Editing Warrington Wolves (section)

===Tony Smith era: 2009–2017===
[[File:Warrington Wolves Challenge Cup Winners.jpg|thumb|Warrington Wolves trophy parade following victory at the [[2009 Challenge Cup Final]]]]
On 5 March, after losing all three of their opening games to the [[Super League XIV]] season, Warrington removed James Lowes from the position of head coach, and replaced him with then-[[England national rugby league team|England]] coach, [[Tony Smith (rugby league b. 1967)|Tony Smith]] who was also given the role of director of rugby.

On 30 May 2009, Warrington reached the semi-finals of the [[Challenge Cup]], beating [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] 24–25 via a drop goal from Lee Briers in golden point extra time to earn a place in the last four. The semi-final draw pitted the Wire against [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]]. On 8 August 2009, Warrington beat Wigan to reach Wembley for the first time in 19 years and despite only averaging crowds of 8,000 in recent seasons (2009 average attendance 8,155) they sold just over 34,500 tickets for the Challenge Cup final. Wolves faced the [[Huddersfield Giants]] in the final at [[Wembley Stadium]] in front of a 76,560 crowd. Warrington scored first after a charge down with Richie Mathers going over the line under the sticks. Warrington eventually won the game 25–16 with [[Michael Monaghan]] winning the [[Lance Todd Trophy]] for the man-of-the-match performance. Warrington returned home from Wembley with the cup and was greeted by more than 100,000 fans who had been starved of success for 35 years. This was their first Challenge Cup win since 1974, and the team arrived home on an open top bus, and paraded the trophy round the town before heading to the town hall. Warrington finished the 2009 season in lowly 10th place missing out on the play-offs yet again. After the final game of the season Chairman Lord [[Doug Hoyle]] announced that he would be stepping down from the post and leaving the Wolves.

On 8 August 2010, the Wolves emphatically beat [[Catalans Dragons]] 54–12 at the [[Halton Stadium]], [[Widnes]] to reach the Challenge Cup Final for the second consecutive season. Warrington went on to win the final, defeating [[Leeds Rhinos]] 30–6. Once again over 35,000 Wolves supporters travelled down to [[Wembley Stadium]] to see the Wolves lift the trophy for the second successive time, this being the first time in the club's history this has been done. On the return to Warrington the following day over 100,000 people lined the streets of the town to welcome home the team and the trophy.

The [[Super League XV|2010 Super League]] season saw the Wolves finish in 3rd place the club's highest ever finish in the Super League era. Warrington qualified for the end of season play-offs only to lose both fixtures to [[St Helens R.F.C.|St. Helens]] and Huddersfield Giants. This meant that the Wolves had only won one of the club's six play-off fixtures to date.

The [[Super League XVI|2011 Super League]] season saw Wolves end their St. Helens hoodoo with victory in the away fixture which was played at the Halton Stadium, Widnes. The Wolves secured their double over the St. Helens with a 35–28 triumph over the rivals in the reverse fixture later in the season. 2011 saw the Wolves register impressive victories away to Leeds Rhinos (6–42), [[Bradford Bulls]] (14–58) and [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]] (0–60). They also registered big scorelines at home to [[London Broncos|Harlequins RL]] (84–6), Bradford Bulls (64–6), [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]] (66–12) and [[Castleford Tigers]] (62–0). On 20 August 2011, the Wolves beat Catalans Dragons 12–25 in Perpignan to register the club's 8th successive league victory for the first time in the Super League era. On 9 September 2011, the Wolves beat [[Hull F.C.]] to secure the League Leaders Shield for the first time. Warrington were beaten in the play-off semi-final by Leeds Rhinos who eventually went on to win the Grand Final beating St Helens at [[Old Trafford]] on 8 October.

Going into the 2012 [[Super League]] season the Warrington club announced that they had over 8,000 season tickets, which is a record for Warrington and a vast improvement on the crowds of just 3/4,000 in the Wilderspool days.

In 2012, the Wolves enjoyed another successful season in both the league and cup competitions. In the [[2012 Challenge Cup]] the Wolves were crowned cup winners for the 3rd time in 4 years following a 35–18 victory over Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium. Over 35,000 Wolves supporters made the trip to see the side bring back the famous trophy. The Wolves also made it through to the [[Super League Grand Final]] and were backed by 40,000 fans at the theatre of dreams. The Wolves faced the Rhinos for the right to become champions but it was Leeds who held on to become back-to-back champions.

In 2013, Warrington finished [[Super League XVIII]] in second place with 41 points, only 1 point behind League Leaders Shield winners Huddersfield Giants.  Warrington won their qualifying play-off against Leeds with the final score 40–20, [[Ben Westwood]] scored 4 tries. The result put Warrington through to the qualifying semi-final against Huddersfield, who were defeated 30–22. In the Grand Final Warrington Wolves faced Wigan Warriors and lost by 30–16.

In 2016, the club's 140th year, the club reached the Challenge Cup final losing 10–12 to Hull F.C. but the Wolves went on to win the League Leader Shield against Hull F.C. at the [[KCOM Stadium]], bringing the first piece of silverware back to the [[Halliwell Jones Stadium]] since 2012, and bagging a home Semi-final tie against St. Helens. This was won, earning them the right to play in the Super League Grand Final against Wigan Warriors. Warrington fell to a 6–12 defeat, with Declan Patton scoring all the Wires' points, despite leading 6–2 at half-time.

The Wolves failed to make the Super 8s in 2017, finishing ninth in the regular season as they suffered from inconsistency. Warrington secured Super League status with seven wins out of seven. In the Challenge Cup, the Wolves fell at the quarter-final stage following a nervy 26–27 home defeat by the Wigan Warriors. In September 2017, the Wolves announced that head coach [[Tony Smith (rugby league, born 1967)|Tony Smith]] would leave his position at the club following nine successful years which has seen the Wolves compete in seven major finals, winning three Challenge Cups and two League Leaders Shields.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warringtonwolves.com/club-news/smith-leave-wolves-end-season/|title=Smith to leave Wolves at end of season|date=10 September 2017|access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref>