Weekend Review - Rugby League
Warrington Wolves
The Wolves suffered their first defeat in a while after losing to St. Helens on Friday night. The eventual margin of 12 points did not tell the story of a game where they were putting St. Helens under a lot of pressure until a breakaway try in the last minute. They will regret their loss of concentration at the end of the first half that saw St. Helens take what was a decisive 26-4 lead. The traditional second half fight back showed the character of the team but this time their opposition just proved too good for them. They can consider themselves unlucky that once they got back to within four points they did not face twelve men as their should have been a yellow card for Lyon Price after conceding a penalty try.
The lesson to learn from this is to play for the full first half, against teams like Wakefield and the Dragons you can concede a few points and expect chances to get them back. But you simply cannot do that against teams like St. Helens. It is evident that Warrington play well when they can lead from the front an put pressure on the opposition. This did not happen on Friday and they paid the price. We can just hope that this was a minor blip in the grand scheme of this season and that they will bounce back with another two points next week.
The Wolves suffered their first defeat in a while after losing to St. Helens on Friday night. The eventual margin of 12 points did not tell the story of a game where they were putting St. Helens under a lot of pressure until a breakaway try in the last minute. They will regret their loss of concentration at the end of the first half that saw St. Helens take what was a decisive 26-4 lead. The traditional second half fight back showed the character of the team but this time their opposition just proved too good for them. They can consider themselves unlucky that once they got back to within four points they did not face twelve men as their should have been a yellow card for Lyon Price after conceding a penalty try.
The lesson to learn from this is to play for the full first half, against teams like Wakefield and the Dragons you can concede a few points and expect chances to get them back. But you simply cannot do that against teams like St. Helens. It is evident that Warrington play well when they can lead from the front an put pressure on the opposition. This did not happen on Friday and they paid the price. We can just hope that this was a minor blip in the grand scheme of this season and that they will bounce back with another two points next week.
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