Warrington Wolves Reserves 10-60 Hull FC Reserves

By Dave Whalley, Images by Bob Brough.

Warrington Wolves Reserves suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten by a very experienced Hull FC Reserves side on Saturday morning at Victoria Park Stadium.

The Wolves opened the scoring in the seventh minute when an error by Hull FC on their own forty metre line gave them possession and after prop forward Bobby Shingler had been held just short a quick play the ball saw hooker Aiden Doolan go from dummy half to score on the left. Scrum half Leon Hayes converted but then a mistake from the restart by the Wolves put Hull FC in a great position and hooker Jeylan Hodgson was stopped just short and from the play the ball full back Darnell McIntosh found loose forward Kye Armstrong burrowed over at the side of the posts.

Almost immediately Hull FC winger Harvey Barron broke down the wing before being brought down five metres out and from the play the ball centre Connor Wynne went on his own from dummy half to score on the right. McIntosh converted and then just before the midway point of the half a kick on the last tackle from stand off Sullivan Medforth cannoned off a Wolves player kindly into the arms of Wynne and he scored at the right of the posts.

Hull FC went over once again when a bullet pass from Wynne found fellow centre Mitieli Vulikijapani at speed and he powered over at the side of the posts. Scrum half Denive Balmforth converted but then the Wolves profited from back-to-back penalties that put them deep into Hull FC territory and the ball was sent along the line to second row Nolan Tupaea who found winger Dylon Braddish and he squeezed over in the left corner.

Right on the stroke of half time Hull FC broke away and Balmforth found Vulikijapani running a great line to power over on the right. Balmforth converted to give his side a 26-10 interval advantage.

Reserves fall to first defeat of season