WARRINGTON Wolves head into the break trailing to visitors Toulouse.

Kuni Minga scored twice in two minutes for the visitors at The Halliwell Jones Stadium, but Declan Patton replied before the break.

Wolves’ first foray towards the Toulouse line was created from a Gary Wheeler break, with the former Saints man stopped short of the line.

Hooker Andy Ackers was in quickly to feed Anthony England from the play-the-ball, but the forward fumbled in the tackle.

Wheeler was at the heart of Wolves’ play again moments later, spinning the ball wide to Joe Philbin who attempted two-handed pass from above the head could only find Jack Johnson’s feet – a better ball would have provided a score.

But it would be the visitors, to the great delight of an impressive travelling support, who would open the scoring 10 minutes in.

Florian Quintilla did well to gather from a chip over the Wolves defence before sending a grubber into the path of Minga, who went the distance.

Mark Kheirallah struck the post from the conversion.

Moments later Minga was in again. This time he broke the line from kick off before feeding Kheirallah.

The scrum half did not have the legs to outpace a retreating Matty Russell, but Minga had carried on his support run and took a return pass to add his second in as many minutes.

Kheirallah slipped in his run up, but managed to edge the conversion over from the touchline to give Toulouse a 10-point lead.

Toulouse’ double salvo seemed to have knocked a bit of the momentum out of Wolves, and when they did threaten the visitors’ line some sloppy handling put pay to the attacking move.

It was a handling error from Gene Ormsby, knocking on after going to ground to gather a loose ball, that awarded Toulouse the territory to build another swathe of attacks.

However, a safe catch from Russell after a high spiral from Quintilla saw the full back clutching his mouth again after being felled by two Toulouse tacklers.

A worrying sign for Tony Smith with the Scotland international’s well-documented recent teeth traumas.

With five minutes of the half remaining, Wolves did manage a reprieve.

Wheeler, again appearing to slip on the turf, sent a kick deep into Toulouse territory and Patton was first to react as the visitors’ defence stood still.

The young half back scooped up on the bounce and went 20 metres to cross between the posts, before converting.

Wolves laid siege on the Toulouse line, with Patton twice going close on individual scurries, but when Wheeler attempted to dink a kick into Ormsby’s path, Munga was there to intercept.

Ben Evans almost broke clear from Wheeler’s flat pass but an ankle tap brought him down, and Toulouse turned the ball over when the resulting pass crept forward.