Warrington Wolves and Castleford Tigers statements on crowd incident

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Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington Wolves

The Halliwell Jones Stadium, home of the Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves have condemned a group of individuals who are alleged to have attacked a coach carrying Castleford Tigers supporters away from the Halliwell Jones Stadium at the end of Thursday night’s Betfred Super League match.

Cheshire Police are investigating claims that a group of youths blocked the path of the coach; and threw stones and bricks which caused damage to three windows.

Both clubs say they are supporting the investigation and have appealed for anyone with information to contact the police.

A Warrington statement said: “We strongly condemn the actions that led to the coach being targeted and damaged and we offer our sincere apologies to the travelling supporters affected for the distress caused.

“We are working with the local authorities to establish the facts and identify those responsible.

“No further comment will be made at this stage of the investigation.”

Castleford’s statement said: “Castleford Tigers are appalled by a group of people who attacked a travelling supporters bus following the league fixture between the Tigers and Warrington Wolves.

“The club is working with Cheshire Police and the Wolves appealing for information related to the incident.”

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Warrington are keeping the identity of their new social media sensation ‘Whizzy Rascal’ a closely-guarded secret but promise there is more to come.

The match ball for the Wolves’ first home Super League game of the season was delivered by a young driver in a mini BMW, who sparked hilarious scenes after driving off with the ball.

Instead of taking the ball straight to referee James Child in the centre spot, the youngster drove to the far side of the pitch. After being encouraged to turn around, decided it would then be more fun to carry on to the opposite touchline.

The match got under way when the ball was eventually wrestled from the car. Warrington emerged 34-10 winners over Castleford but Whizzy remained the talking point.

Warrington chief executive Karl Fitzpatrick told PA: “I can’t let you into too much but a lot of people have got the sex wrong.

“People are assuming it’s a boy and I’m not able to confirm or deny. But we’ll be doing it for the full season and there is a lot more to come.

“Against Catalans which is our next home game. We’ve also got an appearance from a mechanical dragon that will do battle with Whizzy Rascal.”

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