Five-star Riley leads Wolves to victory

Sunday 7th February 2010

Chris Riley became the first Warrington player to score five touchdowns in a Super League match as Harlequins were on the receiving end of an 58-0 demolition.

There was joy too for Adrian Morley. who celebrated the arrival of his second child by leading his side to a mesmerising victory.

The Wolves skipper had a sleepless night with partner Clare giving birth to a daughter in the early hours of Sunday morning, but he insisted on playing for Warrington in their first match of the 2010 season.

Richie Myler, the £200,000 capture from Salford, took only three minutes to make his mark with his smart inside pass enabling Garreth Carvell to charge over and Lee Briers tagged on the conversion.

Richie Mathers cut inside Danny Orr and Jamie O'Callaghan for the second try before Quins had Chad Randall sin-binned after 20 minutes.

Myler was denied a try when he collided with referee Thierry Alibert trying to take Mathers' pass but Quins' relief was short-lived with Michael Monaghan darting over from his quickly-taken tap penalty.

Warrington extended the lead with Chris Bridge bursting through from dummy-half. The advantage stretched to 28-0 at the break with slick passing putting Riley over - Briers missing his first conversion.

Warrington's adventure was rewarded with Riley's second try after 47 minutes following unselfish play from Ben Westwood.

Riley finished off two more slick moves in quick succession to give him four tries in 14 minutes before Myler got in on the act to stretch the lead to 48-0. Briers' inventive kick straight from a scrum brought Riley his fifth try after 65 minutes before Simon Grix went over.

Quins were powerless to stop the onslaught for most of the afternoon but managed to hold out for the last 12 minutes, although the darting Myler had a late effort disallowed for a forward pass.