Warrington Wolves 18–10 St Helens — Semi-Final, 2016 Super League Finals Series
29 Sep 2016 · Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington · Attendance: 12,036
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2016 Super League finals series: Warrington Wolves 18–10 St Helens, at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 29 Sep 2016.
Sourcing caveat: A reported late Dominique Peyroux try for St Helens, said to have been disallowed by the video referee, was single-sourced (Sky Sports only) and not independently confirmed — omitted from the scoring list rather than asserted as fact. No sin bins/cards were identified in sources found. Warrington's Stefan Ratchford wore 6 and Kurt Gidley wore 1 in this match — a reversal of the numbers Ratchford (1) and a since-departed Gidley later became associated with; cross-checked against an independent, separately-fetched Rugby League Project round-9 page from the same season, which shows the same pairing, so this is treated as the genuine 2016 numbering rather than a fetch artifact.
Scoring timeline
| 38′ | St Helens — try, Lomax |
| 51′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Ratchford |
| 64′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Lineham |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Gidley; Ratchford 51'; Lineham 64' Goals: Patton (3/3 conversions) |
| St Helens | Tries: Lomax 38' Goals: Walsh (1 conversion plus 2 penalty goals) |
Team sheets
| Warrington Wolves | St Helens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Stefan Ratchford | Fullback | Jonny Lomax | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Lineham | Wing | Jack Owens | 22 |
| 3 | Rhys Evans | Centre | Dominique Peyroux | 18 |
| 4 | Ryan Atkins | Centre | Mark Percival | 4 |
| 5 | Matthew Russell | Wing | Adam Swift | 5 |
| 1 | Kurt Gidley | Five-Eighth | Jordan Turner | 3 |
| 26 | Dec Patton | Halfback | Luke Walsh | 7 |
| 8 | Chris Hill (c) | Prop | Kyle Amor | 10 |
| 9 | Daryl Clark | Hooker | James Roby | 9 |
| 10 | Ashton Sims | Prop | Greg Richards | 15 |
| 27 | Sam Wilde | Second Row | Joe Greenwood | 20 |
| 12 | Jack Hughes | Second Row | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | 13 |
| 14 | Joe Westerman | Lock | Jon Wilkin (c) | 12 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 18 | George King | Alex Walmsley | 8 | |
| 24 | Toby King | Atelea Vea | 11 | |
| 25 | Joe Philbin | Luke Thompson | 17 | |
| 31 | Morgan Smith | Morgan Knowles | 28 | |
| Tony Smith | Coach | Keiron Cunningham | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler |
Match report
Warrington Wolves beat St Helens 18-10 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, ending a run of losses to St Helens dating back to 2011. St Helens led 10-8 at half-time after a Jonny Lomax try, but Warrington hit back through Stefan Ratchford's dummy-half try and Tom Lineham's match-clinching score, which was contentious — TV replays suggested a possible knock-on before grounding, but it was awarded. St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham publicly criticised the video referee/officiating after the match.