After a minutes silence was impeccably observed out of respect for Dom Crosby's daughter Ada who sadly passed away during the week, two determined sides took their places for an equally crucial game, for very different reasons.

The visitors, Hull FC, needed a win to take them back level top of the table with Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos but Warrington were desperate for a win to get their season underway after six consecutive Super League 2017 losses.

Nine minutes in and poor defence, notably from Kevin Brown, allowed Albert Kelly to take full advantage of three consecutive sets of six to go under the sticks. Marc Sneyd added the extras as the Wolves supporters must have been collectively thinking 'oh no, not again!'.

On fourteen Matty Russell took a Kurt Gidley pass to go over in the corner. It was a bit scruffy but any and every try counts for Warrington in 2017. Gidley failed to convert the try and his side trailed 4-6.

A stunning ninety-five metre Jake Connor try came after he intercepted a Kevin Brown pass to all the way down the right touchline, avoiding the chasing Stefan Ratchford, to score. Sneyd kicked well from wide and edged FC into a 12-4 lead.

On the thirty minute mark Brown held on in the tackle for too long and Sneyd kicked the resulting penalty to extend the lead. Although FC weren't dominating on the field they were starting to on the scoreboard.

An awful pass from Jack Hughes to an unaware Ratchford went into the hands of Jamie Shaul who went fifty metres down the centre of the field to score under the sticks. Sneyd slotted the extras over for 20-4 with just over three minutes left on the clock.

Within the last minute Toby King put Russell free to go over for the Wolves, and his, second of the afternoon and a faint glimmer of hope for his side. Gidley was unable to add the extra two and the Wolves trailed by twelve at the interval.

On ten minutes, after Warrington interference at the play the ball, the dependable boot of Sneyd kicked the penalty to further extend the lead.

On fifty-five, Daryl Clark went from dummy half through a non-existent Hull defence to score by the uprights. Gidley added the extras and the Wolves were back in it, but still eight points back.

The Wolves were much improved in the second half and on sixty-five minutes Matty Russell completed his hat-trick when he dove over in the corner. Gidley converted brilliantly from the touchline for 20-22 and to set up a grandstand finish.

Warrington looked to have hit the front on sixty-seven but Mike Cooper knocked on over the line in the act of scoring, referee Smith chalking off the try after consulting with his touch judge.

A Gidley penalty on seventy minutes levelled the scores at 22-22 and both sets of supporters were biting their nails.

The two sides exchanged missed drop goal through Ratchford, Sneyd, Gidley and Sneyd for a second time but the sides remained deadlocked through to the final hooter. It was a point dropped for FC who dominated large periods of the game but a vital point for Warrington as they registered their first league point of the season.

It was an excellent second half comeback for the Wolves and they will probably count themselves unlucky not to have sealed the win.

Wolves: Ratchford, Russell (3T), King T., Atkins, Evans, Brown, Gidley (3G), Hill, Clark (T), Cooper, Westwood, Hughes, Westerman. Subs: Sims, Dwyer, King G., Philbin.

FC: Shaul (T), Fonua, Connor (T), Griffin, Michaels, Kelly (T), Sneyd (5G), Taylor, Washbrook, Bowden, Manu, Minichiello, Ellis. Subs: Litten, Watts, Turgut, Thompson.

Referee: Jack Smith.

Half-Time: 8-20.

Full-Time: 22-22.

Attendance: 10,676.