Warrington Wolves 30–22 Huddersfield Giants — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2013 Super League Finals Series
26 Sep 2013 · Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington · Attendance: 10,042
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Semi-Final, 2013 Super League finals series: Warrington Wolves 30–22 Huddersfield Giants, at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 26 Sep 2013.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Warrington's Stefan Ratchford was originally fetched as squad number "1" (a sequential-renumbering artifact); corrected to his real 19 via Warrington's official 2013 squad-number release, consistent with his number in the club's other finals matches this season.
Scorers
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Grix (2); Monaghan (2); Atkins Goals: Ratchford (5 conversions) |
| Huddersfield Giants | Tries: Brough; Connor; Ferguson; McGillvary Goals: Brough (3 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Warrington Wolves | Huddersfield Giants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Stefan Ratchford | Fullback | Jake Connor | 28 |
| 5 | Joel Monaghan | Wing | Jermaine McGillvary | 5 |
| 3 | Chris Bridge | Centre | Leroy Cudjoe | 3 |
| 4 | Ryan Atkins | Centre | Joe Wardle | 4 |
| 2 | Chris Riley | Wing | Aaron Murphy | 18 |
| 6 | Lee Briers | Five-Eighth | Danny Brough | 6 |
| 7 | Richard Myler | Halfback | Luke Robinson | 7 |
| 16 | Paul Wood | Prop | Eorl Crabtree | 8 |
| 14 | Mick Higham | Hooker | Shaun Lunt | 9 |
| 18 | Chris Hill | Prop | Craig Kopczak | 10 |
| 13 | Ben Harrison | Second Row | Brett Ferres | 11 |
| 12 | Ben Westwood | Second Row | Jason Chan | 16 |
| 15 | Simon Grix | Lock | Michael Lawrence | 14 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 8 | Adrian Morley (c) | Larne Patrick | 15 | |
| 9 | Michael Monaghan | Ukuma Ta'ai | 17 | |
| 10 | Garreth Carvell | Dale Ferguson | 21 | |
| 17 | Mike Cooper | Kyle Wood | 32 | |
| Tony Smith | Coach | Paul Anderson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Richard Silverwood |
Match report
Warrington Wolves beat Huddersfield Giants 30-22 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on 26 September 2013 in a Super League Qualifying Semi-Final — the fixture Warrington picked for themselves under the era's "club call" rule, choosing to play the League Leaders' Shield winners rather than Leeds Rhinos, the first time under the system a team had picked the league leaders as their opponent. Warrington led 18-10 at half-time and held on to beat Huddersfield for a fourth time that season, reaching a second successive Grand Final. Warrington coach Tony Smith had publicly criticised the club call mechanic as "a ridiculous gimmick" and skipped the announcement of his side's choice.