Warrington Wolves: Daryl Powell leaves head coach position after defeat to Wakefield Daryl Powell has left his position as Warrington Wolves head coach by mutual consent; Sunday’s 42-6 defeat marked Warrington’s worst run of results in a single season for over 20 years; Wolves’

chair Stuart Middleton said: “The club now needs to move in a new direction” Daryl Powell has left Warrington Wolves following the 42-6 defeat to bottom-of-the table Wakefield. Powell’s departure, by mutual consent, was announced on Sunday evening after the loss to Trinity which was

Warrington’s fifth consecutive Super League defeat and their seventh in eight games. After eight consecutive wins to start their Super League campaign, Sunday’s one-sided thrashing against Wakefield dropped Warrington to sixth place in the table. Head of youth Gary Chambers will now be in interim charge, supported by Richard Marshall, while Warrington look for a permanent replacement. Chair Stuart Middleton said: “We’d like to thank Daryl for his commitment and endeavours since joining the club last season but we feel the team now needs a different approach “Results and performances over the past 18 months have fallen short of the standard we expect and feel the club now needs to move in a new direction. “We will now begin a thorough process to select a new head coach to take the club forward. “We still firmly believe this playing group have the ability to compete at the highest level.” Powell had earlier been scathing about his side’s performance and the players in the match against Wakefield Trinity. “I don’t think we did anything well today,” Powell said after the game, before his departure. “Wakefield played well so give them credit. But we were really poor on every level. “We looked really vulnerable. We trained really well but were really shocking and I am disappointed with what I’ve seen.” The club are experiencing their worst run of results in a single season for over 20 years.