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Warrington Wolves are a professional Rugby League team in the town of Warrington , Cheshire in the United Kingdom . In the past the club have been nicknamed "Wire", in reference to the strength of the Wire -pulling industry in Warrington. HISTORY The club was founded in 1879. Their colours are Primrose (light Yellow ) and Blue , though white has often featured on the home shirt. They previously played at the ancient ground of Wilderspool , but have since moved to a state-of-the-art stadium, known as the Halliwell Jones Stadium . Warrington are currently in the top flight of rugby league, the Super League . To date, they have never won the super league trophy, though they have won major trophies in their past. Their best season in Super League has been the 2005 season ( Super League X ), where they finished in 4th place and earned a home tie in the playoffs. They are one of only a handful of clubs never to have been relegated from the top flight of rugby league, in their long history. Warrington's first season in the Halliwell Jones Stadium saw slight underachievement on the pitch reflected in their finishing position of eighth in Super League, though they did make the semi finals of the Challenge Cup . However they recorded a significant increase in their average attendances and midway through the season the club was purchased by events promoter Simon Moran. Moran immediately released fresh investment into the club, enabling coach Paul Cullen to sign Great Britain centre Martin Gleeson for a club record fee, and New Zealand internationals Henry Fa'afili and Logan Swann. Australian Half-back Andrew Johns played between 3 games for the club when his Australian club Newcastle conclude their season. He wore the number 31 (the club was refused permission for Johns to wear 77) and is rumoured to have been paid around £ 40,000 ( Aus$ 100,000) per match for the Wolves. It caused some controversy, as if the Wolves had made the grand final, it would have clashed with the Kangaroos Tri-Nations test against New Zealand in Sydney . Also many questioned why the rules allowed players to belong to two different clubs at the same time, notwithstanding this some other Super League clubs followed Wolves lead by signing their own antipodean players on short-term contracts. CURRENT SQUAD As of 29 March , 2006 : MAJOR HONOURS
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