Warrington Wolves record stunning crowd against Leigh Leopards

Warrington Wolves lost their pre-season friendly against Leigh Leopards which has left fans concerned and coach Sam Burgess “disappointed.”

Leigh started the better of the two teams taking a 12-0 lead with tries from Josh Charnley and Zak Hardaker.

Warrington defended well and eventually hit back through James Harrison but in the second half Leigh then added two tries in four minutes, first from NRL import Matt Moylan before Umyla Hanley went over down the right.

Wire hit back on 63 minutes as a pinpoint kick to the corner from Powell was collected and touched down by young outside-back Frank Sergent.

Sam Burgess’ side finished the game with 12 men as Brad Dwyer was sent to the sin bin following a high shot.

Quick passes down the left side almost sent Jake Thewlis over in the corner but the winger was dragged into touch.

Leigh scored their final try in the dying stages as Tom Nisbet went over.

The Wire are next in action when we kick-off the new Super League campaign in a fortnight’s time away to Catalans Dragons.

Amazing attendance recorded by Warrington Wolves

Leigh Leopards v Warrington Wolves Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com – 26/05/2023 – Rugby League – Betfred Super League Round 13 – Leigh Leopards v Warrington Wolves – Leigh Sports Village, Leigh , England – Leigh fans celebrating their sides victory

Having recently introduced an attendance cap for health and safety, Warrington Wolves have twice now recorded very impressive attendances for pre-season games.

After an impressive crowd was recorded last week against Widnes Vikings, it was even more impressive against Leigh Leopards.

Leigh themselves brought an amazing number of fans. In fact they made up nearly 33% of the crowd with 2,000 Leigh fans at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

In total the crowd was an impressive 6,978 with nearly 7,000 in attendance to celebrate Joe Philbin who certainly deserved it was was presented a special shirt by the Leopards after the game.

The Wolves are now prepping for their Round One clash against Catalans Dragons who defeated an Elite One Championship All Stars team 88-6 in an impressive showing by the the Dragons as they look to finally win the Super League title.