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Warrington Wolves 24 Hull 12: Individual mistakes haunting Hull, bemoans Agar
Hull missed the chance to leapfrog revival club Warrington into seventh spot in engage Super League as they slipped to this defeat at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The sides were level at 6-6 at the break but the Wolves ran in three tries in 10 minutes after the interval to make it five wins in their last six league matches.
Hull coach Richard Agar said: "We were good in parts but unfortunately individual errors are haunting us. We gifted them too much field position, especially early in the second half.
"We never made them defend double sets and did not make it hard for them. We had to tough it out but weren't able to do it.
"We had a little more grunt going forward and there was a lot of effort but not the end product.
"Chris Thorman had been struggling for form and confidence and Shaun Berrigan is not an archetypal scrum-half but took us forward.
"We are missing the ability to come up with smart kick plays to help us put on pressure."
The match was deadlocked for the first 25 minutes although a barnstorming break by Warrington prop Garreth Carvell against his former club deserved a try.
Ben Westwood's blunder gave Hull a chance to go ahead but Graeme Horne threw a wild pass into touch. Westwood again faltered and this time his error allowed Hull to grab the lead with his stray pass being intercepted by Jodie Broughton, on loan from Leeds, who raced 80 metres for the opening try, converted by Danny Tickle.
Simon Grix limped off before the break for Warrington, who drew level before half-time with a breathtaking try by Chris Riley.
A 70-metre sprint by Richie Mathers set up the touchdown, with Riley taking his smart pass to score and Chris Hicks booting the touchline conversion.
The Wolves went in front for the first time early in the second half with Michael Monaghan creating a try for the hard-working Paul Wood to make it 12-6.
Warrington increased their advantage with Matt King shrugging off Horne and Hicks adding another difficult conversion.
Hull conceded their third try in a nightmare spell with Monaghan and Vinnie Anderson combining for Ben Harrison to cross and extend the lead to 24-6. Warrington's defence was breached with Shaun Berrigan putting in Kirk Yeaman but Hull never looked like clawing back the deficit.
Warrington Wolves: Mathers, Hicks, Bridge, King, Riley, Grix, Monaghan, Morley, Clarke, Carvell, L. Anderson, Westwood, Harrison. Substitutes: Johnson, V. Anderson, Wood, Cooper.
Hull: Tony, Broughton, G. Horne, Yeaman, Raynor, R Horne, Lee, Dowes, Berrigan, Radford, Burnett, Manu, Tickle. Substitutes: Whiting, Thackray, King, Houghton.
Referee: S Ganson (St Helens).
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