Warrington beat Hull FC to boost play-off hopes

Betfred Super League

Warrington Wolves (12) 24

Goals: Sneyd 4; Josh Thewlis, Jake Thewlis, Powell, Fitzgibbon

Hull FC (10) 10

With a 24-10 victory over Hull FC, Warrington Wolves increased their chances of placing in the top four of the Super League this year.

Josh Thewlis, Jake Thewlis, Sam Powell, and Lachlan Fitzgibbon scored in their closing contests to close the gap on the sixth-placed Black and Whites.

Following their last-gasp defeat by second-place Huddersfield Giants, Wolves were significantly improved with four goals scored by Marc Sneyd.

After five minutes, Josh Thewlis ducked past two Hull players to run clear from within his own 22 and make a fantastic solo effort. Warrington took the lead.

When Matt Dufty’s catch-and-pass led to Jake, the younger of the Thewlis brothers, scoring, gave them the lead.

When Roderick Tai, a Warrington centre, was found to have fouled the ball in-goal before Jordan Rapana dotted down, the try was declared invalid in the 22nd minute.

On the second half-hour mark, when Sezer’s outstanding line break unselfishly chose Barron to take the visitors off the board, Hull started to ratchet up.

Sezer fought his way past some sluggish Warrington defense eight minutes later to keep his team within two points at half-time.

However, Warrington quickly responded after the break when Powell ran over a gap in the Hull defense to score his first Super League try this year. Sneyd’s straightforward conversion made the game a two-score affair.

Dufty dummied to break past some subpar defending as Hull started to tire, and his inside pass set up Australian second-row Fitzgibbon for the home side.

Sam Burgess, a coach at Warrington, told BBC Radio Merseyside:

“It turned out well today,” I said. I believed we had the upper hand in the majority of the game, so I’m happy for the players that we’re back in the winning circle and can regain some momentum.

The players will take a little time out of it because it has been a while since we’ve led from the beginning, which was pleasant.

On Josh Thewlis’ attempt:

John Cartwright, the coach of Hull FC, told BBC Radio Humberside:

“Too many simple errors, just too many.” We anticipated that they would be very quick and powerful.

We were only two points down on the back of a lot of errors in the second half, but we only became happier in the second half.

Powell, Thomas, Harrison, and Ratchford are the others.

Rapana, Barron, Briscoe, Litten, Martin, Cust, Sezer, Ese ‘ese, Bourouh, Knight, Hardaker, Aydin, Chamberlain, and Hull FC.

Ashworth, Charles, Eseh, and Fash swapped.