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Warrington 32 Bradford 4: Grix and Monaghan extend Bulls' miserable run



Bradford coach Francis Cummins admits his opposite number Tony Smith has been a big influence on his career--first as a player then in grooming him for his first role in management.

Clearly, he is still learning from his mentor as Smith’s Warrington, strongly fancied for honours again this season, blunted Bradford’s ambitions with a strong finish.

Three tries in the last eight minutes ended whatever hope Bradford had of underlining their splendid progress under Cummins by beating one of the top clubs for the first time in Super League XVIII.



Winners again: Warrington extended their victorious run over Bradford at the Halliwell Jones Stadium to nine matches with a 32-4 win today



Touchdown: Ben Curries prepares to slam the ball down to score Warrington's second try of the afternoon

Match Facts



Warrington Wolves: Hodgson, C. Riley, Grix, Atkins, J. Monaghan, Ratchford, Myler, Cooper, Higham, Hill, Waterhouse, Westwood, Currie

Replacements: M. Monaghan, Wood, D. Bridge, G. Riley

Tries: Grix (2), Currie, Riley, Monaghan, Hill, Atkins
Goals: Hodgson (2)


Bradford Bulls: Kearney, Kear, Purtell, Lulia, Platt, Sammut, Gale, Scruton, L'Estrange, Manuokafoa, Bateman, Whitehead, Walker

Replacements: Diskin, Addy, Evans, Sidlow

Try: Purtell

On a difficult afternoon, when the swirling wind played havoc with Warrington full back Brett Hodgson’s goal-kicking, restricting him to two successes from seven attempts, Smith’s men still did more than enough.

Cummins, who has praised Smith for ‘putting the finishing touches to my playing career at Leeds and then giving me a great apprenticeship in how to coach and manage people’, said: ‘Warrington controlled the game and the ruck.

‘We had a few opportunities and the effort was there but you need more than effort to beat the top teams. I am a bit annoyed that we lacked composure.’

Smith said: ‘We usually start to improve about this stage of the season.’

At the halfway mark, Warrington are still chasing pace-setters Wigan and Huddersfield but Smith was satisfied that they limited Bradford, a top-eight side, to only four points.

‘Bradford are a hard-working side and were never going to give us a free passage but I felt if we were patient and didn’t panic in the conditions or with the amount of defending we had to do, we would be okay.



Getting shirty: Atkins drags Purtell out of the equation by his collar





Bearded wonder: Bradford's Jarrod Sammut tries to weave a way through the Wolves' defence as Richie Myler goes in for the tackle





The right pass: Michael Monaghan looks for a team-mate as Evans brings him down

‘We came up with some excellent plays even when the weather got worse and I was pleased with Danny Bridge and Glenn Riley, who were making their Super League debuts. Another of our young players, Ben Evans, was making his debut for Bradford, on loan.

‘Maybe we could have done with a few more goals. Brett (Hodgson) is in the dressing room checking his boots!’

Hodgson, who will captain The Exiles against England on this ground in June, needed five points to reach 1,000 in Super League. He will have to wait after managing only four.

Centre Simon Grix crossed for two of Warrington’s six tries, the others coming from Ben Currie, Chris Riley, Joel Monaghan, Chris Hill and Ryan Atkins.

Monaghan’s was the highlight, clawing a towering crossfield kick from Richie Myler out of the sky right by the corner post although Cummins thought he had dropped the ball before scoring.

Bradford’s only points came from centre Adrian Purtell.



Face-off: Ben Westwood snuffs out Jarrod Sammut as he tries to make the tackle





Clean pair of heels: Adrian Purtell grimaces as he tackles Richie Myler

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