2018 Warrington Wolves season explained

Year:	2018
League:	Super League
League Rank:	4th
League Wins:	17
League Draws:	1
League Losses:	10
Points For:	717
Points Against:	504
Cup:	Challenge Cup
Cup Result:	Runners Up
Ceo Title:	Chairman
Ceo:	Steven Broomhead
Coach Title:	Head Coach
Avg Attendance:	10,070
High Attendance:	12,268 v St. Helens (09/03/2018)
Low Attendance:	8,032 v Catalans (10/08/2018)
Top Tries:	Lineham = 18
Top Goals:	Roberts = 30
Top Points:	Ratchford = 90
List:	yes
List Link:	List of Warrington Wolves seasons

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season. This is the Wolves' 23rd consecutive season in the Super League.

Results

Pre-season

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Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
	29/12/2017	Friendly		Away		Lost	22-26	J.Johnson, T. King (2), Moran	Livett (2), Patton	3,116
	13/01/2018	Friendly		Away		Won	24-10	L.Johnson, Livett, King, Prell	Goodwin (4)	644
	20/01/2018	Friendly		Home		Won	18-6	Philbin, Ratchford, Atkins	Livett (3)	3,208

Betfred Super League

Super League results

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
	01/02/2018	Round 1		Home		Lost	12-16	Goodwin, Lineham	Goodwin (2)	11,241	Sky Sports
- style="background:#ffdddd;" width=20		08/02/2018	Round 2		Away		Lost	6-20	Lineham	Goodwin	5,104
	16/02/2018	Round 12		Away		Won	18-10	Atkins (2), Ratchford	Goodwin (3)	7,009	Sky Sports
	23/02/2018	Round 3		Home		Won	16-10	Lineham, Atkins	Goodwin (4)	12,012	Sky Sports
	02/03/2018	Round 4		Away		Lost	12-21	Hughes, Atkins	Ratchford (2)	10,051	Sky Sports
	09/03/2018	Round 5		Home		Lost	12-30	T. King, Livett	Ratchford (2)	12,268	Sky Sports
	17/03/2018	Round 6		Away		Won	26-0	M. Brown, Clark, Murdoch-Masila (2), Livett	Goodwin (3)	6,585	Sky Sports
	23/03/2018	Round 7		Home		Won	34-24	Lineham (3), Goodwin, Cooper, Murdoch-Masila	Goodwin (2), Ratchford (3)	9,154
	30/03/2018	Round 8		Home		Won	32-18	T. King (2), Charnley (2), Westwood, Akauola	Goodwin (4)	12,175
	02/04/2018	Round 9		Away		Won	18-6	T. King, Clark	Ratchford (5)	6,881
	07/04/2018	Round 10		Away		Won	22-6	T. King, Charnley, Roberts, Brown	Ratchford (3)	3,428	Sky Sports
	14/04/2018	Round 11		Home		Won	40-26	Cooper, Hughes (2), Currie, Lineham, Ratchford, Atkins	Ratchford (6)	9,305
	27/04/2018	Round 13		Home		Won	38-4	Charnley (3), Ratchford (2), Lineham, Livett, Philbin	Goodwin, Ratchford, Livett	8,792
	04/05/2018	Round 14		Away		Won	33-22	Brown, Livett (3), Atkins, Murdoch-Masila	Goodwin, Ratchford (3) - Roberts (DG)	11,749	Sky Sports
	19/05/2018	Round 15		Magic		Lost	10-38	Livett, Ratchford	Goodwin	38,881	Sky Sports
	25/05/2018	Round 16		Home		Won	30-12	Livett, Brown, Murdoch-Masila, Charnley, Atkins	Livett (5)	8,646	Sky Sports
	08/06/2018	Round 17		Home		Lost	30-34	Roberts, Ratchford, Clark, Akauola, Charnley (2)	Livett (2), Goodwin	9,198	Sky Sports
	17/06/2018	Round 18	Wakefield Trinity	Away		Won	32-30	Ratchford (2), Lineham, Brown	Livett (5), Goodwin (3)	5,034
	29/06/2018	Round 19		Home		Won	30-14	Akauola, Lineham, Charnley, King, Clark, Cooper	Goodwin (3)	9,171
	06/07/2018	Round 20		Away		Lost	12-13	King, Lineham, Charnley		13,249	Sky Sports
	12/07/2018	Round 21		Home		Drew	22-22	Goodwin, Charnley, Livett	Roberts (6)	8,807	Sky Sports
	20/07/2018	Round 22		Away		Won	34-20	Cooper, Ratchford, Roberts, T. King, Brown, Patton	Roberts (5)	7,045
	26/07/2018	Round 23		Away		Lost	12-14	Clark	Roberts (4)	12,454	Sky Sports

