Warrington Wolves



The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the 13,206 capacity Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003.

Warrington is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895 and the only one that has played every season in the top flight. They are nicknamed "The Wire" in reference to the wire-pulling industry in the town, which today has closed down and been replaced by various housing developments.

Warrington has a strong local rivalry with Widnes Vikings, a neighbouring town that overshadowed the Wire with cup success throughout the 20th Century, most notably by becoming the first offical World Club Champions, a competition that Warrington have never managed to qualify for. Despite this the club are the the twelfth most successful team based on Championship success and the fourth most successful team based on Challenge Cup success behind only Wigan Warriors, St Helens RLFC and Leeds Rhinos. The Wolves are the 2010 Challenge Cup holders after successfully retaining the title they won for the first time for 35 years in 2009.

The current head coach at the club is Tony Smith having joined in March 2009. The club captain is former Great Britain captain Adrian Morley.

The president of the Warrington Wolves fan club is a Nick Bloomfield a paraplegic studying medicine at the University of Birmingham.