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By Chris Lord
July 4 2007
Warrington Wolves travel to the Galpharm Stadium on Sunday looking to avenge the 18-26 home defeat to Huddersfield earlier in the season and pull away from the drop zone. Following the Wolves away defeat to Catalans, Warrington now find themselves 10th in the Super League table only 3 points ahead of bottom placed Salford.
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Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves
Sunday 8th July 2007, 15:00
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Warrington Wolves travel to the Galpharm Stadium on Sunday looking to avenge the 18-26 home defeat to Huddersfield earlier in the season and pull away from the drop zone. Following the Wolves away defeat to Catalans, Warrington now find themselves 10th in the Super League table only 3 points ahead of bottom placed Salford who the Wolves meet twice in the coming weeks before the end of the season.
Warrington are in a real crisis after only 2 victories in the past 10 matches and defeat on Sunday against the Giants would no doubt see the end of the Cullen era at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
Following the capture of Adrian Morley from Sydney Roosters, Vinnie Anderson from St. Helens and Paul Johnson from Bradford during the off season, indications were that the Wolves should be pushing for a top 4 spot in the Super League. Injuries have plagued the Wolves throughout 2007 which has resulted in Paul Cullen being unable to name a fully fit team since the opening match of the season away to Wigan.
Warrington will be looking to record a victory at the Galpharm Stadium for the first time since June 2005. Meanwhile, Huddersfield will be hoping to restore some pride into the club following a woeful 54-4 away defeat to St. Helens last weekend.
Kevin Penny is a real doubt for the trip to Huddersfield after picking up a dead leg in the away defeat to Catalans at the weekend. Also set to miss out for the Wolves are Martin Gleeson, Mark Gleeson and Vinnie Anderson whilst Stuart Reardon and Paul Johnson will have late fitness tests to try and prove there fitness. Forward Ben Westwood is available after no action was taken following being placed on report in the defeat to Catalans.
Warrington Wolves officials hope that a large following from the Wolves will gather on Sunday to cheer the Wolves on to what they hope will be a welcome victory for the club and more so for Paul Cullen.
Archived Results against Huddersfield Giants since 1998
31/05/98 - Giants 28-6 Wolves (4127)
06/09/98 - Wolves 36-8 Giants (4908)
09/06/99 - Wolves 48-16 Giants (3941)
11/08/99 - Giants 12-40 Wolves (2183)
07/05/00 - Giants 28-38 Wolves (2804)
23/06/00 - Wolves 24-44 Giants(4572)
06/05/01 - Wolves 36-16 Giants (5912)
15/07/01 - Giants 52-10 Wolves (3217)
22/02/03 - Giants 8-20 Wolves (4104)
28/06/03 - Wolves 32-28 Giants (5639)
12/09/03 - Giants 12-25 Wolves (4958)
02/05/04 - Wolves 20-26 Giants (8792)
24/07/04 - Giants 18-34 Wolves (4038)
20/03/05 - Wolves 14-8 Giants (9040)
07/06/05 - Giants 22-24 Wolves (6162)
12/08/05 - Giants 38-22 Wolves (4077)
19/02/06 - Giants 26-20 Wolves (8104)
09/07/06 - Wolves 30-26 Giants (7785)
09/04/07 - Wolves 18-26 Giants (9483)
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| at Huddersfield | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 241 | 244 |
| at Warrington | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 258 | 198 |
Directions to Huddersfield Giants
Travel by Car -
From the M62 West - Exit at Jct 24 and follow the signs for Huddersfield Town Centre. After approx 2 miles follow the signs for Galpharm Stadium turning right onto Leeds Road (A62) then follow the official car park signs.
From the M62 East/North - Exit at Jct 25 and follow the signs for Huddersfield Town Centre (A62), then follow the official car park signs.
From the M1 South - Exit M1 at Jct 42 an continue west on the M62. Exit M62 at Jct 25 andf follow the signs for Huddersfield Town Centre (A62), the follow the official car park signs.
Travel by Rail -
A direct service runs between Warrington and Huddersfield from Warrington Central. A train departs Warrington Central at 09:45 and arrives in Huddersfield at 10:43 and another train leaves Warrington Central at 11:44 and arrives in Huddersfield at 12:43. On the return journey a train departs Huddersfield at 19:28 and arrives in Warrington Central at 20:28. The last direct train to Warrington Central from Huddersfield departs at 21:30 and arrives in Warrington Central at 22:28.
The cost of the travel to Huddersfield is around £25.00 return travel per adult. If you wish to book a rail ticket to Huddersfield please visit the National Rail website by clicking here.
Team News -
Huddersfield Giants 20 man squad - Reilly, Aspinwall, Lolesi, Brown, Elford, Thorman, Paul, Crabtree, Drew, Skandalis, Nero, Raleigh, Wild, Jones, Jackson, Mason, Griffin, Hudson, Snitch, Jensen.
Warrington Wolves 20 man squad - Reardon, Fa'afili, Johnson, Grose, Bridge, Briers, Leikvoll, Clarke, Rauhihi, Morley, Westwood, Parker, Wood, Sullivan, Barnett, Pickersgill, Grix, Bracek, Harrison, Penny.
Match Referee - B. Everitt
Match Betting -
To win the match -
Giants 4/7 - Wolves 5/4 - Draw 20/1
First try scorer -
Reardon (WAR) 12/1 - Wild (HUD) 12/1 - Lolesi (HUD) 14/1 - Barnett (WAR) 14/1 - Fa'afili (WAR) 14/1 - Brown (HUD) 14/1 - Thorman (HUD) 14/1 - Nero (HUD) 14/1 - Grose (WAR) 14/1 - Johnson (WAR) 16/1
Winning margain -
1-5 pts (HUD) 9/2 - (WAR) 5/1
6-10 pts (HUD) 5/1 - (WAR) 7/1
11-15 pts (HUD) 6/1 - (WAR) 12/1
16-20 pts (HUD) 8/1 - (WAR) 16/1
21-25 pts (HUD) 10/1 - (WAR) 20/1
26-30 pts (HUD) 12/1 - (WAR) 25/1
Prediction -
Warrington Wolves need the win more so then the Giants but the question is can Warrington overcome the often stern defence and powerful attack of the Giants to record a much needed victory for Paul Cullens men. With several key players still missing for the Wolves it is going to take a huge performance to topple the Giants who themsleves will be looking to gain some pride following the hammering at St. Helens last weekend.
Key Players - Lee Briers (WAR), Chris Thorman (HUD)
HUDDERSFIELD 20-28 WARRINGTON