Super 8s

Super 8s results

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
	10/08/2018	Round 1		Home		Won	56-6	Charnley, Lineham (3), M. Brown, K. Brown, Roberts, T. King, Patton, Philbin	Patton (8)	8,032
	17/08/2018	Round 2		Away		Lost	18-28	Ratchford (2), Goodwin	Ratchford (2), Patton	7,142	Sky Sports
	30/08/2018	Round 3		Home		Won	80-10	Charnley (2), T. King (2), Goodwin (5), Hughes, Philbin, Roberts, Lineham, Ratchford	Roberts (12)	8,101	Sky Sports
	07/09/2018	Round 4		Home		Won	26-24	Goodwin (2) Atkins, Ratchford, Lineham	Roberts (3)	9,076
	14/09/2018	Round 5		Away		Lost	6-26	Ratchford	Patton	12,372	Sky Sports
	22/09/2018	Round 6		Home		Lost	14-34	K. Brown, T. King, Goodwin	Patton	10,747	Sky Sports
	28/09/2018	Round 7		Away		Won	36-23	Murdoch-Masilla, T. King, Ratchford, Hughes, Patton, Atkins	Patton (6)	4,140

Play-offs

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
	04/10/2018	Semi Final		Away		Won	18-13	Hughes, Lineham (2)	Roberts (3)		Sky Sports
	13/10/2018	Grand Final		N		Lost	4-12	Charnley		64,892	Sky Sports

Ladbrokes Challenge Cup

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
	21/04/2018	Challenge Cup	Round 5		Home		Won	54-6	Hill, Currie (2), Goodwin (3), Charnley (4)	Ratchford (3), Goodwin (4)	4,710
	13/05/2018	Challenge Cup	Round 6		Home		Won	66-10	Cooper, Charnley (2), Livett, Murdoch-Masila (2), Hughes, Westwood, Lineham (3), Roberts	Goodwin (9)	6,507	BBC Two
	02/06/2018	Challenge Cup	Quarter Final		Home		Won	23–0	Brown, Murdoch-Masila, Charnley, Patton	Livett (2), Roberts (1) +1 DG	10,213	BBC One
	05/08/2018	Challenge Cup	Semi Final		N		Won	48-12	Lineham (2), Charnley (2), K. Brown, Murdoch-Masila, T. King, Goodwin	Roberts (8)	26,086	BBC One
	25/08/2018	Challenge Cup	Final		N		Lost	14-20	Murdoch-Masila, G. King	Roberts (3)	50,672	BBC One

Transfers

In

Player	Signed from	Contract Length	Announced
		2 Years	August 2017
		2 Years	October 2017
		3 Years	October 2017
		3 Years	October 2017
		1 Year	November 2017
Luis Johnson		4 Year	December 2017
		3 Years	March 2018
		6 months	May 2018
		6 months	July 2018

Out

Player	Signed for	Contract Length	Announced
	Retired	-	September 2017
		2 Years	2017
		3 Years	2017
		2 Years	2017
		2 Years	2017
		2 Years	2017
	Retired	-	2017
	Retired	-	2017
		3 Years	2017
		3 Years	October 2017
		2 Years	October 2017
		2 Years	November 2017

External links

• Warrington Wolves Website
• Warrington Wolves - SL Website