Warrington beat Saints despite Harrison's sending-off

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St Helens (0) 10

Tries: Paasi, Royle Goals: Percival

Warrington (12) 24

Tries: Ashton, Dufty, Holroyd, Nicholson Goals: Ratchford (2), Drinkwater (2)

Warrington Wolves played for 60 minutes pinch 12 men but scored 4 tries to triumph astatine St Helens and stay 2nd successful nan Super League table.

Matty Ashton gave them nan lead pinch a effort successful nan near area earlier Matt Dufty scored their second.

Wire prop James Harrison was past sent disconnected for a precocious tackle connected Noah Stephens.

Saints responded aft nan break pinch tries from Agnatius Paasi and Sam Royle but 2 further tries from Adam Holroyd and Matty Nicholson won it for Warrington.

It was Wire's 13th triumph of nan season, while Saints enactment successful 4th spot aft a 4th consecutive defeat.

They fell down early arsenic a agelong walk was floated wide from a pat punishment to nonstop Ashton successful nan corner.

Dufty past collapsed nan statement and shimmed past Harry Robertson to spell nether nan posts, pinch nan conversion making it 12-0.

The location broadside rallied aft Harrison's reddish and thought they had scored conscionable earlier nan break done Mark Percival but nan effort was ruled retired for a knock-on successful nan build-up.

After half-time they did reply arsenic Wire went offside and Paasi powered over.

They past attacked against 11 men aft Nicholson was sin-binned for obstruction, but Wire doubly repelled afloat sets connected their ain line.

Saints yet scored erstwhile Royle came disconnected nan chair to trim nan spread to 2 points pinch 12 minutes remaining.

But a precocious tackle from Matty Lees gave Warrington uncommon second-half territory and Ben Currie's offload gave Holroyd nan chance to barge complete and widen nan lead.

Victory was past sealed successful nan closing moments arsenic Nicholson gathered a grubber footwear to score.

St Helens: Robertson, Ritson, Vaughan, Percival, Blake, Welsby, Lomax, Paasi, Clark, Lees, Sironen, Bell, Mybe

Interchanges: Bennison, Dodd, Royle, Stephens, Dagnall,

Warrington: Dufty, Lindop, Tai, Ratchford, Ashton, Williams, Drinkwater, Harrison, Powell, Vaughan, Nicholson, Holroyd, Currie

Interchanges: Musgrove, Yates, Walker, Whitehead, Wood

Sent off: Harrison

Sin-bin: Nicholson

Referee: Chris Kendall.

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