A 75-YEAR-old has flown 10,000 miles from Australia to watch his beloved Warrington Wolves at Wembley this weekend – although he will be hoping for a better time than on his last visit.

Edward Carey has travelled from the Gold Coast to watch the Wire take on Hull FC in the Challenge Cup Final on Saturday.

The retired taxi driver first moved to Australia in 1968 before returning to live in Warrington in 1992 and moving back down under in 2002.

He has previously returned to watch Warrington play at Wembley in 1975, 1990, 2009, 2010 and 2012 but his last visit in 2014 was one to forget.

Jetting in for the Challenge Cup Semi Final against Leeds Rhinos, Edward witnessed the Wire crash to a 24-16 defeat.

Edward also ended up in hospital after a 36-hour flight led to the COPD sufferer being rushed to Warrington Hospital after suffering breathing difficulties the day after landing.

He said: “I wouldn’t miss Warrington at Wembley for the world.

“I was five or six years old when I first came to a game in the 1950s – my dad used to take me and I stood in the pen for kids in the Railway End.

“We travelled to the Challenge Cup Final replay at Odsal and we were sat on the coach somewhere in Yorkshire because we couldn’t get in to Bradford as the roads were chock-a-block.

“I go to sleep seeing Brian Bevan’s face and I watched players like Harry Bath and Parry Gordon – the two greatest half backs I’ve ever seen were Gerry Helme and Ray Price.”

Edward is confident going into the match at the weekend, tipping Chris Sandow to shine on the big stage.

He added: “Hull have got Marc Sneyd but Chris Sandow can do anything better than him.”