Both teams looked to establish themselves in the early exchanges, but it was Warrington who struck first after seven minutes. A penalty helped Wire up-field before Toby Birchall’s dart from dummy-half got them inside the Leigh 10. The ball was then moved left through Caleb Grix and Isaac Lydon, whose offload sent Logan Byrom over in the corner.

A superb 40-20 from Harry Pratt set up the next score soon afterwards. Warrington kept the ball alive before Zaac McMullen shaped to pass, stepped off his right foot and crashed over under the posts. Pratt converted to make it 10-0 after 12 minutes.

Wire continued to carry strongly through the middle and extended the lead when Pratt linked with Kobe Hongkins on the right edge. Hongkins dummied the winger, stepped inside the full-back and touched down just to the right of the posts. The conversion was missed, but Warrington were 14-0 ahead midway through the half.

Leigh responded through David Asantiani, whose mazy run from the right wing took him through the Warrington defence to score under the posts. Oliver Sumner converted, reducing the gap to 14-6. Warrington hit back before the break. Strong carries, including one from Hayden Braddock, took Wire close before quick hands created space for Seth Walton to burst through and score. Pratt added the conversion to move the home side 20-6 in front. Leigh made the most of a Warrington error late in the half, with Kobi Greenhall jumping from dummy-half to score close to the posts. Sumner converted again and the teams went in at half-time with Wire leading 20-12.

Warrington started the second half quickly, scoring inside two minutes. Back-to-back Leigh penalties gave Wire field position and, after the ball was worked from left to right, George Campbell and Kobe Hongkins combined to give Archie Warhurst just enough room to dive over in the corner. The conversion was missed, but the lead was out to 24-12.

Leigh again came back, this time through Olly Cartwright, who forced his way over in the left corner despite the attention of three Warrington defenders. The kick was missed, leaving the score at 24-16 shortly after the restart.

From that point Warrington took control, scoring four unanswered tries to close the game out. Sol Garrido produced the first after collecting a Leigh chip kick on halfway, turning down the blind side and using the space to finish well out wide.

Walton then grabbed his second after chasing Grix’s grubber kick and doing well to gather the bouncing ball before it crossed the dead-ball line. Warrington added another when Grix’s cut-out pass found Isaac Lydon, who reached out under pressure to ground the ball on the line.

The final score came in the closing minutes. After Warrington had kicked for touch following a high tackle, strong drives set the platform before Pratt broke through and offloaded to Campbell, who ghosted through a gap to score. None of the final four tries were converted, leaving the final score 40-16 to Warrington.

Scholarship Coach Paul Berry after talking to the team in the dressing room post-game, had the following thoughts: “I’m happy with the performance in the most part. There are always areas we will look at and think we could have been better in. But given some positional changes this week allowing some players more game time and another really hot evening I'm quite happy with that we produced overall. One area in particular where we were really good was the movement of the ball in the early part of the game in our attacking positions. The detail was good and execution was clinical which is something we've been working towards for a long time now.

WARRINGTON WOLVES

CAMPBELL, George; WARHURST, Archie; HONGKINS, Kobe; LYDON, Isaac; BYROM, Logan; PRATT, Harry; GRIX, Caleb; MATHER, Samuel; BIRCHALL, Toby; BENG, Daryl; WALTON, Seth; LEYLAND, Oliver

DITCHFIELD, Toby; MARSDEN, Daniel; ROBINSON, Archie; OLLERTON, Harrison; BRADDOCK, Hayden; GARRIDO, Sol; LONGSTAFF, Ben

Tries – Byrom, McMullen, Hongkins, Walton (2), Warhurst, Garrido, Lydon, Campbell

Conversions – Pratt (2)

LEIGH LEOPARDS

O'BRIEN, Isaac; ASATIANI, David; CARTWRIGHT, Olly; HATTON, Zak; HALL, Kylan; MCDERMOTT, Georgie; SUMNER, Oliver; ETCHOU, Haddison; MULLEN, Jake; LEECH, Charlie; BROWN, Aaron; BARKER, Kadan; TWISS, Finlay

GREENALL, Kobi; TOWNSEND, Austin; CUNLIFFE, Louie; KELLY, Charlie; SYKES, Benjamin; JACKSON, Harrison; GRAHAM, Jamie

Tries – Asatiani, Greenhall, Cartwright

Conversions – Sumner (2)

Scholars win final home game strongly