Warrington Wolves may still sit second in Super League but the body language of their coach at full time could not have been more telling about the problems which are starting to engulf his side.
For more than 20 minutes after this latest defeat, the Wolves’ fifth in six games and perhaps their worst of the season yet, Daryl Powell sat in his box above the main stand unmoved. Maybe he was trying to take in the enormity of what his side had just delivered. Perhaps he was holding court with his coaching staff about how to turn a situation that is wildly slipping out of control around. But whatever the reason, Powell looked crestfallen.