\n However, he labelled criticism of his middle unit \u201cdisrespectful\u201d after a display in which his side struggled to contain a physical Catalans Dragons outfit.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite going into a 10-0 lead in the first half and retaking a 16-10 advantage in the second, The Wire fell to their second \u2013 and by far heaviest \u2013 loss of 2026 to date as a rampant Dragons side ran in 28 unanswered second-half points at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.\n<\/p>\n
\n The platform for Catalans\u2019 fightback came via a pack that enjoyed a clear physical advantage on the night, but Burgess insists he retains faith that his forwards can handle Super League\u2019s bigger middle units, albeit he did admit his side were clearly second-best in that area.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI think so, yeah,\u201d he said when asked whether or not immediate criticism of his pack for a lack of size was unfair.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe lost a game against a very good side. I understand the question but it\u2019s maybe a bit disrespectful to the team.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He continued: \u201cWe lost the game in a lot of areas tonight, moreso the physical side.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI must say I thought Catalans were very good \u2013 they played with a lot of energy and they made us pay for it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had a tough period in the first half and we didn\u2019t manage well out of the back of that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLike when we win well, we bring ourselves back down to Ground Zero and go again.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n After Jake Thewlis and George Williams had established an early lead for the visitors, Matty Ashton\u2019s sin-binning proved to be a turning point and Catalans pulled level while he was off the field.\n<\/p>\n
\n And although Warrington did retake the lead upon his return through Josh Thewlis\u2019 long-range try, Burgess admitted how things caught up with them quickly as Les Dracs motored clear.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThat period itself wasn\u2019t where we lost it, but we didn\u2019t manage well after it,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAlthough we were 10-0 up, we didn\u2019t quite look ourselves. We didn\u2019t have that same energy that we\u2019ve been bringing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve played eight or nine games now and these things do happen, so we need to reset and go again.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The result \u2013 and the manner in which it came about \u2013 is a clear blow to the early-season momentum Warrington had built courtesy of eight wins from nine competitive matches.\n<\/p>\n
\n But with a huge clash with Wigan Warriors just six days away, Burgess insists it is not a result or performance they will panic about.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen we win well, we stay level and it\u2019s the same when we lose,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ll take out the game what we need and look at things we need to improve.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cA lot of them are really simple \u2013 in terms of effort areas, we weren\u2019t quite pushing as hard as we have been off the ball and defensively, we lost the collision.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI thought Catalans were very good \u2013 they had a lot of youthful energy out there with two great halves and they made us pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, he labelled criticism of his middle unit \u201cdisrespectful\u201d after a display in which his side struggled to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-538711","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\/538711","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=538711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}