Warrington Hold Off York To Maintain 100% Start

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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 electrical high-scoring encounter.


The 30-38 scoreline included 12 tries shared in between the sides, with a manic 40-point first half.


Josh Thewlis and Sam Stone probably made the distinction for the visitors, contributing a set of tries each.


There was a special moment for Ben Currie too, who scored his 100th try for Warrington in the second half.


The Wolves moved level with Wigan Warriors at the top of the table on 6 points, with York in ninth having won two out of their four video games up until now.


With a quarter of an hour on the clock, it looked as though the first Super League conference between these two sides would be a very one-sided affair.


Stone, Thewlis and the excellent Cai Taylor-Wray gave the visitors the ideal start with 3 fast scores, as the Wolves twice barged through the home defence either side of Taylor-Wray gathering a cool pass to discuss in the corner.


Fifteen minutes later, Warrington, exceptionally, discovered 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 wise 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 again minutes later, Stone scoring his 2nd shot to send the Wolves in 22-18 at the break.


The 2nd half mirrored the very first, as the hosts came out of the traps slower than their more experienced Super League challengers. 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 former side, and Liam Harris claimed tries to bring the Knights within two points of their challengers.


Thewlis repeated with 10 minutes to go, and Marc Sneyd converted the extras as the Wolves saw out success.


They go back to action at Goole Vikings in the Cup on Saturday, 14 March, while York face Keighley Cougars in the exact same competitors.


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'We expect better from ourselves' - response


York head coach Mark Applegarth told BBC Radio York:


"Fair play to Warrington, congratulations to them. They began really strong in both halves and we got caught.


"I was actually pleased with the spirit we showed and how we returned into it, but there were some important lessons for us in all of that.


"If you score 30 points in a video game, that should suffice to win it, but I thought we left some soft experiments with there.


"I thought we looked fantastic on the front foot, however the momentum shifts at this level are huge, and these teams can publish some huge scores pretty quickly.


"We're not here to be delighted losers so it does sting a bit that we got ourselves back into the game and let it escape us once again. We expect 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.