WARRINGTON WOLVES continued their good early season form with an emphatic win over Huddersfield Giants.
Warrington broke the deadlock early on, Peter Mata’utia latching onto a George Williams kick. Stefan Ratchford converted for a 6-0 lead.
Ratchford was again on target on 18 minutes when the Wolves were awarded a penalty to make it 8-0.
That’s how the scoreline remained until two minutes into the second-half when forward James Harrison got his second try in as many games. Ratchford’s conversion made it 14-0.
That try seemed to kick the Giants into life and Joe Greenwood got Huddersfield’s first points of 2023 with a short reach for the line. Will Pryce converted to reduce the deficit to eight at 14-6.
A double from Matty Ashton in six minutes ended the game as a contest as the Wolves led 26-6 going into the final ten minutes.
Pryce and debutant Kevin Naiqama did manage to get two late tries for the hosts but Warrington ran out 26-16 winners.
Huddersfield Giants
6 Tui Lolohea
2 Jermaine McGillvary
3 Esan Marsters
4 Kevin Naiqama
21 Leroy Cudjoe
32 Will Pryce
7 Theo Fages
8 Chris Hill
9 Nathan Peats
20 Olly Wilson
12 Chris McQueen
11 Josh Jones
13 Luke Yates
Substitutes
10 Joe Greenwood
14 Ashton Golding
15 Matty English
17 Owen Trout
Tries: Greenwood, Pryce, Naiqama
Goals: Pryce 2/3
Warrington Wolves
1 Matt Dufty
2 Josh Thewlis
3 Peter Mata’utia
4 Stefan Ratchford
5 Matty Ashton
6 George Williams
7 Josh Drinkwater
18 Tom Mikaele
9 Daryl Clark
10 Paul Vaughan
11 Ben Currie
26 Adam Holroyd
8 James Harrison
Substitutes
14 Sam Kasiano
16 Danny Walker
19 Joe Bullock
21 Greg Minikin
Tries: Mata’utia, Harrison, Ashton 2
Goals: Ratchford 5/5