7:00pm Monday 8th March 2010
A look back at the journey to Challenge Cup jubilation in 2009, from the fourth round success against York City Knights to the Wembley defeat of Huddersfield Giants
FOURTH ROUND
Warrington Wolves 56 York City Knights 10
Wolves:
Chris Hicks (8g); Paul Johnson (1t), Vinnie Anderson (2t), Simon Grix (1t), Matt King; Chris Bridge (1t), Lee Briers (1t); Garreth Carvell, Mickey Higham, Paul Wood, Lee Mitchell, Ben Westwood (1t), Ben Harrison (1t). Subs: Paul Rauhihi, Mike Cooper (1t), Louis Anderson (1t), Jon Clarke.
Knights:
Danny Ratcliffe (1t); Wayne McHugh, Mike Mitchell, Tom Haberecht, John Oakes; Danny Grimshaw, Paul March; Danny Ekis, Paul Hughes (1t), Adam Sullivan, Rob Kelly, Richard Knight (1g), David March. Subs: Tom Hodgson, Mark Applegarth, Chris Clough, Scott Woodcock.
Referee:
James Child
Scoring:
Grix crosses from a Bridge pass, 2mins, 4-0; McHugh skirts King and sends Ratcliffe home, 6mins, Knight converts, 4-6; Harrison puts Vinnie Anderson through a huge hole, 9mins, Hicks converts, 10-6; Harrison goes over from first receiver, 16mins, Hicks converts, 16-6; Hughes crashes over from dummy half, 23mins, 16-10; Westwood angles his way past three defenders, 26mins, Hicks converts, 22-10; Cooper storms over from Clarke’s pass, 40mins, Hicks converts, 28-10; Bridge steps two defenders on a dash to the line, 49mins, Hicks converts, 34-10; crosses after swift handling, 71mins, Hicks converts, 40-10; Vinnie Anderson hunts down a long-range Briers kick to touch down, 73mins, Hicks converts, 46-10; Louis Anderson returns from the sin bin to cross, 80mins, Hicks converts, 52-10; Johnson concludes the scoring, 80+mins, 56-10.
Sent off:
Ekis, leading with forearm, 66mins.
Sin bin:
Louis Anderson, fighting, 66mins.
Pens:
Wolves 6 Knights 5
Attendance:
4,709
Warrington Guardian top men:
Carvell 3pts, Wood 2pts, Westwood 1pt.
FIFTH ROUND
Featherstone Rovers 8 Warrington Wolves 56
Wolves:
Richie Mathers (2t); Chris Hicks (2t, 8g), Matt King, Simon Grix (1t), Chris Riley (1t); Chris Bridge (1t), Michael Monaghan (1t); Garreth Carvell, Jon Clarke, Ben Westwood, Louis Anderson, Paul Johnson, Ben Harrison (1t). Subs: Mickey Higham, Mike Cooper, Paul Wood (1t), Matty Blythe.
Rovers:
Ian Hardman; Jon Steele, Andy Kirk, Tommy Haughey (1t), Tommy Saxton (1t); Iestyn Harris, Andy Kain; Tony Tonks, Richard Blakeway, Stuart Dickens, Matt Dale, Tim Spears, Jamie Field. Subs: John Fallon, Joe McLocklan, Stuart Kain, James Houston.
Referee:
Ian Smith
Scoring:
A penalty for ball stealing gives Rovers position and Andy Kain’s flat pass zips off Haughey to Saxton who scores in the corner, 9mins, 4-0; Grix intercepts ambitious pass from Blakeway and races almost 80 metres to score, 21mins, 4-4; Monaghan makes the break off inside pass from Clarke and sends in Mathers, 24mins, Hicks converts, 4-10; Scything run sees Monaghan carve open the defence to score on the left, 31mins, 4-14; Monaghan dummies his way through the defence to send Wood strolling between the posts, 40mins, Hicks adds the extras, 4-20; Hicks takes Clarke’s long pass to score in the right corner, 41mins, Hicks converts, 4-26; Saxton flicks Andy Kain’s crossfield kick to Haughey for an easy score in the left corner, 47mins, 8-26; Hicks claims Clarke’s high, hanging kick under pressure from Saxton to touch down, 50mins, Hicks kicks the goal, 8-32; Mathers scores after good support play following Higham’s incisive break from dummy half, 55mins, Hicks converts, 8-38; Harrison collects Monaghan pass to saunter over from close range, 63mins, Hicks goals, 8-44; Stuart Kain bizarrely throws possession away in a tackle from Monaghan and ball is moved wide for Riley to score, 72mins, Hicks tags on the extras, 8-50; Bridge intercepts pass from Harris and breaks from inside his own half to score, 78mins, Hicks converts, 8-56.
