Warrington Wolves
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| Full name | Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Wire The Wolves |
| Short name | Warrington Wolves |
| Website | warringtonwolves.com |
| Colours |
 Primrose yellow, Blue and White |
| Founded | 1876 |
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| Chairman | Steven Broomhead |
| Coach | Tony Smith |
| Captain | Kurt Gidley |
| Competition | Super League |
| 2016 season | 1st (Grand Final runners-up) |
 Current season
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| Records | |
| Championships | 3 (1948, 1954, 1955) |
| Challenge Cups | 8 (1905, 1907, 1950, 1954, 1974, 2009, 2010, 2012) |
| Other honours | 26 |
| Most capped | 620 - Brian Bevan |
Warrington Wolves R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003.
Founded as Warrington Zingari Football Club in 1876, they are one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895 and the only one that has played every season in the top flight. They are nicknamed "The Wire" in reference to the wire-drawing industry in the town.
Warrington have local rivalries with Widnes, St. Helens and Wigan. They have won three League Championships and are the fourth most successful team in the Challenge Cup with eight victories, behind Wigan, St. Helens and Leeds. Their most successful season came in 1953–54 when they completed a Championship and Challenge Cup 'Double', beating Halifax twice in the space of four days to first win the Challenge Cup 8–4 in a replay at Odsal, then clinch the Championship 8–7 at Maine Rd.
The current head coach at the club is Tony Smith, who joined in March 2009.
The official foundation date for the club is given as 1876, but rugby football was certainly played in the town before that date and there was an earlier club bearing the name of Warrington Football Club. Under the heading 'Outdoor Sports – Football' the Widnes Guardian of 25 January 1873 reports on a recent game between Warrington and Wigan at the unnamed ground of the former. On 6 December 1873 that same newspaper carried details of a local derby between Warrington and Zingari and in subsequent weeks there were matches with Sale and Free Wanderers. This club folded after its ground was lost to development work.
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