2012 Warrington Wolves season

2012 Warrington Wolves season
2012 Warrington Wolves season
Super League XVII Rank	3rd
2012 record	Wins: 9; draws: 1; losses: 3
Points scored	For: 395; against: 258
Team information
Chairman	Steven Broomhead
Head coach	Tony Smith
Captain	Adrian Morley;
Stadium	Halliwell Jones Stadium
Avg. attendance	11,845
High attendance	15,000 v St. Helens (30/3/12)
Top scorers
Tries	Atkins = 11
Goals	Hodgson = 30
Points	Hodgson = 76

This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2012 season. This is the clubs seventeenth season of the Super League era. Warrington Wolves won their eighth Challenge Cup with a 35-18 win against Leeds Rhinos in the final.^[1]^[2]

2012 Super League XVII play-offs fixtures and results[edit]

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
05/02/12	Super League XVII	1	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	Draw	20-20	Waterhouse, Williams, Grix, Evans	Westwood (2)	12,710		[1]
12/02/12	Super League XVII	2	London Broncos	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	50-10	Atkins (2), Briers (2), J.Monaghan (2), Bridge (2), Ratchford	Westwood (5), Briers (2)	11,118		[2]
18/02/12	Super League XVII	3	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	Won	22-32	Riley (2), Myler, Blythe, J.Monaghan, Bridge	Briers (4)	8,184	Sky Sports	[3]
26/02/12	Super League XVII	4	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	42-10	Riley (2), Atkins (2), Westwood (2), Bridge	Hodgson (7)	11,916		[4]
03/03/12	Super League XVII	5	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	Won	10-23	Riley, Higham, Atkins, Waterhouse	Bridge (3) Briers (DG)	11,318	Sky Sports	[5]
09/03/12	Super League XVII	6	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	Lost	26-18	Blythe, Hill, Westwood	Briers (3)	17,120	Sky Sports	[6]
18/03/12	Super League XVII	7	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	32-30	Myler (2), Atkins, Westwood, Grix, J.Monaghan	Briers (4)	10,686		[7]
23/03/12	Super League XVII	8	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	Won	20-22	Atkins, J.Monaghan, Briers	Hodgson (5)	21,267	Sky Sports	[8]
30/03/12	Super League XVII	9	St. Helens	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Lost	16-28	Hodgson, J.Monaghan, Atkins	Hodgson (2)	15,000	Sky Sports	[9]
05/04/12	Super League XVII	10	Widnes Vikings	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	46-12	Bridge (2), Riley (3), Hodgson, Atkins, Dwyer	Hodgson (7)	12,042	Sky Sports	[10]
09/04/12	Super League XVII	11	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Lost	44-16	Higham, Riley, Dwyer	Hodgson (2)	11,500	Sky Sports	[11]
22/04/12	Super League XVII	12	Castleford Tigers	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	54-06	J.Monaghan (2), Atkins (2), Hodgson (2), Grix, Riley, Waterhouse, Bridge	Hodgson (7)	10,590		[12]
06/05/12	Super League XVII	13	Salford City Reds	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	24-20	Williams (2), Currie, Carvell	O'Brien (4)	10,437		[13]
20/05/12	Super League XVII	14	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Belle Vue
26/05/12	Super League XVII	15	Widnes Vikings	N	Etihad Stadium						Sky Sports
03/06/12	Super League XVII	16	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	New Craven Park
08/06/12	Super League XVII	17	Leeds Rhinos	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium						Sky Sports
24/06/12	Super League XVII	18	Hull F.C.	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium
29/06/12	Super League XVII	19	Salford City Reds	A	Salford City Stadium
09/07/12	Super League XVII	20	Catalans Dragons	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium						Sky Sports
22/07/12	Super League XVII	21	Castleford Tigers	A	The PROBIZ Coliseum
29/07/12	Super League XVII	22	Bradford Bulls	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium
0/0/12	Super League XVII	23	Team	H/A	Venue	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV	Match Report
0/0/12	Super League XVII	24	Team	H/A	Venue	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV	Match Report
0/0/12	Super League XVII	25	Team	H/A	Venue	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV	Match Report
0/0/12	Super League XVII	26	Team	H/A	Venue	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV	Match Report
0/0/12	Super League XVII	27	Team	H/A	Venue	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Attendance	TV	Match Report

