THERE is individual quality aplenty within the Warrington Wolves dressing room, of that there can be no doubt.

It is quality that, on nine days out of 10, is too much for a side still in its formative stages like London Broncos to live with.

As everyone who has followed The Wire in recent years will know, however, it has been the mental side of the game that has held them back.

Sam Burgess admitted as much in his post-match press conference following this Challenge Cup tie, acknowledging that drilling down into those issues and fixing them was perhaps the biggest and most important part of his job.

The evidence shown in this Challenge Cup stroll shows he is starting to make progress on that front. This was never going to be that “tenth day” and that was largely due to the professional attitude Warrington showed.

Of course, that should be a given every week but there’s been too many occasions in the recent past where that has been called into question. To that end, it’s a good start.

If they avoided showing up with the mindset of only needing to leave the dressing room to win, this was a game that should have been comfortable for them and while they were tested more than they were in the capital six days prior, that is ultimately what it was.

Sure, they didn’t hit 50 like they did last time – they would have done were it not for missing six of their nine conversion attempts – but this victory, slogged out in putrid conditions as opposed to the placid day and fast track that greeted them in London, was every bit as convincing.

Every time they crossed halfway, they looked as though they could score in a game they led pretty much from the off, with Josh Thewlis capitalising on a horrendous mistake from Broncos winger Lee Kershaw to touch down inside the first minute.

They were tested more defensively this week but for the most part, they were well-organised and connected without the ball and when they had to scramble, they did so impressively.

In all, there was plenty for Burgess to be happy about – no points conceded, points continuing to flow despite the absence of his two first-choice half-backs, the squad looking healthier with the returns of Rodrick Tai and Matty Nicholson and the ability to limit starting middles James Harrison and Paul Vaughan to short stints, thus preserving them for what is to come.

The on-field tests are about to go up a notch. Are Wire ready for it? That remains to be seen, but Burgess can feel assured that, mentally at least, his players look dialled-in.