\n The Wire ensured they would emerge from the Bank Holiday weekend at the summit of the still-embryonic table by hammering Leigh Leopards at The Halliwell Jones Stadium, while they along with Hull KR have played a game fewer than the rest of the competition.\n<\/p>\n
\n And while his players continued to show positive signs, with the 42-6 victory ensuring they bounced back from their first loss of the year at Leeds Rhinos last time out in the right way, he says it is not yet time to get carried away.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cNot really,\u201d he said when asked whether being top of this stage meant anything to him and his squad.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been top before and it doesn\u2019t really count for anything until its Round 27 so we\u2019re not getting carried away. We\u2019ll keep grinding away and doing our job.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s important you don\u2019t start falling in love with yourselves.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been here before as a group but we\u2019re more experienced now and I\u2019m more experienced as a coach.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s really irrelevant \u2013 everyone likes to talk about it but for us, it\u2019s about consistently learning and getting better. It\u2019s quite easy to stay away from the noise.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Warrington ran seven tries past their neighbours in what was their first Super League victory over Leigh in nearly two years, with the Leopards having won all three league meetings last year as well as the final one of 2024.\n<\/p>\n
\n And while they continued their rich vein of point-scoring form, Burgess was happier to see steps forward being taken on the other side of the ball as well as how they managed different in-game scenarios.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI was happy with the performance for sure,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe did a lot of things well and covered for a lot of things as well \u2013 we had a couple of HIAs and Jordy (Crowther) fractured his cheekbone.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had a couple of things to manage but we just got on with it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t really mention a response as we were calm about the game last week \u2013 there were things we could have managed better but in terms of a performance, we turned up and were there to win but we just let a couple of things slip.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was about learning rather than responding \u2013 the wind was pretty bad again today but we managed that much better.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDefensively we showed a bit more spirit \u2013 we were where we needed to be so I was happy with that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Matty Ashton scored in either half for The Wire while Josh Smith, Joe Philbin, George Williams and Sam Powell also crossed.\n<\/p>\n
\n There was also a try for James Bentley to mark the second-rower\u2019s Super League debut for the club as he stepped into the shoes of the injured Kelepi Tanginoa.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was an impressive all-round display from Bentley, and Burgess was quick to praise him as well as young front-rower Luke Thomas, who started the game in place of the injured Luke Yates.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe was very good \u2013 he had a clean game and that was his challenge,\u201d Burgess said of Bentley.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe want him to express himself but also get everything done properly and stay within the spirit of the game.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI was happy for Bentos \u2013 he\u2019s had five or six weeks where he\u2019s not been part of the group in terms of playing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLuke Thomas held his own there starting the game \u2013 everyone has their role to play and if they do that, it makes it much easier for the guy next to them.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re aware that Leigh have got a lot of injuries too at the minute \u2013 we understand that so we\u2019re staying grounded with what we\u2019re doing and looking to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wire ensured they would emerge from the Bank Holiday weekend at the summit of the still-embryonic table…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-515082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}