More to come from Whizzy Rascal as Warrington pledge to ‘do things differently’

Warrington are keeping the identity of their new social media sensation ‘Whizzy Rascal’ a closely-guarded secret but promise there is more to come.

The match ball for the Wolves’ first home Super League game of the season was delivered by a young driver in a mini BMW, who sparked hilarious scenes after driving off with the ball.

Instead of taking the ball straight to referee James Child in the centre spot, the youngster drove to the far side of the pitch and, after being encouraged to turn around, decided it would then be more fun to carry on to the opposite touchline.

The match got under way when the ball was eventually wrestled from the car and Warrington emerged 34-10 winners over Castleford but Whizzy remained the talking point.

Warrington chief executive Karl Fitzpatrick told the PA news agency: “I can’t let you into too much but a lot of people have got the sex wrong.

“People are assuming it’s a boy and I’m not able to confirm or deny. But we’ll be doing it for the full season and there is a lot more to come.

“Against Catalans which is our next home game, we’ve also got an appearance from a mechanical dragon that will do battle with Whizzy Rascal.”

Warrington also kept under wraps the identity of a previous crowd entertainer, speed merchant ‘Wire the Flier’, with Whizzy’s anonymity similar to that of Top Gear’s ‘The Stig’.

But the club make no secret of their desire to innovate, having recently become the first Super League club to launch non-fungible tokens.

“We’ve shown over the years that we do things differently at Warrington,” said Fitzpatrick.

“We’re in the entertainment business and we try to give a positive, memorable and enjoyable experience. I think last night shows that we are doing our best to