Warrington Wizards 40 Dewsbury Celtic 18.
WARRINGTON Wizards triumphed in an absorbing and high quality Rugby League Conference National game at Wilderspool Stadium.
Wizards scored four tries in the last quarter to run out winners.
Dewsbury opened the scoring with a penalty goal before Wizards winger Stuart Pirrie squeezed over, with Mark Roughneen landing a superb touchline conversion.
Wizards stretched their lead when Chris Jaffrey supported a break from man of the match Chris Campbell, with Roughneen converting.
Dewsbury pulled six points back but our minutes before the break inspirational Campbell sliced through the Celtic defence, with Roughneen's conversion giving his side an 18-8 half-time advantage.
Celtic clawed the scores level with two tries at the start of the second half but Wizards got their noses back in front when an offload from Matt Wilson put Danny Shaw over, with Roughneen goaling from wide out.
Then great hands between Jaffrey and Andy Addison put Ian Stephenson over before Wizards made sure of the win with tries from Scott Davidson and Campbell in the final six minutes, Wizards head coach Danny Lima, who has finished his playing role at Widnes Vikings this week, was delighted with the win.
He said: "That was a pulsating encounter between two excellent teams and it could have gone either way but I am very proud of my players.
"They dug deep in the final quarter and that saw us home. We must build on this now."
Wizards: Mark Roughneen; Ian Stephenson, Danny Shaw, Andy Addison, Stuart Pirrie; Chris Campbell, Chris Jaffrey; Phil Braddish, Wes Lawton, Scott Davidson, Matt Wilson, Anthony Beckett, Liam McCarthy. Subs: Paul Wilson, Luke Worsley, Sion Williams, Liam O'Brien.
* Wizards' next game is away to Hemel Stags on July 22.
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