THE boys from Bridge Lane re-wrote the record books last Saturday as they thrashed Sandbach to chalk up their first century of points to record the biggest win in their history.

Also fly half Andy James, who only two weeks ago broke the individual points scoring in a match record with 30 points, set a new target of 38 with two tries and another record 14 conversions.

He also raced to the fastest ever century of points, reaching the milestone in only eight games and finishing the game on a season's total of 121.

Remarkably Warrington failed to register a try in the opening 15 minutes of each half but once they did cross the whitewash scores came at regular intervals.

Stand-in second row Richard Turner started the spree and by the 20th minute Shaun Geritas had completed his hat-trick.

The forwards tore into the opposition with Turner and Lea Graham having outstanding matches. By half-time Anton Fields, Jim Keulemans, Darren Geritas and Terry Blohm had added their names to the try scoring list and Shaun Geritas had added his fourth.

Warrington opened the second half as sluggishly as they had the first with coach Greaves sending his replacements on to give hooker Nick Allison a chance to impress.

It was James who burst over first, shortly followed by Keulemans' second effort and although Sandbach then enjoyed their best spell of the game the consolation try they needed was only a brief respite.

With the scoreboard ticking along Fields scored his second, Chris Myers got his first try for the club and James added his second.

It was young winger Andy Higginson whose touchdown took Warrington past the century mark and, in the last move of the match, flank forward Andy Kellett galloped over from 30 yards out.

While this was a historic win for the club the victory emphasised the vast disparity between the top and bottom of the division coming after Warrington's 85-3 league victory over Cockermouth last week.

Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.