THERE has been plenty of reaction from players, coaches and fans after Warrington Wolves saw off a much-changed Leeds Rhinos side last night.
First of all, here's what Steve Price had to say...
“We found a way to hang in there and we found it tough when Sitaleki was sin-binned.
“We told them to think “run first, pass second” at half time and opportunities would present themselves.
“We set high expectations here and our execution still needs to get better. We fully understand that.
“As we built into the game, the floodgates started to open and points started to present themselves.”
> Read and watch what the Wire boss thought of the game in full here
Co-captain Chris Hill paid the Leeds youngsters that played a big compliment...
Wins a win. Massive respect to the youngsters @leedsrhinos be some quality lads coming through next couple of years. If 2020 has shown us anything it’s there’s a lot of young talent in Super league.
— Chris Hill (@Chrishilly1987) October 14, 2020
Ben Currie seemed reflective about a break in which he tried to score himself rather than finding one of the support options...
Pass the ball Ben! 🤦🏻♂️
— Ben Currie (@BenoCurrie) October 13, 2020
But teammates queued up to pay tribute to Toby King after he made his 100th Wire appearance...
Congrats to my mate @TobyKing96 on 100 games for the wire tonight very underrated player top class every week 🙌🐺🔶🔷
— Daryl Clark (@Darylclark9) October 13, 2020
Congrats @TobyKing96 on his 100th appearance for the wire!! 👏🏻👏🏻 killed it tonight and plenty more to come! #LeftSide
— Ben Currie (@BenoCurrie) October 13, 2020
Congrats @TobyKing96 on game 💯 mah man, your one of a kind 👊🏽 #KingOfHighBalls
— Sitaleki Akauola (@Moala7Akauola) October 13, 2020
Congrats @TobyKing96 on the hundy club, ur the man mate ✌🏼
— Danny (@dannyjoewalker) October 14, 2020
Congrats @TobyKing96 on the 💯 lad. Class act 😘
— Dec Patton (@DecPatton7) October 14, 2020
> IN PICTURES: Smile for the camera, Toby! How King celebrated his 100th appearance in style
Supporters on our Warrington Wolves - Warrington Guardian Facebook page had their say, too...
Al Worrall: Glad to get the win and move up to 3rd obviously but that first half was embarrassing to watch in all honesty. Apart from King's try we just seemed out of sorts and struggled to contain an eager young Leeds side. The introduction of Daz Clarke in the second half gave us a much needed lift and thankfully steadied the ship better although it still wasn't perfect. A bit of fatigue maybe from crammed matches and the last few losses? Hopefully this 13 day turnaround should give us the time to rest, fix things up tighter and prepare for the important push towards the end of the season.
Johnnie Two-Shots: Thank heavens for Daz Clarke, changed the game
Mike Davies: Poor first 50 mins, but massive difference once Clark came on.
Could and should have won by more but a wins a win. Just concerned we won't see Sita for a few weeks now.
Lee Chambers: Better than last week.
> VOTE: Choose your Wire man of the match from win over Leeds
Win is a Win @WarringtonRLFC far from convincing tonight! Warrington in the past few games have been far from clinical enough, if The Wire want to make a serious charge for the Grand Final we need to be a lot better! Fair play to @leedsrhinos youngsters they dug in #SLWarLee
— Rob Croston (@crosto85) October 13, 2020
Feeling miserable about lock down but cheered up when Warrington Wolves smashed Leeds 32-6 Billiant
— Dave Cargill (@Cunardyank1955) October 13, 2020
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