Pens:
Wolves 5 Rovers 5
Attendance:
3,127
Warrington Guardian top men:
Monaghan 3pts, Mathers 2pts, Higham 1pt.
QUARTER FINAL
Hull KR 24 Warrington Wolves 25
Wolves:
Richie Mathers; Matt King (1t), Chris Bridge (1t, 4g), Simon Grix, Chris Riley; Lee Briers (1dg), Michael Monaghan; Adrian Morley, Jon Clarke (1t), Garreth Carvell, Ben Westwood, Louis Anderson, Vinnie Anderson (1t). Subs: Mickey Higham, Paul Wood, Paul Rauhihi, Ben Harrison.
Rovers:
Shaun Briscoe; Peter Fox, Jake Webster (1t), Kris Welham (1t), Liam Colbon; Paul Cooke, Michael Dobson (4g); Nick Fozzard, Ben Fisher, Clint Newton (1t), Stanley Gene, Ben Galea (1t), Scott Murrell. Subs: Makali Aizue, Daniel Fitzhenry, Scott Wheeldon, Chev Walker.
Referee:
Phil Bentham
Scoring:
Cooke’s long pass sets Fox free on the outside of King and supporting Welham touches down, 3mins, Dobson converts, 6-0; Monaghan switches play inside for Vinnie Anderson to crash over after mounting pressure, 16mins, Bridge converts, 6-6; Briers’ long pass allows Bridge to escape Welham’s clutches and send King flying down the wing before handing over to Clarke to finish off his first try of the season, 43mins, Bridge converts, 6-12; Newton storms past Louis Anderson to score from a Dobson pass after Wolves are penalised for interference, 49mins, Dobson converts, 12-12; Carvell is punished for offending in a tackle when Mathers fails to clean up Cooke’s kick and Galea pounces, 53mins, Dobson converts, 18-12; Murrell cuts Warrington open down the middle with Fitzhenry and Dobson combining to fire Webster home, 63mins, 22-12; Briers’ cross-field kick behind the defence allows King to swoop, 67mins, Bridge converts from the touchline, 22-18; Higham’s dummy-half dash sends Morley on a rampaging burst before the supporting Briers skilfully whips out a pass for Bridge to cross, 71mins, Bridge converts, 22-24; Wolves are penalised on their own line for offside and Dobson converts from just right of the posts, 78mins, 24-24; Briers keeps cool under pressure to land ‘golden point’ drop goal and signal the end of the match, 85mins, 24-25.
Pens:
Rovers 7 Wolves 4
Attendance:
7,671
Warrington Guardian top men:
Briers 3pts, Morley 2pts, Carvell 1pt.
SEMI FINAL
Warrington Wolves 39 Wigan Warriors 26
Wolves:
Richie Mathers; Chris Hicks (1t), Chris Bridge (5g), Matt King (3t), Chris Riley; Lee Briers (1t, 1dg), Jon Clarke; Adrian Morley, Michael Monaghan, Garreth Carvell, Louis Anderson (1t), Ben Harrison, Ben Westwood. Subs: Vinnie Anderson, Paul Johnson, Mike Cooper (1t), Paul Rauhihi.
Warriors:
Cameron Phelps; Amos Roberts, Martin Gleeson, George Carmont, Pat Richards (5g); Sam Tomkins (1t), Thomas Leuluai (1t); Paul Prescott, Mark Riddell, Andy Coley (1t), Phil Bailey (1t), Harrison Hansen, Sean O'Loughlin. Subs: Stuart Fielden, Iafeta Paleaaesina, Joel Tomkins, Mark Flanagan.