2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup fixtures and results[edit]

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
15/04/12	Challenge Cup	Round 4	Keighley Cougars	A	Cougar Park	Won	18-44	J.Monaghan, Westwood, Hill, Williams, Dwyer, Riley, Harrison, Wood	Briers (6)	2,196		[14]
28/04/12	Challenge Cup	Round 5	Bradford Bulls	H	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Won	32-16	J.Monaghan (3), Hodgson, Riley, Atkins	Hodgson (4)	5,505	BBC One	[15]
13/05/12	Challenge Cup	Q-Final	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Won	22-32	J.Monaghan, Hodgson, Riley, Wood, Bridge	Hodgson (6)	11,000	BBC Two	[16]
15/07/12	Challenge Cup	S-Final	Huddersfield Giants	N	Salford City Stadium						BBC Two

2012 squad[edit]

Released November 2011.

Number	Player	Position	Previous Club
1	Brett Hodgson	FB	Huddersfield Giants
2	Chris Riley	RW	Warrington Wolves Academy
3	Chris Bridge	LC	Bradford Bulls
4	Ryan Atkins	C	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
5	Joel Monaghan	LW	Canberra Raiders
6	Lee Briers	SO	St. Helens
7	Richard Myler	SH	Salford City Reds
8	Adrian Morley	PR	Sydney Roosters
9	Michael Monaghan	HK	Manly Sea Eagles
10	Garreth Carvell	PR	Hull
11	Trent Waterhouse	SR	Penrith Panthers
12	Ben Westwood	SR	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
13	Ben Harrison	LF	Warrington Wolves Academy
14	Mickey Higham	HK	Wigan Warriors
15	Simon Grix	LF	Halifax
16	Paul Wood	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy
17	Michael Cooper	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy
18	Matty Blythe	C	Warrington Wolves Academy
19	Stefan Ratchford	C	Salford City Reds
20	Chris Hill	PF	Leigh Centurions
21	Tyrone McCarthy	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
22	Rhys Williams	W	Warrington Wolves Academy
23	Rhys Evans	W	Warrington Wolves Academy
24	Gareth O'Brien	SO/SH	Warrington Wolves Academy
25	Ben Evans	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy
26	David Solomona	SR	Bradford Bulls
27	James Laithwaite	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
28	Ryan Shaw	CE/WG/SO	Warrington Wolves Academy
29	Danny Bridge	SR	Wigan Warriors
30	James Mendieka	SO	Warrington Wolves Academy
31	Jordan Burke	FB	Warrington Wolves Academy
32	Ben Currie	SR	Warrington Wolves Academy
33	Brad Dwyer	HK	Warrington Wolves Academy
35	Glenn Riley	PR	Warrington Wolves Academy

2012 transfers in/out[edit]

In

Name	Position	Signed from	Date
Trent Waterhouse	Second Row	Penrith Panthers	October 2011
Chris Hill	Prop	Leigh Centurions	October 2011
Stefan Ratchford	Utility Back	Salford City Reds	October 2011

Out

Name	Position	Signed from	Date
Matt King	Centre	South Sydney Rabbitohs	October 2011
Louis Anderson	Second Row	Catalans Dragons	October 2011
Jon Clarke	Hooker	Widnes Vikings	October 2011
Lee Mitchell	Second Row	Castleford Tigers	November 2011 (1 Year Loan)

References[edit]

^ "Warrington Wolves Are Challenge Cup Winners 2012!". Warrington Wolves Official Site. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ "Wolves win at Wembley again". Sky Sports. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[1] "Warrington Wolves Are Challenge Cup Winners 2012!". Warrington Wolves Official Site. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[2] "Wolves win at Wembley again". Sky Sports. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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v t e Warrington Wolves
Est. 1876 in Warrington, England
The Club	Players Coaches
Home grounds	Sankey Street Wilderspool Halliwell Jones Stadium
Hall of Fame	Brian Bevan Alex Murphy
League	Super League
Championships (3)	1947–48 1953–54 1954–55
League Leaders' Shield (3)	1972–73 2011 2016
Challenge Cup (9)	1904–05 1906–07 1949–50 1953–54 1973–74 2009 2010 2012 2019
Other honours	1–time Premiership Champions 4–time Regal Trophy Champions 9–time Lancashire County Cup Champions 8–time Lancashire League Champions
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) Warrington Wolves Women