| Club information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | www.warringtonwizards.org.uk= | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground(s) | Wilderspool Stadium | ||
| Competition | Rugby League Conference National Division | ||
Warrington Wizards are a British rugby league team. They play in the National Division of the Rugby League Conference.
Warrington Woolston Rovers, a National Conference League team were invited to be founder members of the new National League Three, the 4th tier of British rugby league in 2003. Prior to their joining the National League, the Woolston Rovers clubhouse was destroyed by a large fire, along with all the memorabilia within. Playing under the name of Warrington Woolston Rovers, and based at Wilderspool Stadium, they beat Teesside Steelers 42-6 in the final at Winnington Park to be crowned the inaugural NL3 champions.
In their second season of National League rugby, Warrington Woolston Rovers finished the season in third spot, defeating Bradford Dudley Hill in the play-off to make the Grand Final in Halton Stadium, Widnes, where they lost to Coventry Aquatic Bears by 48-24.
The end of that season marked a revamp for the team, the summer and winter teams adopting separate names, logos and colours to help avoid confusion between them. This confusion had led to Woolston Rovers' winter team being relegated even though they had won their league and then failing to have a team entered for the 2004-5 season. The summer team became Warrington Wizards.
Wizards recorded a then record 108-0 victory over Birmingham Bulldogs in June 2005, which was the first time that a hundred points had been scored on the ground. This was surpassed by Wizards when they defeated Cottingham Phoenix 124-0 in May 2007.
2008 saw Wizards miss out on the ‘Minor Premiership’ in the final game when they were narrowly beaten at eventual Grand Final winners Celtic Crusaders Colts, and they were then defeated in the elimination semi- final play-off at home by Featherstone Lions. The Wizards had a successful run in 2008 Challenge Cup with a first round away win at St Mary's University, Twickenham and then a home win over Stanningley in the second round which put them into the hat with the professionals in the third round where they drew Salford City Reds who beat them 66-10.
|
||||||||||||||||||||