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 preserved their 100% start to the Super League season by holding back a spirited York Knights side in an electrical high-scoring encounter.


The 30-38 scoreline included 12 tries shared in 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 attempts each.


There was an unique minute for Ben Currie too, who scored his 100th shot 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 won 2 out of their four video games so far.


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


Stone, Thewlis and the excellent Cai Taylor-Wray offered the visitors the perfect start with 3 fast scores, 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, Warrington, extremely, 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 wise hands from full-back Tom Mata'afa, who scored a try of his own minutes later to complete the turn-around.


The lead altered hands once again minutes later, Stone scoring his second try to send 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 experienced Super League opponents. George Williams crossed to score before Currie brought up his century of shots for Warrington, from under the posts.


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


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


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


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'We anticipate much better from ourselves' - response


York head coach Mark Applegarth told BBC Radio York:


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


"I was truly happy with the spirit we showed and how we returned into it, however there were some important lessons for us in all of that.


"If you score 30 points in a video game, that should suffice to win it, but I thought we left some soft tries there.


"I thought we looked great on the front foot, however the momentum shifts at this level are enormous, and these teams can post some huge ratings quite quickly.


"We're not here to be pleased losers so it does sting a bit that we got ourselves back into the video game and let it get away from us again. We expect 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.