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2015 Warrington Wolves season

This article details the Warrington Wolves rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the Wolves 20th season in the Super League.

2015 Warrington Wolves season
Super League XX Rank6th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
Challenge CupSemi-final
2015 recordWins: 17; draws: 0; losses: 17
Points scoredFor: 830; against: 714
Team information
ChairmanSteven Broomhead
Head CoachTony Smith
Captain
StadiumHalliwell Jones Stadium
Top scorers
TriesBen Currie - 19
GoalsGareth O'Brien - 40
PointsGareth O'Brien - 103
← 2014 List of seasons 2016 →

Pre season friendlies

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LEGEND
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Warrington score is first.

Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
17/1/15 Pre Season Team H/A Stadium W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Kickers Attendance
24/1/15 Pre Season Team H/A Stadium W/D/L Score Try Scorers Goal Kickers Attendance

World Club Series

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Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
20 February 2015 WCC  St George H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 12-18 O'Brien, Atkins O'Brien 2/3 13,080
2015 World Club Series Teams
  Warrington Wolves positions   St George Illawarra Dragons
23. Gary Wheeler Fullback 1. Josh Dugan
2. Rhys Evans Winger 2. Eto Nabuli
4. Ryan Atkins Centre 3. Dane Nielsen
5. Joel Monaghan (c) Centre 4. Dylan Farrell
24. Kevin Penny Winger 5. Jason Nightingale
20. Gareth O'Brien Stand off 6. Gareth Widdop
7. Richie Myler Scrum half 7. Benji Marshall
8. Chris Hill Prop 8. Rory O'Brien
9. Daryl Clark Hooker 9. Mitch Rein
10. Ashton Sims Prop 10. Leeson Ah Mau
17. Ben Currie 2nd Row 11. Tyson Frizell
18. James Laithwaite 2nd Row 12. Joel Thompson
12. Ben Westwood Loose forward 13. Ben Creagh (c)
3. Chris Bridge Interchange 14. Trent Merrin
13. Ben Harrison Interchange 15. Jack De Belin
14. Micky Higham Interchange 16. Jake Marketo
19. Anthony England Interchange 17. George Rose
Tony Smith Coach Paul McGregor

Table

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Regular Season

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 +281 33 Super League Super 8s
2   St Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 +162 32
3   Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 +176 31
4   Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 +144 28
5   Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 +42 26
6   Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 +96 24
7   Hull F.C. 23 11 0 12 452 484 −32 22
8   Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 −13 20
9   Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 −47 19 The Qualifiers
10   Hull Kingston Rovers 23 9 0 14 534 646 −112 18
11   Salford City Reds 23 8 1 14 447 617 −170 17
12   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 −527 6
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8's

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Leeds Rhinos (L, C) 30 20 1 9 944 650 +294 41 Semi-finals
2   Wigan Warriors 30 20 1 9 798 530 +268 41
3   Huddersfield Giants 30 18 2 10 750 534 +216 38
4   St Helens 30 19 0 11 766 624 +142 38
5   Castleford Tigers 30 16 0 14 731 746 −15 32
6   Warrington Wolves 30 15 0 15 714 636 +78 30
7   Catalans Dragons 30 13 2 15 739 770 −31 28
8   Hull F.C. 30 12 0 18 620 716 −96 24
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2015 fixtures and results

