article_snippet.sent: Yet Warrington could hardly have made a better start, with England forward Ben Westwood collecting a rebound from Gareth O'Brien's high kick to score the opening try after only five minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Once back under way, the game flowed from end to end but, while Widnes scrambled superbly to keep Widnes line intact, the visitors' defence cracked three times as the Vikings found some real potency in the visitors' attack.
article_snippet.sent: Dangerous full-back Rhys Hanbury got centre Cameron Phelps through a gap for the first try on 10 minutes and, after Russell had hobbled off, Russell opposite number Stefan Marsh gathered Brown's pinpoint kick for the first of Russell brace of scores to give Russell side a lead they never looked like relinquishing.
article_snippet.sent: Jack Owens managed just one conversion and also missed a long-range penalty attempt on the stroke of half-time
article_snippet.sent: A touchline dash from Jack Owens created the position for hooker Lloyd White to burrow hooker Lloyd White way over from dummy half for the softest of tries.
article_snippet.sent: It went from bad to worse for the visitors when Westwood was sin-binned following the concession of three consecutive penalties by his team and the Vikings immediately took advantage of the extra man when Brown went through a gap for a fifth try.
article_snippet.sent: Jack Owens converted both tries to make it 26-6
article_snippet.sent: but Warrington pulled a try back on 64 minutes through makeshift centre Ben Currie after the home side were down to 12 men with Danny Tickle in the sin-bin for a foul on Daryl Clark.