2011 Warrington Wolves season explained

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2011 season. This is the clubs sixteenth season of the Super League era. The club will also look to defend the Challenge Cup following victory at Wembley Stadium against Leeds Rhinos in August 2010.

Pre-season

Warrington Wolves played 3 pre-season fixtures before the new Super League season kicks off. The Wolves faced Widnes Vikings, Leigh Centurions and Wigan Warriors.The Wolves ran out comfortable winners at Widnes winning by 48-18 and also at Leigh by 58-10. Wolves new signings Brett Hodgson and Joel Monaghan both made their debuts for the club in the victory at Leigh Centurions.

The fixture against Wigan Warriors is for Jon Clarke's Testimonial after he has now been at the club for 10 consecutive seasons. Warrington Wolves fell to a 16-22 defeat to end the pre-season campaign.

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Friendly	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friendly	2 January 2011		W	18-48	Away		Harvey (3), Williams (2), Solomona, R Evans, Myler, Riley	Harvey (3), Bridge	3,758
Friendly	23 January 2011		W	10-58	Away		King (2), M Monaghan, J Monaghan, Myler, Briers, Blythe, Solomona, Williams, Harvey	Hodgson (8), Harvey	3,528
Testimonial	2 February 2011		L	16-22	Home		Clarke, Williams, Briers	Hodgson (2), Westwood	5,757

2011 Engage Super League Fixtures and Results

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Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV
1	12 February 2011		Lost	18 - 28	Away			Hodgson (3)	30,891	SKY
2	20 February 2011		Won	24 - 22	Home			Hodgson (2)	10,899
3	25 February 2011		Won	18 - 25	Away				10,514	SKY
4	5 March 2011		Won	40 - 24	Home		R.Evans, Myler, Briers, J. Monaghan, Grix, Riley, Higham,	Hodgson (6)	11,438	SKY
5	11 March 2011		Won	6 - 22	Away			Westwood (3)	5,072	SKY
6	20 March 2011		Won	82 - 6	Home			Hodgson (13)	11,506
7	25 March 2011		Won	6 - 24	Away			Hodgson (4)	21,056	SKY
8	3 April 2011		Lost	20 - 22	Home			Hodgson (2)	10,056
9	8 April 2011		Lost	29 - 10	Away		Hodgson (2)		7,224	SKY
10	15 April 2011		Won	64 - 6	Home			Hodgson (10)	10,002
11	22 April 2011		Won	0 - 60	Away			Hodgson (10)	7,496
12	25 April 2011		Lost	10-24	Home				12,036
13	1 May 2011		Won	14-58	Away			Hodgson (7)	14,134
14	13 May 2011		Won	62-0	Home			Hodgson (7), Briers (2)	9,958	SKY
15	27 May 2011		Won	6-42	Away			Hodgson (7)	17,276	SKY
16	3 June 2011		Won	16-56	Away			Hodgson (8)	4,907
17	12 June 2011		Lost	16-18	Home			Hodgson(2)	10,339
18	19 June 2011		Won	16-46	Away			Hodgson(5)	8,143
19	24 June 2011		Won	35-28	Home			Hodgson (5)	13,024	SKY3D
20	1 July 2011		Won	18-48	Away			Hodgson (6)	5,947
21	8 July 2011		Won	28-16	Home			Hodgson (4)	10,283	SKY3D
22	16 July 2011		Won	24-54	Away				3,842
23	31 July 2011		Won	64-6	Home				10,641
24	14 August 2011		Won	66-12	Home	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Atkins (3), King (2), J.Monaghan (3), M.Monaghan, Hodgson (2)	Hodgson (5), Bridge (3)	10,641
25	20 August 2011		Won	12-25	Away				9,495
26	4 September 2011		Won	39-12	Home				13,024	SKY
27	9 September 2011		Won	12-34	Away				10,845	SKY

2011 Engage Super League XVI Play-offs Fixtures and Results

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Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV
PO1	16 September 2011		Won	47-0	Home			Bridge (2) Briers (2 + 1DG)	10,006	SKY
SF1	30 September 2011	Club Call/TBA			Home					SKY 3D

2011 Carnegie Challenge Cup Fixtures and Results

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Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV
4	8 May 2011		Won	80-0	Home			Briers (12)	6,582
5	20 May 2011		Won	112-0	Home			Briers (17)	4,440
Q-Final	23 July 2011		Lost	24-44	Home	Halliwell Jones Stadium		Hodgson (4)	13,024	BBC

2011 Squad

As of 1 January 2011:

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1		Brett Hodgson	FB	Huddersfield Giants
2		Chris Riley	RW	Warrington Wolves Academy
3		Matt King	RC	Melbourne Storm
4		Chris Bridge	LC	Bradford Bulls
5		Joel Monaghan	LW	Canberra Raiders
6		Lee Briers	SO	St. Helens
7		Richard Myler	SH	Salford City Reds
8		Adrian Morley	PR	Sydney Roosters
9		Michael Monaghan	HK	Manly Sea Eagles
10		Garreth Carvell	PR	Hull
11		Louis Anderson	SR	New Zealand Warriors
12		Ben Westwood	SR	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
13		Ben Harrison	LF	Warrington Wolves Academy
14		Mickey Higham	HK	Wigan Warriors
15		Jon Clarke	HK	Harlequins RL
16		Paul Wood	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy
17		Simon Grix	LF	Halifax
18		Michael Cooper	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy
19		Lee Mitchell	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
20		Matty Blythe	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
21		Tyrone McCarthy	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
22		Rhys Williams	W	Warrington Wolves Academy
23		Ryan Atkins	C	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
24		Rhys Evans	W	Warrington Wolves Academy
26		David Solomona	PF	Bradford Bulls

2011 Transfers In/Out

In

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	Brett Hodgson	Full back	Huddersfield Giants	September 2010
	Joel Monaghan	Centre/winger	Canberra Raiders	December 2010
	Ben Hellewell	Full back	Bradford Bulls	December 2010

Out

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width=5%		width=30%	Name	width=30%	Position	width=25%	Club Signed	width=25%	Date
	Kevin Penny	Winger	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	September 2010
	Vinnie Anderson	Second Row	Salford City Reds	September 2010
	Richie Mathers	Full back	Castleford Tigers	September 2010
	Rhys Williams	Winger	Crusaders	February 2011 (Loan)
	Craig Harvey	Half back	Released	March 2011