IT’S time for a look at the stats from what was a notable victory for Warrington Wolves last night.
They defeated Hull KR 22–20 in a true ding-dong match at Craven Park, their third straight victory in the Super League this year.
These are some of the observations we made after looking at the figures.
Dufty dazzles again
It was probably appropriate that Matt Dufty was the one to score the game-winning try the previous evening.
He continued his good start to the season with another outstanding performance from full-back.
Dufty made an incredible 239 metres with the ball, considerably more than any other player on the field, and he crossed the 200-meter barrier for the second week in a row. He added two assists to his four-point shot.
The Australian put on yet another outstanding all-around performance when you include an amazing 15 tackle busts and two clean breaks in his repertoire.
This week, Ben Currie (103m) and the regular suspects, Paul Vaughan (134m), Matty Ashton (110m), and Toby King (141m), joined him in The Wire’s three-figure club.
Clinical use of the ball
Prior to this, Wire had a worse completion percentage than their opponents in all three of their games.
They’ve desired to get better in this area, and completing 91% of their sets demonstrates that they succeeded.
Only four mistakes were made this week, and they continued to show improvement in their discipline by giving up just two penalties and one set restart.
That is undoubtedly just the beginning, and Burgess will likely pursue more of the same in the future.
Holroyd’s big shift in defence
It is simple to overlook Adam Holroyd, another academy alumnus who is more quietly making waves, because Leon Hayes is receiving a lot of attention.
With 39 successful tackles this week, he topped the Warrington tackle charts and is quietly going about his business on the right edge.
Ben Currie, who is developing into a more-than-useful loose forward because to his all-around skill, was right behind on 38.
While James Harrison (27), Lachlan Fitzgibbon (26), and Danny Walker (25), who all had significant roles, George Williams (29), too, had a busy night off the ball.
An area Wire must tighten up in
Hull KR were enjoying a great deal of happiness in the ruck area.
As one of the most well-known teams for sprinting from dummy-half, they can be challenging to stop, and Wire struggled to do so.
For instance, Mikey Lewis led his team in metres scored with 204, and seven of his 19 carries came from directly behind the ruck.
Ultimately, Rovers completed 18 dummy-half carries to Wire’s five, allowing the visitors to escape and get into attacking positions.
That will undoubtedly receive a lot of attention during the game’s review process.
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