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2015 Super League Fixtures

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
7/2/15 Super League XX 1  Salford H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 22-8 Myler, Higham, Atkins, R.Evans Ratchford 3/4 11,864 -
13/2/15 Super League XX 2  Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 7-6 Clark O'Brien 1/1, O'Brien 1 DG 12,000 -
28/2/15 Super League XX 3  Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 18-38 Monaghan, Wheeler, Philbin O'Brien 3/3 8,946 Sky Sports
8/3/15 Super League XX 4  Hull Kingston Rovers H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 32-24 Russell (2), Monaghan, Philbin, Wheeler, Currie Ratchford 4/6 9,587 -
13/3/15 Super League XX 5  Leeds H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 18-6 Penny, Ratchford, Atkins Ratchford 3/3 10,075 Sky Sports
19/3/15 Super League XX 6  St. Helens A Langtree Park L 24-32 Clark, Higham, Penny, Hill Ratchford 1/1, O'Brien 3/3 12,618 Sky Sports
27/3/15 Super League XX 7  Huddersfield H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 10-29 O'Brien, Penny O'Brien 1/2 9,019 -
2/4/15 Super League XX 8  Widnes A Halton Stadium L 10-30 Westwood, Currie O'Brien 1/2 7,768 -
6/4/15 Super League XX 9  Castleford H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 14-22 Ratchford, Atkins, Penny O'Brien 1/3 8,518 Sky Sports
11/4/15 Super League XX 10  Wakefield Trinity H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 80-0 Ormsby (2), T.King (2), Clark, Myler (3), Sims, Ratchford, Westwood, Monaghan, Currie (2) Ratchford 12/14 8,036 -
16/4/15 Super League XX 11  Wigan A DW Stadium L 20-30 Monaghan, Bridge (2), Currie Ratchford 2/4 14,175 Sky Sports
24/4/15 Super League XX 12  Leeds A Headingley Stadium W 29-10 Ormsby, Monaghan, Sims, Currie, Asotasi Ratchford 4/5, Patton 1 DG 17,430 Sky Sports
3/5/15 Super League XX 13  Widnes H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 22-20 Ormsby, Monaghan (2), Clark, Westwood Ratchford 1/5 10,856 -
10/5/15 Super League XX 14  Hull F.C. H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 26-27 Monaghan (2), Currie, Ormsby (2) Ratchford 2/4, Bridge 1/1 9,697 -
22/5/15 Super League XX 15  Salford A AJ Bell Stadium W 34-18 Currie, Ormsby (3), Ratchford, Dwyer Ratchford 5/6 6,159 -
31/5/15 Magic Weekend 16  St. Helens N St James' Park L 16-20 Ratchford, Harrison, Atkins Bridge 2/3 26,970 Sky Sports
5/6/15 Super League XX 17  Catalans Dragons H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 26-18 Currie (2), Atkins (2), Hill O'Brien 3/5 8,611 Sky Sports
14/6/15 Super League XX 18  Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 19-30 Clark, O'Brien, Harrison O'Brien 3/3, O'Brien 1 DG 5,797 -
19/6/15 Super League XX 19  Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 10-36 Hill, Ormsby Patton 1/2 7,455 Sky Sports
2/7/15 Super League XX 20  Wigan H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 17-6 Myler, Atkins, O'Brien O'Brien 2/3, O'Brien 1 DG 10,504 Sky Sports
12/7/15 Super League XX 21  Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 40-20 Ratchford, Philbin, Russell (2), Westwood, Clark, Myler O'Brien 6/7 3,354 -
16/7/15 Super League XX 22  St. Helens H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 14-20 Currie, Penny O'Brien 3/3 11,618 Sky Sports
26/7/15 Super League XX 23  Castleford A The Jungle W 44-6 Monaghan (2), Westwood, O'Brien, Ormsby, Currie, Ratchford, Wilde, Myler O'Brien 4/9 7,239 -

2015 Super 8's

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV
7/8/15 Super League XX S1  Leeds A Headingley Stadium L 10-49 Penny (2) Sandow 1/2 13,118 Sky Sports
13/8/15 Super League XX S2  Castleford A The Jungle L 16-17 Myler (2), Penny Sandow 2/3 5,212 Sky Sports
21/8/15 Super League XX S3  Wigan H Halliwell Jones Stadium L 0-28 - - 10,095 Sky Sports
6/9/15 Super League XX S4  Hull F.C. H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 46-16 Penny (3), Wheeler (2), Currie, Atkins, Monaghan (2) Sandow 5/9 8,076 Sky Sports
13/9/15 Super League XX S5  Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 10-48 Westwood, Asotasi Sandow 1/2 5,563 Sky Sports
19/9/15 Super League XX S6  Catalans Dragons H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 48-6 Monaghan (3), Atkins (2), Johnson (2), Currie, Myler Sandow 4/7, Monaghan 1/1, Asotasi 1/1 7,862 Sky Sports
24/9/15 Super League XX S7  St. Helens A Langtree Park W 32-16 Johnson, Monaghan, Hill, Atkins, Asotasi, Penny Sandow 3/5, Monaghan 1/1 10,966 Sky Sports

