Wolves' woes continue
Warrington's Super League woes have continued against Harlequins, the Wolves surrendering to a 60-8 defeat at the Stoop.
Last Updated: 14/03/09 7:26pm
Warrington's Super League woes have continued against Harlequins, the Wolves surrendering to a 60-8 defeat at the Stoop.
Quins ran in a total of 10 tries, with Danny Orr the inspiration for the home side - the scrum-half scoring a try, having a hand in three others and also converting all their scores.
Such an emphatic loss certainly illustrates the difficult job facing new Warrington coach Tony Smith.
The home side took the lead within the opening two minutes when Orr delayed his pass allowing Luke Dorn to dummy his way over.
But the visitors at least gave Quins a game in the opening quarter and hit back with two tries of their own.
The first came when Dorn's attempt at an interception instead saw the ball presented to Vinnie Anderson, who crossed the line unopposed.
Danny Ward then hit back with a bulldozing try to stretch Quins' lead, but Warrington reined them in once again when Paul Rauhihi hit back.
Tactical
However, some excellent tactical kicking from both Orr and Chad Randall pegged the Wolves back, and the Londoners started to threaten every time they gained possession.
They scored again after 24 minutes when Karl Temata barged over after brushing aside a couple of challenges.
The best try of the opening period came 11 minutes later, inspired by the searing pace of Will Sharp.
Orr's subsequent crossfield kick found Matt Gafa in acres of space to gather and stroll over the line.
And Quins went into the interval with a healthy lead after Orr scored their fifth following a Daniel Heckenberg break.
Warrington heads dropped in the second-half, while Quins maintained their tempo as the traffic became strictly one way.
Randall chased a Dorn kick through to score early in the second period which all but ended the game as a contest, but Quins were not finished yet.
Further tries were to follow in the final quarter from Luke Gale (two), David Howell and Chris Melling as Smith's men were well and truly put to the sword.