Warrington Wolves 22–19 Widnes Vikings — Elimination Play-off, 2014 Super League Finals Series
20 Sep 2014 · Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington · Attendance: 7,229
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2014 Super League finals series: Warrington Wolves 22–19 Widnes Vikings, at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 20 Sep 2014.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Cross-checked directly against Warrington's official 2014 preseason squad-number release (warrington-worldwide.co.uk), which confirms every number here exactly, including the unusual pairing of Stefan Ratchford (6) starting at lock rather than his later specialist fullback role.
Scorers
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Monaghan (3); Evans Goals: Ratchford (3/4 conversions) |
| Widnes Vikings | Tries: Flynn (2); Hanbury Goals: Tickle (3/3 conversions) Drop goals: Brown |
Team sheets
| Warrington Wolves | Widnes Vikings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Russell | Fullback | Rhys Hanbury | 1 |
| 5 | Joel Monaghan | Wing | Paddy Flynn | 20 |
| 3 | Chris Bridge | Centre | Chris Dean | 14 |
| 4 | Ryan Atkins | Centre | Cameron Phelps | 3 |
| 18 | Rhys Evans | Wing | Patrick Ah Van | 5 |
| 20 | Gareth O'Brien | Five-Eighth | Kevin Brown | 6 |
| 7 | Richard Myler | Halfback | Joe Mellor | 7 |
| 8 | Chris Hill | Prop | Eamon O'Carroll | 8 |
| 9 | Mick Higham | Hooker | Jon Clarke | 9 |
| 15 | Ben Harrison | Prop | Hep Cahill | 13 |
| 23 | James Laithwaite | Second Row | Danny Galea | 17 |
| 11 | Trent Waterhouse | Second Row | Danny Tickle | 12 |
| 6 | Stefan Ratchford | Lock | Macgraff Leuluai | 24 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Michael Monaghan | Willie Isa | 16 | |
| 10 | Roy Asotasi | Philip Joseph | 23 | |
| 17 | Ben Currie | Lloyd White | 15 | |
| 19 | Anthony England | Alex Gerrard | 25 | |
| Tony Smith | Coach | Denis Betts | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler |
Match report
Warrington Wolves came from behind to beat local rivals Widnes Vikings 22-19 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on 20 September 2014 in a Super League Elimination Play-off. Widnes led 19-6 at half-time, driven by a Kevin Brown-inspired spell including two Paddy Flynn tries, but Warrington hit back after the break with a Joel Monaghan hat-trick to complete the comeback.