with a penalty from Ratchford for 14-12 on 50 minutes but it felt like they had begun to run out of ideas against a strong Wigan defence. They probably should have been at least ten points up rather than two. The longer the match went on though, Wigan got stronger and the introduction of Harry Smith, replacing Sam Powell, on the hour provided a cohesive last tackle option that had been severly lacking for most of the game. Some waste though was proving frustrating. Joe Bullock found a worm with a poor pass whilst a rare bad pass by Liam Farrell stopped Jake Bibby from getting a chance to score. Farrell redempted the gingers though by finding the winning try with four minutes to go after the likes of Dom Manfredi had dented the Wire defensive line with a move down the right. Hardaker converted for 18-14 and Wigan even won the inevitable short kick off from Warrington. Time was seen out for an important and well earned victory.
Scoring:	04:03 Wigan Sin Bin Willie Isa (Tackle off Ball) 11:45 Warrington 04 Wigan 00 Penalty Try: Matty Ashton Warrington 06 Wigan 00 Conversion: Stefan Ratchford (1/1) 19:57 Warrington 10 Wigan 00 Try: Chris Hill Warrington 12 Wigan 00 Conversion: Stefan Ratchford (2/2) 22:58 Warrington 12 Wigan 04 Try: Joe Greenwood Warrington 12 Wigan 06 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (1/1) Half` Time Warrington Wolves 12 Wigan Warriors 6 43:35 Warrington 12 Wigan 10 Try: Zak Hardaker Warrington 12 Wigan 12 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (2/2) 49:24 Warrington 14 Wigan 12 Penalty Goal: Stefan Ratchford (3/3) 75:05 Warrington 14 Wigan 16 Try: Liam Farrell Warrington 14 Wigan 18 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (3/3) Full Time Warrington Wolves 14 Wigan Warriors 18
Referee:	Chris Kendall
Attendance:	0 (Non Fans in Attendance due to Covid-19 Regulations)
Note:	This match was originally meant to be Round 29 of 29 in original fixture list and played on Friday 11th September 2020.

Betfred Super League 25 - Re-Arranged Fixture

Sun 4 Oct

Catalan Dragons 40 Wakefield Trinity 8

5000

Betfred Super League 25 - Round 15 Results

Thu 8 Oct	Huddersfield 16 Salford 24 (at Leeds)	0
Thu 8 Oct	Hull FC 22 Leeds 40 (at Leeds)	0
Fri 9 Oct	Wakefield 16 St Helens 20 (at Leeds)	0
Fri 9 Oct	Catalan Dragons 34 Hull Kingston Rovers 4	5000
Fri 9 Oct	Warrington 14 Wigan 18 (at Leeds)	0

2020 Betfred Super League 25 Table - After This Round

-	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Pts %
1	St Helens	13	10	0	3	365	151	+214	20	76.92
2	Wigan Warriors	14	10	0	4	313	254	+59	20	71.43
3	Catalan Dragons	12	8	0	4	352	217	+135	16	66.67
4	Leeds Rhinos	12	8	0	4	301	246	+55	16	66.67
5	Warrington Wolves	14	9	0	5	290	186	+104	18	64.29
6	Huddersfield Giants	14	7	0	7	270	293	-23	14	50.00
7	Hull FC	14	6	0	8	308	398	-90	12	42.86
8	Salford Red Devils	12	5	0	7	238	309	-71	10	41.67
9	Castleford Tigers	13	5	0	8	260	279	-19	10	38.46
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	13	2	0	11	208	387	-179	4	15.38
11	Wakefield Trinity	13	2	0	11	184	369	-185	4	15.38
Top 4 Qualify for Play Offs / No Relegation It was decided on September 9th to calculate table using points percentage.