WARRINGTON will finish Easter on top of Super League after a crushing home win again floundering Leigh.
Even though coach Sam Burgess’ future at the club remains a mystery, the Wire were in imperious form as they raced to a 24-0 halftime lead at Halliwell Jones Stadium.
“It means absolutely nothing – history will tell you that ” coach Sam Burgess told Sky at fulltime.
“We’re not too worried about the league table … ”
Burgess added at the post-match media conference: “It’s important you don’t start falling in love with yourselves.”
That appeal was eventually rejected after a protracted investigation by video referee Liam Moore.
The rout continued after halftime, Leigh posting their only try through stand-off Adam Cook in the 64th minute.
Leopards coach Adrian Lam – whose side won all three league meetings with the Wolves last year – said: “It’s our standards and our basic principles that are letting us down at the moment.
“It doesn’t matter who pulls that jersey on, they should be at the same levels and … certainly not getting that at the moment.
“Teams are just falling straight through us and that’s hurting us but there’s still a lot of hope there … we’ve just got to minimise the bleeding at the moment.”
He said six-agains have “affected the way we defend” in 2026. With a dozen out, “I know when we get some players back, we’ll be fine.”
Warrington utility Jordy Crowther suffered a fractured cheekbone. For Leigh, Frankie Halton failed his HIA and will miss the Challenge Cup rematch with the Wolves next weekend.
Wire half Marc Sneyd said: “We got a bit sloppy in the second half which is probably us looking at the scoreboard.”
WARRINGTON 42 (Ashton 2 Smith Bentley Philbin Williams tries Sneyd 6 goals) beat LEIGH 6 (Cook try goal) at Halliwell Jones Stadium. Crowd: 11,026.
Teams:
WARRINGTON: Josh Thewlis; Matty Ashton, Toby King, Albert Hopoate, Josh King; George Williams, Marc Sneyd; Luke Thomas, Danny Walker, Liam Byrne, Sam Stone, James Bentley, Ben Currie. Res: James Harrison, Sam Powell, Jordy Crowther, Joe Philbin.
LEIGH: Gareth O’Brien; Innes Senior, Jacob Alec-Wiencke, Will Brough, Josh Charley; Adam Cook, Lachlan Lam; Adam Pene, Ben McNamara, Robbie Mulhern, Frankie Halton, Owen Trout, Isaac Liu. Res: Joe Ofahengue, Louis Brogan, Matt Davis, Liam Horne.
Referee: Marcus Griffiths.
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