Saturday night saw The Wire hold a Presentation Night for their Reserves and Academy teams following a 2026 campaign that saw both teams reach their respective Grand Finals.
In terms of award winners, it was a night for props with Charlie McKler and Isaac Holdsworth sweeping the board.
McKler, who made an eye-catching impression in the first team in the final two matches of the regular season, was named the Reserves’ player of the year while he also picked up the Players’ Player prize.
The front-rower played 16 times for the Reserves during 2026 and touched down for nine tries – a tally bettered only by second-rower Ewan Smith and outside-backs Lachlan Webster and James Duffy, all of whom crossed 10 times for Ryan O’Brien’s team.
Holdsworth was among the standouts for the Academy side and won the team’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player awards.
In all, he scored seven tries in 13 Academy matches in 2026 while he also turned out 12 times for the Reserves, scoring three tries.
McKler and Webster were among five academy graduates to make their first-team debuts this year alongside Pat Irwin, Daniel Coop and Tommy Rhodes, who became Warrington’s youngest ever try-scorer by touching down against Sheffield Eagles in the Challenge Cup.