2016 Warrington Wolves season

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

Results

Pre season friendlies

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

Super League

Main article: 2016 Super League season

Super League table

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 League results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Round Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
4/2/16 1 Leeds A Headingley Stadium W 12-10 Sandow, Penny Gidley 2/2 16,168 Sky Sports
14/2/16 2 Hull Kingston Rovers H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 38-8 Currie, Westerman, Lineham (3), Clark Gidley 7/7 11,037 -
26/2/16 3 Wakefield Trinity H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 34-16 Currie (2), Sandow (2), Penny, Gidley Gidley 5/6 10,631 -
3/3/16 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 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 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 7 Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 28-10 Sandow, Lineham, Gidley, Atkins, Currie Gidley 4/5 15,008 -
28/3/16 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 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 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 11 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 0-11 - - 5,427
22/4/16 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 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 14 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue L 36-28 Westerman (2), Clark, Gidley, Russell Gidley (3), Smith 5,180
21/5/16 15 Castleford N St James' Park L 14-34 Gidley, Ratchford, Currie Gidley 39,331 Sky Sports
27/5/16 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 17 St. Helens A Langtree Park W 26-4 Currie, Sandow, Atkins, Ratchford, R.Evans Gidley(3) 11,353 Sky Sports
10/06/16 18 Hull F.C. H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 12-19 Ormsby, Sandow Gidley (2) 10,518 Sky Sports
17/06/16 19 Catalans Dragons H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 20-18 Atkins, Penny, Dwyer Gidley (4) 9,529 Sky Sports
01/07/16 20 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park D 16-16 Russell, Dwyer, Hughes Ratchford (2) 6,827
07/07/16 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 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 23 Huddersfield H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 34-30 Ratchford, Currie, Westwood, Sandow, Atkins, Clark Gidley (5) Attendance

Super 8s

Super 8s table

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 8s results

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

Play-offs

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

Player appearances

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

Main article: 2016 Challenge Cup
LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Round Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV
7/5/16 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 QF Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 20-18 Hughes, Penny, Dwyer Gidley 4/5 BBC Sport
30/7/16 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 F Hull F.C. N Wembley W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Scores Attendance BBC Sport

Player appearances

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

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

In

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

Out

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

References

  1. ^ "Salford docked six points for cap breach". Love Rugby League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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