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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
KEY STATS: Errors and ill-discipline rife but a case for the defence
Ben Currie topped Wire's tackle count with a 100 per cent completion rate and also impressed with the ball (Image: Neil Ashurst/P&B Pictures) ULTIMATELY, the most important stat from Friday's trip to Salford came out in Warrington Wolves' favour. However, there were a few more that will both please and concern Sam Burgess in equal measure. On the whole, The Wire's performance was a scratchy and laboured one as they struggled against a Red Devils side whose own display was not one of a side that had conceded an average of 40 points per game before this. Advertisement Eventually, they got the job done, but they made life hard for themselves. Here's a look at some key things we noticed from the match stats… Errors and discipline hamper Wire An area that has been pleasing on the whole for Warrington this year is their discipline. They went into Round 17 as Super League's least-penalised team, but there was a concerning fall-off on this occasion. The seven penalties they conceded - including one, criminally, for dissent - was their highest total of the season to date and it was only a late collapse in discipline from the hosts that saw them finish on the right side of the penalty count (10-7). Advertisement Their ill-discipline allowed Chris Hankinson to keep Salford in touch even though they scored only one try to Wire's four, with the centre booting over four penalties either side of half time. That sole Salford try from Ethan Ryan came courtesy of a Wire error, with Josh Thewlis spilling the ball in contact to allow the hosts to recycle for the winger to burst through a stretched and scrambling defence. Burgess' men made 12 errors in all – nine of which came before half time – and combined with their ill-discipline, it meant any attempts to build pressure until the final stages were negated. Wire's ill-discipline allowed Chris Hankinson to keep Salford in touch by kicking four penalties (Image: Paul Currie/ Advertisement Middle unit's impressive defensive numbers Warrington's middle unit is often criticised for its lack of size, but one area in which they excel is in defence. This was in perfect evidence on Friday night where the seven players who turned out there at different stages put up some impressive off-the-ball numbers. Four players finished the game with a 100 per cent tackle completion rate – Ben Currie led the way with 43 in another sterling display at loose forward which also saw him average nine metres per carry and come up with an excellent assist for James Harrison's try. Luke Yates (30), Jordy Crowther (28) and Harrison himself (22) all went through the game without missing a single tackle while Paul Vaughan (24), Joe Philbin (23) and Stefan Ratchford (15) all missed two each. Advertisement Overall, that leads to a tackle efficiency rate of just under 97 per cent and with the ball too, they appeared to have more punch. In total, Warrington's middles totalled 430m with ball in hand from a combined 60 carries – bringing an average of 7.16m each – and broke 16 tackles, seven of which came courtesy of Vaughan. From one less carry, Salford's big men mustered 278m between them – 4.71m per carry average – and broke through eight tackles. In the outside-backs too, Wire held an edge and made on average two metres more per carry than their counterparts. Wire's back five made 540m from 56 carries (9.64m average) led by Matt Dufty's 169m, while they broke 16 tackles and made six clean breaks between them. Advertisement Salford's made six more carries but less metres at 462 (7.45m each) with 15 tackle busts and a single clean break. Centre Esan Marsters (150m, six tackle breaks) led the way for them. Jordy Crowther tackles Salford's Nathan Connell (Image: Paul Currie/
Irish Independent
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Pixar obsession leads Wexford's Ethan (24) to set of hit TV show – ‘it felt very special to be there'
It's a pilgrimage that every parent makes at some point in the early years, an outing which either ends in tears or laughter, and often both. For Ethan Ryan (24) that experience transformed his existence, set in motion an obsession which continues to this day, and one which he hopes will eventually see him tread the red carpet alongside the Hollywood elite. 'I went to see Pixar's The Incredibles at the age of three. I remember being so incredibly immersed in the film . . . and this grew into a wider obsession for Pixar as a whole which led me to watch all of their films over and over again, including all of their short films and behind the scenes special features. I consumed so much of Pixar's work that I could find my way around their studio located in Emeryville, California without even having set foot in the United States.'
