2016 Warrington Wolves season explained

Year:2016
Team Colour:
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League:Super League
League Rank:1st League Leaders winners!!!
League Wins:23
League Draws:1
League Losses:9
Points For:892
Points Against:573
Playoff Result:Runners Up
Cup:Challenge Cup
Cup Result:Runners Up
Cup Wins:3
Cup Losses:1
Ceo Title:Chairman
Ceo:Steven Broomhead
Coach Title:Head Coach
Top Tries:Ben Currie - 12
Top Goals:Kurt Gidley - 59
Top Points:Kurt Gidley - 138
List:yes
List Link:List of Warrington Wolves seasons

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2016 season. This is the Wolves' 21st consecutive season in the Super League.

Pre season friendlies

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DateCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
 27/12/15 Pre Season A W 40-0 T King, Dwyer (2), Lineham, Patton, Johnson, Livett Gidley (5), Patton 5,177
 24/1/16 Pre Season H W 46-4 Sims, Ormsby (3), Evans, Gidley, Lineham, Currie, Penny Gidley (3), Sandow (2) 4,963

Table

Super 8s table

Super League

Key

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Regular season

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
 4/2/161 A W 12-10 Gidley 2/2 16,168 Sky Sports
 14/2/162 H W 38-8 Gidley 7/7 11,037 -
 26/2/163 H W 34-16 Gidley 5/6 10,631 -
 3/3/164 A W 31-30 Sandow 5/5, Sandow 1 DG 4,861 Sky Sports
 12/3/165 A W 30-20 Gidley 5/5 8,859 Sky Sports
 18/3/166 H W 56-12 Gidley 6/9, Sandow 0/1, Ratchford 0/1 10,940 -
 25/3/167 H W 28-10 Gidley 4/5 15,008 -
 28/3/168 A L 24-26 Sandow 1/3, Ratchford 1/2 9,967 -
 1/4/169 A W 28-16 Gidley 3/3, Ratchford 1/1, Sandow 0/3, Westerman 0/1 17,480 Sky Sports
 8/4/1610 H L 22-25 Gidley 0/1, Westwood 1/3 13,678 Sky Sports
 15/4/1611 A L 0-11 - - 5,427
 22/4/1612 A W 48-16Gidley, Penny (2), Westerman (2), Westwood, Ratchford (2) Gidley 7/7, Ratchford 1/17,441 -
 28/4/1613 H W 40-10Gidley 5/6, Ratchford 1/1 11,724 Sky Sports
 15/5/1614 A L 36-28 5,180
 21/5/1615 N L 14-34 39,331 Sky Sports
 27/5/1616 H W 52-18 Clark (2), Atkins, Ratchford, Gidley, Lineham, Dwyer, Ormsby (2) Gidley (8) 10,317 Sky Sports
 03/06/1617 A W 26-4 Gidley(3) 11,353 Sky Sports
 10/06/1618 H L 12-19 Gidley (2) 10,518 Sky Sports
 17/06/1619 H W 20-18 Gidley (4) 9,529 Sky Sports
 01/07/1620 A D 16-16 Ratchford (2) 6,827
 07/07/1621 H W 40-14 Ratchford, Patton (5)9,024 Sky Sports
 17/07/1622 A W 26-42 Gidley (3), Sandow (4) 8,060
 24/07/1623 H W 34-30 Gidley (5) Attendance

Super 8's

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
 4/8/16S1 H L 18-20 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 14/8/16S2 A W 38-10 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 20/8/16S3 CastlefordH W 14-11 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 3/9/16S4 A W 26-22 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 11/9/16S5 HW 30-12 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 18/9/16S6 H L 28-35 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV
 23/9/16S7 A W 23-6 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance TV

Play-offs

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
 29/9/16Semi Final H W 18-10 Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance Sky Sports
08/10/16Grand Final N W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Scorers Attendance Sky Sports

Player appearances

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1SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
2W W W W W W W W W W W W W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
3C C C C C C C C C B W C C C C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
4B C C C C C C C C C C C C C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
5FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
6SO B B FB SO B SH SH SH SH SH FB x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
7SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
8P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
9H H H B H H H H H H H H H H x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
10P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
11C C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR C SR SR SR SH SR SR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
12SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR C SR SR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
13SR SR B B L SR SR B B SRSR SR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
14L L L L L L L L B L L L L L L L x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
15B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
16B B B H H H B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
17x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
18B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
19x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
20W W W W W W W W W W W W W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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22x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
23x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
24x x x x x x x x x x x x C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
25x x x x x x x x x B B x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
26x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
27x x x x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
28x x x x x x x FB x x x W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
29B x B B x x x x x B B B B SR B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
30x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
31x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
32B B B B B B B B B B B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
33B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

