THE WRAP-UP PODCAST: No points but plenty of credit
"THE Wrap-Up" is back!
In the aftermath of Magic Weekend, it's time to bring you the latest episode of our weekly Warrington Wolves match review podcast.
Our Warrington Wolves reporter Matt Turner is your host as we take a final, more considered look back at The Wire's 22-20 defeat to Wigan Warriors - a game in which the scoreline barely begins to tell the whole story.
A depleted Wire side fought back from going 12-0 down inside the opening 13 minutes and then from being 22-10 down with seven minutes remaining to move to within a conversion of forcing golden point, but the Warriors held on.
In this week's podcast, we bring you the full audio from head coach Sam Burgess' post-match press conference and our regular fan contributors Gareth Dunning and Rob Croston bring us their thoughts on the action.
To round off, we start to look ahead to the biggest game of Warrington's season to date - Sunday's Challenge Cup semi-final against Leigh Leopards.
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