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 kept their 100% start to the Super League season by holding off a perky 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 perhaps made the difference for the visitors, contributing a pair of tries each.


There was an unique moment for Ben Currie too, who scored his 100th try for Warrington in the 2nd half.


The Wolves moved level with Wigan Warriors at the top of the table on six points, with York in ninth having actually won 2 out of their four games up until now.


With a quarter of an hour on the clock, it looked as though the very first Super League meeting between these 2 sides would be an extremely one-sided affair.


Stone, Thewlis and the outstanding Cai Taylor-Wray gave the visitors the ideal start with three quick ratings, 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 on, Warrington, incredibly, discovered themselves behind following a storming revival from the home side.


Ben Jones-Bishop got the Knights on the board, before Denive Balmforth reviewed following clever hands from full-back Tom Mata'afa, who scored a try of his own moments later on to finish the turn-around.


The lead altered hands again minutes later on, 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 knowledgeable Super League opponents. George Williams crossed to score before Currie raised his of tries for Warrington, from under the posts.


Still the hosts contradicted defeat, as Paul Vaughan, versus his former side, and Liam Harris claimed attempts to bring the Knights within two points of their opponents.


Thewlis went over again with 10 minutes to go, and Marc Sneyd transformed the additionals as the Wolves saw out victory.


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


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York head coach Mark Applegarth told BBC Radio York:


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


"I was truly happy with the spirit we revealed 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 thought we left some soft attempts out there.


"I thought we looked great on the front foot, but the momentum shifts at this level are massive, and these groups can publish some big ratings 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 get away from us 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.