WARRINGTON Wolves masterminded a superb comeback win at Hull on Saturday night.

They dominated the second half, with three tries in 11 minutes securing their success and leaving the Black and Whites without a home win since February.

Warrington overcame a number of setbacks to be still in the hunt at half time.

Wolves, who went into the game with a reshuffled back line due to the absences of Chris Hicks and Matt King, went down to 12 men in the sixth minute when former Hull prop Garreth Carvell ended up in the sin bin.

Tony Smith’s men were under the cosh from the start, conceding a penalty in the first tackle.

Richie Mathers, playing full back despite being named on the wing, pulled off a try-saving tackle on Jodie Broughton in the second set and then two penalties conceded by Carvell left him in trouble on his first return to the KC Stadium since joining Wolves.

The intimidating roar of the home fans seemed to spur Steve Ganson into action and resulted in the big prop going on report for an alleged high tackle on Richard Horne in the fourth minute and two minutes later he was yellow carded for thrusting his arm in the face of Ewan Dowes.

By the time Carvell returned, Wolves were 12-0 behind.

A loose pass from Michael Monaghan was kicked ahead by Richard Whiting and then the chase was on between Mark Calderwood and Chris Riley.

Calderwood had a head start and hacked on twice under pressure from Riley, with the final kick allowing Whiting to skilfully pick up the ball off his bootlaces to touch down in the 12th minute. Danny Tickle converted.

Tickle busted his way through three attempted tackles to set up the next try in the next set.

He managed to slip the ball away to Kirk Yeaman and he then handed a clear run to the line for Broughton. Tickle again converted.

Wolves worked two possible try-scoring chances in the opening quarter but fluffed them both.

A chip kick from Briers went over the head of Bridge with the try line begging and then a Monaghan pass to Riley flew into touch ahead of the winger looked to have acres of room to get over.

But after all the setbacks, Warrington got themselves back in the game with a 25th minute try from Simon Grix.

A lovely delayed ball from Louis Anderson found Grix on a good angle and he stepped inside Horne to complete the try. Bridge converted to leave Wolves 12-6 behind.

Tickle stretched the lead to eight points in the 33rd minute after Wolves were penalised for ball stealing.

A half-time downpour suggested a tight forwards battle could be on the way in the second period, with a Tickle penalty goal from 40 metres opening the scoring in the 44th minute and putting Hull 16-6 ahead.

Wolves dominated territory and possession in the third quarter, needing to score the next try to stay in with a shout.

Perhaps it was the greasy conditions, but their execution was letting them down time and again.

Paul Wood, Monaghan, Adrian Morley and Mickey Higham were all guilty of knock ons but Hull were just as guilty trying to get out of their own half.

Wolves’ improved kicking game was doing the damage though and eventually the pressure told as Wolves pressed the Hull line.

Briers spotted defenders flying in and flicked the ball to Monaghan rather than catching it. The ball went to ground but Monaghan was able to scoop up and put Bridge over unopposed in the right corner in the 62nd minute.

Bridge was unable to convert but Wolves had cut the gap to six points.

Four minutes later, Wolves were over again after Higham was held up short from a dummy-half dart.

Briers spotted Wolves had the numbers on the left and his long ball allowed Grix to crash over in Calderwood’s tackle. Bridge’s conversion from the touchline sailed high over the nearest post, with the touch judges assessing the kick to be wide and leaving Wolves still two points behind at 16-14.

Some clever decoy work paved the way for the try that put Wolves ahead for the first time in the 73rd minute.

Vinnie Anderson moved to the wing instead of Bridge and two dummy runners sucked in the Hull defenders as Briers and then Clarke fed Anderson into the corner, too wide out for Bridge to convert but Wolves led 18-16.

A Louis Anderson knock on deep in his own half then put Wolves under pressure, with Bridge putting his body on the line to prevent Broughton getting over for his second try in the 76th minute.

And then, after getting possession back, Riley spilt the ball at a play-the-ball to put Wolves under the cosh again in a nail-biting finale.

But Hull knocked on in their panic to find the winning score.

A great Lee Briers take from a high kick took the steam out of Hull’s final assault and for the second year running Wolves can celebrate a two-point win at the KC Stadium.

Wolves: Richie Mathers; Chris Bridge, Vinnie Anderson, Simon Grix, Chris Riley; Lee Briers, Michael Monaghan; Adrian Morley Jon Clarke, Garreth Carvell, Louis Anderson, Ben Westwood, Ben Harrison. Subs: Mickey Higham, Paul Wood, Paul Rauhihi, Matty Blythe.

Hull: Richard Horne; Mark Calderwood, Richard Whiting, Kirk Yeaman, Jodie Broughton; Danny Washbrook, Chris Thorman; Peter Cusack, Tommy Lee, Jamie Thackray, Ewan Dowes, Mike Burnett, Danny Tickle. Subs: Danny Houghton, Paul King, Dominic Maloney, Josh Hodgson.