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= Suspended

Challenge Cup

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DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTV
 7/5/166th A W 70-10 Gidley 6/9, Ratchford 3/4 2,394 -
 24/6/16QF H W 20-18 Gidley 4/5 BBC Sport
 30/7/16SF N W 56-12 Gidley 7/8, Ratchford 1/2 10,358 BBC Sport
27/8/16F N W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Scores Attendance BBC Sport

Player appearances

NoPlayer6QFSFF
1SO SO SO x
2W x x x
3C C W x
4C C x
5x W W x
6SH FB FB x
7SH SH x
8P P P x
9H H H x
10P P x
11SR SR SR x
12x SR SR x
13x P B x
14L L L x
15x x
16B B x
17x x
18B B B x
19x x
20FB W x x
21x x
22W x x x
23x x
24x x C x
25SR x x x
26x x x x
27B x x x
28x x x x
29C x x x
30x x x x
31B x x x
32B B x x
33B B x

2016 squad statistics

width=3%Nowidth=47%Playerwidth=15%Positionwidth=1%Agewidth=17%Previous ClubAppsTriesGoalsDGPoints
1Kurt GidleyFullbackwidth=10%N/ANewcastle Knightsalign=centre12align=centre3align=centre50align=centre0align=centre112
2Tom LinehamWingerwidth=10%N/AHull F.C.align=centre12align=centre11align=centre0align=centre0align=centre44
3Rhys EvansCentrewidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre13align=centre3align=centre0align=centre0align=centre12
4Ryan AtkinsCentrewidth=10%N/AWakefield Trinity Wildcatsalign=centre12align=centre9align=centre0align=centre0align=centre36
5Matty RussellWingwidth=10%N/AGold Coast Titansalign=centre12align=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre8
6Stefan RatchfordStand offwidth=10%N/ASalford Red Devilsalign=centre11align=centre3align=centre7align=centre0align=centre26
7Chris SandowScrum halfwidth=10%N/AParramatta Eelsalign=centre9align=centre8align=centre6align=centre1align=centre45
8Chris Hill (c)Propwidth=10%N/ALeigh Centurionsalign=centre14align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre4
9Daryl ClarkHookerwidth=10%N/ACastleford Tigersalign=centre12align=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre8
10Ashton SimsPropwidth=10%N/ANorth Queensland Cowboysalign=centre14align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre4
11Ben CurrieSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre14align=centre12align=centre0align=centre0align=centre48
12Jack HughesSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWigan Warriorsalign=centre13align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre4
13Ben WestwoodLoose forwardwidth=10%N/AWakefield Trinity Wildcatsalign=centre10align=centre3align=centre1align=centre0align=centre14
14Joe WestermanLoose forwardwidth=10%N/AHull F.C.align=centre14align=centre3align=centre0align=centre0align=centre12
15Mitchell DoddsPropwidth=10%N/ABrisbane Broncosalign=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
16Brad DwyerHookerwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre6align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre4
17James LaithwaiteSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
18George KingSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre13align=centre4align=centre0align=centre0align=centre16
19Ben HarrisonLoose forwardwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
20Kevin PennyWingwidth=10%N/ASwinton Lionsalign=centre14align=centre10align=centre0align=centre0align=centre40
21Ben EvansPropwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
22Gene OrmsbyWingwidth=10%N/ASwinton Lionsalign=centre1align=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre8
23Gary WheelerStand offwidth=10%N/ASt Helens R.F.C.align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
24Toby KingCentrewidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
25Joe PhilbinSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre3align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
26Declan PattonStand offwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
27Sam WildeSecond rowwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
28Jack JohnsonFullbackwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre2align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
29Benjamin JullienCentrewidth=10%N/ASO Avignonalign=centre8align=centre3align=centre0align=centre0align=centre12
30Harvey LivettLoose forwardwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
31Morgan SmithPropwidth=10%N/AWarrington Wolves Academyalign=centre1align=centre1align=centre0align=centre0align=centre4
32Jordan CoxSecond rowwidth=10%N/AHull Kingston Roversalign=centre11align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0
33Ryan BaileyPropwidth=10%N/ACastleford Tigersalign=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0align=centre0

= Injured = Suspended

2016 transfers in/out

In

Player Signed from Contract Length Announced
1 Year May 2015
4 Years June 2015
2 Years August 2015
1 Year September 2015
1 Year September 2015
3 Years October 2015
1 Year October 2015
1 Year November 2015

Out

Player Signed for Contract Length Announced
2 Years July 2015
2 Years July 2015
N/A September 2015
Halifax / Wolves Coaching Staff 1 Year September 2015
2 Years October 2015
1 Year October 2015
2 Years October 2015
1 Month LoanApril 2016

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