WARRINGTON coach Tony Smith paid tribute to Irish World Cup forward Ben Harrison after their engage Super League defeat of Hull.
The sides were level at 6-6 at the break but the Wolves ran in three tries in 10 minutes after the interval to seal a 24-12 success which makes it five wins in their last six league matches.
Australian scrum-half Michael Monaghan impressed for the hosts after their pack took control but Smith said: “Michael Monaghan went well when he switched to hooker and won the man of the match award but I thought he was a far second to Ben Harrison.
“Ben was absolutely unbelievable and I’d love some of his energy. I was enthralled watching him push his way round the field.
“He has a huge heart and if you cut him open it would be like Ayers Rock. He still has technique and skill to work on but what an effort.”
Smith continued: “It wasn’t really an inspiring match to watch with a lot of errors from both teams.
“We gained the two points the hard way and I would like us to play smarter.
“Our support play was alarming in the first half and we bombed two or three chances in the second half too.”
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.”
Warrington opted to further delay the anticipated debut of former Great Britain winger Brian Carney who returned to rugby league recently from Munster.
The Wolves were also missing Lee Briers, Mickey Higham and Paul Rauhihi with Hull leaving out Chris Thorman despite ending a four-match losing run against Salford last week.
It was deadlock for the first 25 minutes although a barnstorming break by Warrington prop Garreth Carvell against his old club deserved a try.
A Ben Westwood blunder gave Hull a chance to go ahead but Graeme Horne threw a wild pass into touch.
Westwood was again the culprit to allow Hull to grab the lead with his stray pass 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 at half-time with a breathtaking Chris Riley try.
But it was a 70-metre sprint by Richie Mathers which set up the touchdown, with Riley taking his smart inside 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 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 after 52 minutes with Hicks adding another difficult conversion.
Hull conceded their third try in a nightmare spell with Monaghan and Vinnie Anderson combining for Harrison to cross and extend the lead to 24-6.
Warrington’s defence was breached with Shaun Berrigan putting Kirk Yeaman over on the hour.
