Warrington Hold Back York To Maintain 100% Start
6 March 2026
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York (18) 30
Tries: Jones-Bishop, Balmforth, Mata'afa, Vaughan, Harris Goals: Richardson 5
Warrington (22) 38
Tries: Stone 2, Thewlis 2, Taylor-Wray, Williams, Currie Goals: Sneyd 5
Warrington Wolves maintained their 100% start to the Super League season by holding back a spirited York Knights side in an electric high-scoring encounter.
The 30-38 scoreline included 12 tries shared between the sides, with a manic 40-point very first half.
Josh Thewlis and Sam Stone arguably made the difference for the visitors, contributing a set of attempts each.
There was an unique moment for Ben Currie too, who scored his 100th try for Warrington in the second half.
The Wolves moved level with at the top of the table on six points, with York in ninth having won 2 out of their four video games so far.
With a quarter of an hour on the clock, it looked as though the very first Super League meeting between these two sides would be an extremely one-sided affair.
Stone, Thewlis and the excellent Cai Taylor-Wray gave the visitors the ideal start with 3 fast ratings, as the Wolves twice barged through the home defence either side of Taylor-Wray collecting a cool pass to go over in the corner.
Fifteen minutes later, Warrington, extremely, found themselves behind following a storming renewal from the home side.
Ben Jones-Bishop got the Knights on the board, before Denive Balmforth went over following smart hands from full-back Tom Mata'afa, who scored a shot of his own minutes later on to complete the turnaround.
The lead altered hands once again minutes later, Stone scoring his 2nd try to send out the Wolves in 22-18 at the break.
The second half mirrored the very first, as the hosts came out of the traps slower than their more experienced Super League opponents. George Williams crossed to score before Currie raised his century of tries for Warrington, from under the posts.
Still the hosts refused to accept defeat, as Paul Vaughan, versus his previous side, and Liam Harris claimed tries to bring the Knights within two points of their challengers.
Thewlis went over again with 10 minutes to go, and Marc Sneyd converted the extras as the Wolves saw out victory.
They return to action at Goole Vikings in the Challenge Cup on Saturday, 14 March, while York face Keighley Cougars in the exact same competitors.
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York head coach Mark Applegarth told BBC Radio York:
"Fair play to Warrington, congratulations to them. They began actually strong in both halves and we got captured.
"I was actually proud of the spirit we showed and how we got back into it, but there were some important lessons for us in all of that.
"If you score 30 points in a game, that need to be enough to win it, but I believed we left some soft attempts out there.
"I believed we looked great on the front foot, but the momentum shifts at this level are huge, and these teams can publish some big ratings quite quickly.
"We're not here to be delighted losers so it does sting a bit that we got ourselves back into the video game and let it get away from us once again. We anticipate much better from ourselves."
York: Mata'afa; Jones-Bishop, Wood, Williams, Nofoaluma; Richardson, Harris; Martin, McShane, Vaughan, Field, Dee, Thompson.
Interchanges: Griffin, Balmforth, Va'a, Sangare.
Warrington: Taylor-Wray; Thewlis, King, Hopoate, Smith; Williams, Sneyd; Yates, Walker, Byrne, Harrison, Stone, Currie.
Interchanges: Powell, Sipley, Philbin, Tanginoa.