Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens. The population of the borough is 198,900. Its population has more than doubled since its designation as a New Town in 1968.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Warrington was founded by the Romans at an important crossing place on the River Mersey. A new settlement was established by the Saxons and by the Middle Ages, Warrington had emerged as a market town at a bridging point of the river. A local tradition of textile and tool production dates from this time.

The expansion and urbanisation of Warrington largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution, particularly after the Mersey was made navigable in the 18th century. The West Coast Mainline runs north to south through the town, and the Liverpool to Manchester railway (the Cheshire Lines route) west to east. The Manchester Ship Canal cuts through the south of the borough (west to east). The M6, M56 and M62 motorways form a partial box around the town.

Ben Westwood (born 25 July 1981) is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League. An England international representative forward, he previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats before moving to Warrington in 2002 and winning the 2009 Challenge Cup with them.

A talismanic player for the Wolves who has been top tackler at the club for the past two seasons and top tackler out of marker for the past three, Westwood was Warrington's Players' Player of the Year and Fans Player of the Year in 2007. A conversion from the centres to the pack at the start of 2005 transformed his career and has pushed him to the verge of international honours, winning a call up to the Great Britain standby squad for the 2006 Tri-Nations. He began his career at local team Normanton Knights, before being scouted for the Wildcats.

He was named in the Super League Dream Team for 2008's Super League XIII.

Westwood played for Warrington in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos.

Brent Webb is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for Leeds in the Super League. Webb plays as a full-back and is a former New Zealand international.

Webb was born in Cairns and educated at Kirwan State High School. He played his junior rugby for the Cairns Kangaroos. He was the Queensland Cup leading try scorer in 2001 before being spotted by Daniel Anderson and signed by the New Zealand Warriors.

Webb made his NRL debut for the Warriors in front of a home crowd against the Newcastle Knights on 1 April 2002, aged 21.

He was named the Supporters' Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004.

2006 was Webb's last for the Warriors. Despite being the club's top try-scorer with a career best 11 tries, it was a frustrating season.

Webb currently plays for Leeds in the Super League. The club announced they had captured the signature of New Zealand full back Brent Webb during the 2006 season on a two year contract. He came to the Headingley fresh from being one of the players of the tournament in the Tri Nations. Since making his first team debut back in 2002 Webb has established himself as an attacking full backs in NRL and later the Super League. His reputation has earned him the chant from the South Stand spectators, 'Brent Webb is Superman!'.

Richie Myler (born 21 May 1990) is an England International Rugby League player for the Warrington Wolves of Super League. He plays as a scrum-half.

Myler signed for Salford from Widnes Vikings on a three year deal in 2008 and contributed to Salford winning the National League One title, scoring 20 tries and winning numerous awards as well as the Co-Operative Player of the Year award.

Myler has represented both the Lancashire and England U17's at Academy Level.

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He was named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He made his England début in the victory over Wales on 10 October 2008.

On 14 February 2009 Myler made his Super League debut against Crusaders, scoring a try in a Salford victory.

Myler represented England against France on 13 June 2009. He started the game at Scrum Half and scored 30 points in the 66-12 England victory.

In September 2009 it was announced that he had signed a 4-year contract with Warrington Wolves worth around £200,000, making him the most expensive teenage signing in Rugby League history.

Brett Hodgson (born 12 February 1978 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking fullback, he has played club football in the NRL for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers (winning the 2005 premiership with them) and in Super League for the Huddersfield Giants.

In 2009, Hodgson won Super League's Man of Steel Award.

An Eagle Vale (Campbelltown) junior, Hodgson was graded to the Western Suburbs Magpies. He made his first-grade debut under coach Tommy Raudonikis in round 11 of the 1997 ARL season, when Wests met the South Queensland Crushers at Campbelltown Stadium.

In 2008, Hodgson was the last remaining pre-2000 Western Suburbs Magpies' footballer playing in the NRL, before the return of John Skandalis in 2009, and Ray Cashmere in 2012.

In 1999, Hodgson turned down a position with the new Wests and Balmain Tigers joint venture club, Wests Tigers, and, to obtain a fullback position, he signed with Parramatta for the 2000 NRL season. Hodgson's 2000 season was cut short following a high tackle from Cronulla's Mitch Healey, breaking his jaw.