Warrington 32-18 Toulouse

Connor Wrench scored twice for Warrington as the victory put them six points above bottom club Toulouse.

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Highlights of the Betfred Super League match between Warrington Wolves and Toulouse Olympique.

Warrington Wolves virtually ensured Betfred Super League survival with a thrilling 32-18 win over fighters Toulouse Olympique at Halliwell Jones Stadium.

The victory helped Daryl Powell’s team leave the bottom of the French group 6 points behind with only 4 games left.

That means Toulouse will need to win at least three of their remaining games, greatly improving the points difference, and Wolves cannot win or draw again for Olympique to finish above them.

On a tense night, winger Connor Wrench announced two tries for the Wolves with Oliver Holmes, Ben Currie and George Williams also touching the ball and Stefan Ratchford scoring five goals and Peter Mata’utia one.

Hooker Eloi Pelissier claimed twice for the French team in defeat, who led 18-14 in the first half and Corey Norman also overcame Chris Hankinson to score three goals.

The hosts took the lead from the start, inspired by the home side’s passionate support and after missing a few early opportunities took the lead after eight minutes.

Some slick handling on the pass helped Matty Ashton make the track clear and his diagonal kick was perfect for Holmes to collect and touch down.

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Warrington Wolves head coach Daryl Powell is the most nervous he’s ever had in a game after inching closer to ensuring survival.

Wolves increased the lead six minutes later when Matt Dufty, who suffered a nasty eye injury after catching a stray finger from Tony Gigot in the first half on his home debut, delivered a superb long pass for Wrench to cross into the corner.

Ratchford hit the mark with both conversions and the Wolves looked in complete control 12-0.

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Toulouse head coach Sylvain Houles believes his team struggled for several months when they lost to Warrington Wolves.

But the game turned dramatically upside down in the final nine minutes of the first half as Toulouse struck back with three tries in a devastating seven-minute time.

Norman scored a simple goal after an unfortunate move to put his team on the scoreboard.

Four minutes later there was a controversial challenge as Wolves striker Thomas Mikaele was reported to have stripped the ball from Daniel Alvaro and Pelissier was the first to react and touch with the score confirmed by the video referee. .

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Player of the match Matt Dufty said it was important for his side to stay calm to complete the crucial win over Toulouse.

Pelissier repeated the action shortly after diving down from close range, again confirmed by the video umpire, and Hankinson hit the target with all three conversions to turn the game in favor of 18-12. about the away team.

As the first half whistle blew, Williams was thwarted as he chased his own kick and Ratchford took the penalty kick to cut the deficit to four points at half-time.

The wolves were again quickly out of the box early in the second half and Ratchford was denied by the video referee his 100th attempt at the Super League when he tried to touch a Williams kick.

But Joe Bretherton allegedly thwarted him in an attempt to score and was dumped and Wolves took advantage of their own last minute advantage on the pitch as Wrench scored the second of the night to level the game. with the score 18-18.

A string of penalties against the French side was starting to mount and Ratchford took the lead before the Wolves before Harrison Hansen was blamed for dissent in his 300th Super League appearance.

And Warrington took two crucial points as Dufty sent Williams under the pylons and Currie passed in the dying seconds.