Player appearances

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  • Super League Only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand-off SH=Scrum half PR=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
1 Matty Russell     FB W W W W W                       FB FB FB FB              
2 Rhys Evans W W                                           C C          
3 Chris Bridge     C   SO SO SO SO C C C C C B C C C C SO                      
4 Ryan Atkins C C C   C C C C C       C C C C C C C C C C C   C C C C C C
5 Joel Monaghan C C W C     C C W W W W W W   W W W W       W W W W W W W W
6 Stefan Ratchford FB FB   FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB C L C C FB FB FB SO SO C C
7 Richie Myler SH SH             SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH   SH SH SH SH SO SO SO     SO SO
8 Chris Hill P P P P P P P P P P P P P B P P P P P P P P P L P P P P P P
9 Daryl Clark H H H H H H H B B B B B B   H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
10 Ashton Sims P P P P P P P P P B B P B P P P P P P P   P P P P P   B P P
11 Simon Grix                                               x x x x x x x
12 Ben Westwood L L L L L L L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR   SR SR SR SR SR   SR SR SR SR SR SR
13 Ben Harrison B B B         L L L L L L L L L L L L L P L L   L L B B B B
14 Micky Higham B B B B B B B H H H H H H H x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
15 Roy Asotasi B   B B B B B B B P P B B P B B   B B B B B B B B B P P B B
17 Ben Currie SR SR SR C C C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR       SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
18 James Laithwaite SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B B B B B B B B B B SR SR                      
19 Anthony England x x x x x x x B B B B B P B     B B       B B P            
20 Gareth O'Brien SO SO SO SO SH SH SH SH SO               SO SO   SO SO SO SO x x x x x x x
21 Ben Evans x B x B B B                                                
22 Gene Ormsby x x x x x x x x x W W W W W W W W W W W W W W   x x x x x x
23 Gary Wheeler B B SH SH                                 C       B C C C    
24 Kevin Penny W W W W W W W W W           W         W W W   W W W W W W W
25 Brad Dwyer x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
26 Joe Philbin x x B SR SR SR B x x x x x x x x x x x B SR SR B   SR x B B x B B
27 George King x x x B B B B x x x x x x x B B B B B B       B B B L L L L
28 Toby King x x x x x x x x x C C C x C x x x x C x B   x C x x x x x x
29 Declan Patton x x x x x x x x x SO SO SO SO SO SO SO     SH           x x x x x x
31 Sam Wilde x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B   B B x x B B x x
33 Chris Sandow x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
34 Jack Johnson x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x FB FB FB FB

  = Injured

  = Suspended

Challenge Cup

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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV
15/5/15 Cup 6th  Dewsbury A Rams Stadium W 52-10 Dwyer, Atkins, Sims, Currie (2), Patton, Penny (2), Bridge, Myler Bridge 6/10 1,771 -
27/6/15 Cup QF  Leigh H Halliwell Jones Stadium W 34-24 Sims, Currie (2), Penny (2), G.King O'Brien 4/5, Westwood 1/1 10,119 BBC Sport
1/7/15 Cup SF  Hull Kingston Rovers N Headingley Stadium L 18-26 Atkins, Myler, Currie O'Brien 3/3 13,049 BBC Sport

