Season Preview: Warrington Wolves
Head coach: Tony Smith
Last season: 2nd (Lost to Wigan in Grand Final)
In:
Kevin Penny (Swinton)
Anthony England (Featherstone)
Matty Russell (Gold Coast)
Out:
Mike Cooper (St George)
Garreth Carvell (Bradford)
Adrian Morley (Salford)
Matty Blythe (Bradford)
Tyrone McCarthy (Northern Pride)
Rhys Williams (Capras)
Brett Hodgson (Retired)
James Mendeika (Featherstone)
Gavin Bennion (Featherstone)
Lee Briers (Retired)
Squad:
1 Matthew Russell FULL BACK
2 Chris Riley WINGER
3 Chris Bridge CENTRE
4 Ryan Atkins CENTRE
5 Joel Monaghan WINGER
6 Stefan Ratchford STAND OFF
7 Richie Myler SCRUM HALF
8 Chris Hill PROP FORWARD
9 Mickey Higham HOOKER
10 Roy Asotasi PROP FORWARD
11 Trent Waterhouse SECOND ROW
12 Ben Westwood SECOND ROW
13 Simon Grix LOOSE FORWARD
14 Michael Monaghan HOOKER
15 Ben Harrison LOOSE FORWARD
16 Paul Wood PROP FORWARD
17 Ben Currie LOOSE FORWARD
18 Rhys Evans CENTRE
19 Anthony England PROP FORWARD
20 Gareth O’Brien SCRUM HALF
21 Glenn Riley PROP FORWARD
22 Brad Dwyer HOOKER
23 James Laithwaite SECOND ROW
24 Kevin Penny WINGER
James’ prediction: 1st
View from the pitch:
Roy Asotasi – “I think the squad as a whole learnt a lot from the NRL pre-season tour, and we’ve got to take that into the season. I’ve been pretty impressed, but we have to work hard to prove ourselves.”