Referee:
Steve Ganson
Scoring:
Bailey darts over from Sam Tomkins inside pass after penalty for Morley obstruction, 9mins, Richards converts, 0-6; Harrison offside in scramble from Sam Tomins kick, Richards kicks 20m penalty, 13mins, 0-8; King takes Bridge offload and powers over with four Wigan defenders in attendance, 20mins, Bridge converts, 6-8; Roberts fails to deal with Briers kick under pressure from King and Louis Anderson pounces, 23mins, Bridge converts, 12-8; Briers dummies and goes alone from first receiver to touch down with a stretch, 27mins, Bridge converts, 18-8; Cooper ploughs over from short range with first touch just 16 seconds after replacing Morley, 34mins, Bridge converts, 24-8; Monaghan cuts open Wigan and ball over the top to King allows the centre to scatter three defenders on 20m run to line, 40+mins, 28-8; King seals hat-trick from pin-point Briers kick, 51mins, 32-8; Sam Tomkins regathers own kick and scoots home after freak bounce defies Riley, 58mins, Richards goal, 32-14; Coley surges over from Prescott offload, 72mins, Richards converts, 32-20; Flanagan offload offers Leuluai space and he beats three defenders to the line, 80mins, Richards converts, 32-26; Briers drop goal, 84mins, 33-26; Hicks shrugs off Leuluai and races 40m into corner from kick return, 88mins, Bridge converts, 39-26.
Pens:
Wolves 4 Wigan 6
Attendance:
12,975
Warrington Guardian top men:
Briers 3pts, Monaghan 2pts, King 1pt.
Interesting note:
39 points in a Challenge Cup semi final is a Wolves record, beating the previous highest of 22.
FINAL
Carnegie Challenge Cup Final, August 29, 2009, at Wembley
Warrington Wolves 25 Huddersfield Giants 16
Wolves:
Richie Mathers (1t); Chris Hicks (1t), Chris Bridge (4g), Matt King, Chris Riley; Vinnie Anderson (1t), Lee Briers 1dg); Adrian Morley, Michael Monaghan (1t), Garreth Carvell, Louis Anderson, Ben Westwood, Ben Harrison. Subs: Mike Cooper, Paul Johnson, Mickey Higham, Tyrone McCarthy.
Giants:
Brett Hodgson (1t, 3g)); Leroy Cudjoe, Jamahl Lolesi, Paul Whatuira, David Hodgson (1t); Kevin Brown, Luke Robinson; Keith Mason, Shaun Lunt (1t), Darrell Griffin, Liam Fulton, Stephen Wild, David Faiumu. Subs: Eorl Crabtree, Paul Jackson, Scott Moore, Martin Aspinwall.
Referee:
Steve Ganson
Scoring:
Richie Mathers defies four tacklers to touch down from a strong burst after Louis Anderson’s charge down two tackles earlier, 69secs, Bridge converts, 6-0; Faiumu offload sets Brett Hodgson clear and he sends Lunt home from 30 metres despite Hicks’ attempts to cover off the wing, 11mins, Brett Hodgson converts, 6-6; Monaghan deceives Giant’s try line defence and surges through a huge hole from dummy half, 14mins, Bridge converts, 12-6; Riley is held down after breaking from Briers’ second-tackle kick and from the penalty the ball is shifted wide where Briers and Bridge combine to put Hicks over, 16mins, Bridge converts, 18-6; Huddersfield runaround move leads to Cudjoe handing a try to Brett Hodgson in support on the inside, 40+mins, 18-10; Monaghan’s dart and pass takes six defenders out of the game to pave the way for galloping Vinnie Anderson to power home, 60mins, Bridge converts, 24-10; David Hodgson grabs a consolation try, 79mins, Brett Hodgson converts, 24-16; Briers lands a drop goal, 80+ mins, 25-16.
Pens:
Wolves 7 Giants 7
Attendance:
76,560
Warrington Guardian top men:
Monaghan 3pts, Morley 2pts, L Anderson 1pt
* The 2010 fourth round draw is due to be made at 7.35pm – check back then to find out who Wolves will play in the fourth round on the weekend of April 17/18.
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