Player appearances

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  • Challenge Cup Games only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand Off SH=Scrum half P=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 6 QF SF
1 Matty Russell      
2 Rhys Evans      
3 Chris Bridge C    
4 Ryan Atkins C C C
5 Joel Monaghan W   W
6 Stefan Ratchford x FB FB
7 Richie Myler SH SH SH
8 Chris Hill P P P
9 Daryl Clark x H H
10 Ashton Sims P P P
11 Simon Grix      
12 Ben Westwood SR SR  
13 Ben Harrison L L L
14 Micky Higham   x x
15 Roy Asotasi   B B
17 Ben Currie SR SR SR
18 James Laithwaite B C  
19 Anthony England B   B
20 Gareth O'Brien B SO SO
21 Ben Evans      
22 Gene Ormsby W W W
23 Gary Wheeler     C
24 Kevin Penny FB W  
25 Brad Dwyer H B B
26 Joe Philbin x B B
27 George King B B  
28 Toby King x x x
29 Declan Patton SO x  
31 Sam Wilde x x SR

2015 squad statistics

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Further information: Warrington Wolves
  • Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 24 September 2015.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Matty Russell Fullback N/A Gold Coast Titans 10 4 0 0 16
2 Rhys Evans Winger N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 5 1 0 0 4
3 Chris Bridge Centre N/A Bradford Bulls 18 3 9 0 30
4 Ryan Atkins Centre N/A Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 29 14 0 0 56
5 Joel Monaghan Wing N/A Canberra Raiders 27 17 2 0 72
6 Stefan Ratchford Stand off N/A Salford Red Devils 31 7 37 0 102
7 Richie Myler Scrum half N/A Salford Red Devils 25 12 0 0 48
8 Chris Hill Prop N/A Leigh Centurions 34 4 0 0 16
9 Daryl Clark Hooker N/A Castleford Tigers 32 6 0 0 24
10 Ashton Sims Prop N/A North Queensland Cowboys 32 4 0 0 16
11 Simon Grix Second row N/A Halifax 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ben Westwood Second row N/A Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 31 6 1 0 26
13 Ben Harrison Loose forward N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 29 2 0 0 8
14 Micky Higham Hooker N/A Wigan Warriors 15 2 0 0 8
15 Roy Asotasi Second row N/A South Sydney Rabbitohs 30 3 1 0 14
17 Ben Currie Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 31 19 0 0 76
18 James Laithwaite Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 22 0 0 0 0
19 Anthony England Prop N/A Featherstone Rovers 15 0 0 0 0
20 Gareth O'Brien Scrum half N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 19 5 40 3 103
21 Ben Evans Prop N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 4 0 0 0 0
22 Gene Ormsby Wing N/A Swinton Lions 17 11 0 0 44
23 Gary Wheeler Stand off N/A St Helens R.F.C. 11 4 0 0 16
24 Kevin Penny Wing N/A Swinton Lions 23 16 0 0 64
25 Brad Dwyer Hooker N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 19 2 0 0 8
26 Joe Philbin Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 16 3 0 0 12
27 George King Second row N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 19 1 0 0 4
28 Toby King Centre N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 7 2 0 0 8
29 Declan Patton Stand off N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 9 1 1 1 7
31 Sam Wilde Prop N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 7 1 0 0 4
33 Chris Sandow Scrum half N/A Parramatta Eels 7 0 16 0 32
34 Jack Johnson Fullback N/A Warrington Wolves Academy 4 3 0 0 12

  = Injured   = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

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In

Player Signed from Contract Length Date
Fiji  Ashton Sims North Queensland Cowboys 2 Years July 2014
England  Daryl Clark Castleford Tigers 4 Years August 2014
England  Gary Wheeler St. Helens 1 Year October 2014

Out

Player Signed for Contract Length Date
England  Brad Dwyer London Broncos 1 Year (Loan) September 2014
England  Glenn Riley London Broncos 1 Year September 2014
England  Chris Riley Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 Year September 2014
Italy  James Saltonstall Halifax 2 Years October 2014
Australia  Michael Monaghan Catalans Dragons Assistant Coach 2 Years October 2014
Republic of Ireland  Danny Bridge Rochdale Hornets 2 Years October 2014
Australia  Trent Waterhouse Thirroul Butchers 3 Years November 2014
England  Paul Wood Featherstone Rovers 2 Years January 2015
England  Tom Walker Workington Town 1 Year January 2015
England  Jordan Burke
England  Gavin Bennion

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