Warrington Wolves' Super League task explained as season resumes
Warrington Wolves resume their Super League campaign on Saturday after their heartbreaking Challenge Cup Final loss (Image: Neil Ashurst/P&B Pictures)
IT'S time to move on…
The pain of Saturday's Challenge Cup Final defeat will no doubt take a while to fully disappear for Warrington Wolves, but it must now be suppressed.
Having been given two days off following their agonising Wembley loss to Hull KR, the players are back in training today to prepare for the resumption of their Super League campaign.
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And with the season at its halfway point, they are not in a position for a malaise to set in given they sit eighth in the table, two points shy of the play-off places.
In losing seven times so far this season, they have already been beaten as many times as they were in the entirety of the 2024 regular season.
Here is how the table looks ahead of Round 14...
While Hull KR and Wigan Warriors have started to pull away at the top, the sides in the play-off pack are relatively bunched up – despite being down in eighth, Warrington can close to within four points of Leeds in third with a win at Headingley on Saturday.
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What could count against them, however, is their points difference which is significantly worse than all of the sides currently above them in the table.
What is coming up for Warrington Wolves?
Sam Burgess' side have 14 games of their Super League regular season remaining, starting with a trip to high-flying Leeds Rhinos on Saturday.
That is one of eight away games The Wire still have to play, including four in a row through July and into August due to pitch repair work at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.
Indeed, after back-to-back home fixtures against Huddersfield Giants and Hull FC to finish June, they will not play at home again until Wigan Warriors' visit on Friday, August 8.
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Warrington's next Super League game sees them visit Leeds Rhinos, whom they beat at The Halliwell Jones Stadium in Round Six (Image: Olly Hassell/SWpix.com)
Warrington Wolves remaining fixtures, 2025 season
June
Sat 14…Leeds Rhinos (A) 5.30pm
Sat 21…Huddersfield Giants (H) 3pm
Sat 28…Hull FC (H) 5.30pm (Sky)
July
Fri 4…Salford Red Devils (A) 8pm
Sat 12…Catalans Dragons (A) 5pm UK time
Sun 20…Castleford Tigers (A) 3pm
August
Fri 1…Leigh Leopards (A) 8pm
Fri 8…Wigan Warriors (H) 8pm
Thu 14…Catalans Dragons (H) 8pm
Sat 23…Huddersfield Giants (A) 3pm
Fri 29…Salford Red Devils (H) 8pm
September
Sat 6…Leigh Leopards (H) 3pm
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Sat 13…Hull FC (A) 5.30pm
18-21…Hull KR (A) (date and time TBC)
How did Wire fare after Wembley defeat last year?
After losing last year's Challenge Cup Final to Wigan Warriors, Warrington had a much better platform from which to attack what remained of the Super League campaign.
After 13 rounds of 2024, they sat fourth in the table, two points shy of then leaders St Helens with a four-point cushion inside the play-off spots.
They lost the game immediately after the final as they were beaten 25-14 by Salford Red Devils, but they then won 11 of the 13 matches that followed.
The 22 points they gained kept them in contention for a top-two spot until the final round of the season, but they were forced to settle for third before beating St Helens in a thrilling play-off eliminator and then losing in the semi-finals at Hull KR.
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Gaining the same number of points this time around would get them to 34 – six shy of what they achieved last year but perhaps more importantly given their current situation, a total that has always been comfortably enough for play-off qualification in recent years.
Within the current top-six system that has been in place for the past three seasons, 30 points has been enough to secure a play-off berth every year except last year, when Catalans Dragons reached that figure but lost out on points difference.
To reach 30 points, Warrington will need to win nine of their remaining 14 matches.
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