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22-05-2025
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High praise from Burgess for Warrington Wolves' youth system
AS some of the club's brightest prospects prepare to showcase themselves on a bigger stage, Sam Burgess has praised the work going on in Warrington Wolves' youth development programme. And he echoed director of rugby Gary Chambers' sentiments that The Wire should now be considered a club that prefers to develop its own talent as opposed to buying it in from elsewhere. Ahead of Friday's Super League clash with Hull KR at The Halliwell Jones Stadium, The Wire's reserves will face their Rovers counterparts in the curtain-raiser fixture kicking off at 5.15pm. They will be looking to make it six wins out of six for 2025, with the academy side also holding a perfect record in their competition thus far. Recent years have seen an increasing flow of young talent breaking into the first team, with two senior debuts being granted this year to half-back Ewan Irwin and centre Zack Gardner. Both players are set to feature in the Reserves game but for the senior match, the 21-man squad Burgess will pick from contains nine academy graduates. The aim is for that number to increase but Burgess believes things are heading very strongly in the right direction. 'The pathways have been a huge part of things since Gary took over,' he said. 'We've had a really big emphasis on everything looking the same throughout the club – all of our teams play the same way and our standards are the same. 'Ryan O'Brien (head of youth) leads that department and is doing a fantastic job, but it's been a total buy-in from the bottom up and the top down. 'Everyone's integrated well and we've got some really exciting young players coming through – we've seen a few of them over the last 18 months and we'll see a few more over the next 18. 'For any success, you need a strong pathway and we've put a lot of effort into that. 'As a club, we're not a buying club anymore – we're a developing club. Obviously, every club needs to buy at some point but we want to take more pride in developing our own. 'We've got a lot of our homegrown juniors in the squad and we're trying to create a strong enough programme so that in the next 10, 20, 30 years, that's what Warrington Wolves will look like. 'There's really passionate people at the club like Gary Chambers, Richard Marshall and Ryan O'Brien driving that – I can't take all of the credit. 'I didn't find those players as they had already found them, but now we've put a programme in place to make them ready to step up quicker. 'When they come into first-grade, they look like first-grade players – if you look at players like Jake Thewlis, Arron Lindop, Cai Taylor-Wray, Adam Holroyd, they're ready to go because they've been on our programme.'
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22-05-2025
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Warrington Wolves home fixture moved for TV coverage
ONE of Warrington Wolves' upcoming home fixtures will now take place later than scheduled. The Wire's Round 16 clash with Hull FC had been scheduled for Friday, June 27, but having been selected as one of Sky Sports' exclusive picks for the round, that date has now changed. Instead, the game will now take place on at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. It is the second Wire home fixture to be moved in recent weeks, with next week's clash with Castleford Tigers brought forward to Friday evening from Sunday lunchtime in order to give themselves and Hull KR an equal amount of preparation time for the following week's Challenge Cup Final. All tickets already purchased for the game will remain valid for the new date.
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04-05-2025
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GAME DAY: Build-up and key info as Wire face Wigan at Magic Weekend
IT'S now Warrington Wolves' turn to take to the Magic Weekend stage. In the penultimate game of this year's Super League extravaganza, The Wire take their age-old rivalry with neighbours Wigan Warriors to Tyneside after the last episode of it was played out 5,000 miles away in Las Vegas. Sam Burgess' men suffered a humiliating defeat that day and will be out for revenge, although they are hampered by the absences of several key players this afternoon. Will they leave Newcastle with a priceless two points to keep themselves in touch with those at the top of the table? It will not be long until we find supporters are set to take up their usual residence in the eastern corner of St James' Park's famed Gallowgate End once again this afternoon. All three of today's games are being broadcast live on Sky Sports Action, with the Wigan-Warrington match kicking off at 3.15pm in between Huddersfield Giants vs Hull FC (1pm) and Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity (5.30pm). Chris Kendall will referee today's game having also taken charge of the Las Vegas meeting, with Jack Smith on video referee duty. > Click here to see the 21-man squads named by both sides for this afternoon's game > All of the latest Warrington Wolves injury news as Sam Burgess confirms another major blow > COMMENT: Simplicity, patience and unity will be key during unprecedented injury crisis > Sam Burgess makes injury admission as he lays down Magic Weekend challenge > Do Wire have nothing to lose at Magic Weekend? Pre-match talking points > Wire and Wigan's Magic Weekend history including an all-time classic match > The Wolves player Joe Philbin believes will thrive under added pressure > A bullish message from Danny Walker ahead of Magic Weekend > Warrington Wolves' complete Magic Weekend record as neighbours await again > The incentives on offer for Magic Weekend try celebrations As always, in-depth coverage of this afternoon's game will be provided on the Warrington Guardian website live and direct from St James' Park. We will be heading up to Newcastle to bring you 'Matchday Live' from around 1.30pm featuring pre-match build-up, the latest team news and live text commentary of all the action as it happens. Then from the final hooter onwards, we'll bring you our full range of post-match reaction including our new matchday vlog and our weekly match review podcast "The Wrap-Up" as well as much more analysis and comment plus interviews from the Wire camp. You will find all of that at - your home of unrivalled coverage of Warrington Wolves. Today's fixtures: Huddersfield Giants vs Hull FC (1pm) Wigan Warriors vs Warrington Wolves (3.15pm) Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity (5.30pm) Saturday's results: Leigh Leopards 26-24 Catalans Dragons Hull KR 54-0 Salford Red Devils St Helens 4-17 Leeds Rhinos
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14-02-2025
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Junior ticket offer at 'Luke Littler Stadium' for homecoming match
JUNIOR fans can watch Warrington Wolves' first Super League home game of 2025 and welcome home our newest sporting hero for a reduced price. When The Wire take on Catalans Dragons on Friday, February 21, at the renamed 'Luke Littler Stadium' in honour of our world darts champion, under 16s can watch the action from the West Stand for just £5. The Halliwell Jones Stadium is being renamed for one night only in order to celebrate Littler's homecoming after winning the World Darts Championship, with the 18-year-old Wire fan to parade the Sid Waddell Trophy to the crowd at half-time. The £5 junior ticket offer applies to the West Stand only, with adults able to buy a West Stand ticket for £10 (one allowed per junior ticket). The offer can be redeemed when buying tickets online or in-person at the club shop. We're pleased to announce that kids tickets are just £5 in the West Stand for our Home Opener against Catalans Dragons at The Luke Littler Stadium! — Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 14, 2025
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07-02-2025
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EXCITEMENT is building for the start of the new rugby league season. Warrington Wolves' Challenge Cup campaign starts tomorrow at Whitehaven in Cumbria, while their first Super League match of 2025 will follow hot on its heels next weekend. Sam Burgess and his players will be looking to build on the foundations set last season when The Wire were so close, reaching the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley and the play-offs semi-finals in Super League. We are keen for you not to miss out on any of the content we diligently produce, whether it be Warrington Wolves, Luke Littler, football or any sporting matter. Of course you can browse our website any time and catch up on all the latest articles that are published seven days a week. But you might find it helpful as well to receive our content straight into your inbox via our free newsletters. We now have a dedicated Wire newsletter first thing in the morning and a sports round-up newsletter in the early evening, both on a daily basis. And of course we have newsletters dedicated to the day's news events, and those alerting you to the major breaking news. Sign up for our Warrington Wolves or Sports Round-Up newsletter (Image: All you have to do is sign up and tick the newsletters you would like to receive, which you can do HERE Our sporting coverage is pretty comprehensive, especially in the days leading up to matches and the days afterwards when we feature the reaction to what's gone on It's so easy to stay on the ball with it all and not miss a thing via our newsletters.
