Warrington Wolves kept their unbeaten record intact tonight with a 32-18 victory in France against Super League new boys Toulouse Olympique, ensuring that the French club remain at the bottom of the Betfred Super League table.
The Wolves led 16-2 at half-time with two first-half tries from Toby King and one from Josh Charnley, with Toulouse’s only reply being a Chris Hankinson penalty
The second half saw some improvement from Toulouse, however, with both sides scoring three second-half tries and 14 points.
Warrington scored tries from George Williams, a second from Charnley and one from Daryl Clark, who came off the bench tonight with Danny Walker given the starting shirt at hooker.
Olympique replied with a try from new signing Olly Ashall-Bott as well as one from Romain Naverrete and one from debutant backrower Maxime Stefani.
Toulouse: 27 Olly Ashall-Bott, 25 Matty Russell, 21 Chris Hankinson, 24 Guy Armitage, 5 Paul Marcon, 31 Tony Gigot, 7 Lucas Albert, 8 Romain Navarrete, 9 Lloyd White, 18 Mitch Garbutt, 11 Andrew Dixon, – Maxime Stefani, 16 Joe Bretherton; Subs: 13 Anthony Marion, 14 Eloi Pelissier, 15 Maxime Puech, 23 Justin Sangare.
Tries: Ashall-Bott (57), Navarrete (71), Stefani (79)
Goals: Hankinson 3
Warrington: 1 Stefan Ratchford, 2 Josh Charnley, 3 Peter Mata’utia, 4 Toby King, 5 Matty Ashton, 27 Riley Dean, 7 George Williams, 8 Joe Philbin, 16 Danny Walker, 19 Robbie Mulhern, 24 Ellis Longstaff, 13 Jack Hughes, 14 Jason Clark; Subs: 9 Daryl Clark, 10 Mike Cooper, 15 Joe Bullock, 17 Matt Davis
Tries: King (8, 36), Charnley (20, 61), Williams (48), D Clark (65)
Goals: Ratchford 4
