KEVIN Brown is confident this Warrington Wolves team will deliver on the big occasion.

The vice-captain, yearning a first trophy in a 17-year career, assures supporters that a killer play is in the team’s armoury if Sunday’s Challenge Cup semi final with Leeds Rhinos in Bolton goes down to the wire.

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Spotlight has been placed on the team’s ‘execution’, having failed to nail match-winning drop goals – mostly via Tyrone Roberts – in three of their past four outings including last Thursday’s heartbreaking loss to St Helens.

“Losing the game against Saints might, deep down, not be a bad thing in a strange way as long as we learn our lessons from that,” said the 33-year-old stand off.

“It might be taking a drop goal a little bit earlier when the pressure’s not on as much, but it might just be getting a little bit of better ball from dummy-half to Tyrone.

“I’m really confident that everything we’re doing, when a pressure situation comes, we’ll have the answers.”

After feeling the hurt of Challenge Cup Final losses with Wigan in 2004 and Huddersfield – against The Wire – in 2009, the lure of going one step further is the reason he joined Warrington from arch-rivals Widnes.

And the former England international feels with this Warrington team he has his best chance yet of not only reaching Wembley but returning home a winner.

“I feel alive again,” he said.

“When I signed for the club I think a lot of people didn’t really believe the reasons I gave.

“When I said I wasn’t coming for money, and I took a lot less money to come, people thought I was just talking rubbish.

“But I feel like I’ve done everything in the game apart from win a final.

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“I’ve been lucky enough to play for 17 years, play a lot of games, play for my country, be in dream teams, but never lifted a trophy.

“I’ve got a little family now and I’d love nothing more than to share in that moment with my family.

“I love my teammates as well, and I couldn’t think of anything better. I’d give up every other game I’ve played for winning a final.

“I think it’s the closest I’ll ever be because we’re such a good side.

“I really do believe it’s in our hands. If we can perform to our best then we shouldn’t be far off.”

Among the motivation for Brown’s half-back partner Roberts on Sunday is that this could be the Australian’s one and only chance to reach the final at Wembley, having decided to return home at the end of the year.

“Tyrone came into training today (Wednesday), put his arm around me and said: “We’re 80 minutes away!

“You could just see the excitement in him and I think in Australia the Challenge Cup more so than the Grand Final is the one that the Aussies have heard about and talk about.

“They know the importance of the Grand Final when they’re here but they know the Challenge Cup Final and know all the history behind it.

“The Challenge Cup is something they don’t have over in Australia and the players who come here tend to be right behind it.

“Tyrone’s definitely right behind it and I can see that when he’s smiling like he was, he normally comes out and produces the goods like he did in the quarter final against Wigan.

“The thing with team sports is that everyone’s got their own motivation, but also a big part of your motivation is not letting your teammates down.

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“I want to go out there and make sure I do my job, that I defend really well, that I kick well and I organise the side because that gives opportunities to other players.

“If I can do that then I’ll be really happy and there’s stuff off the back of that, like the success, that afterwards would mean a lot to my family.

“I’m really looking forward to Sunday. Just thinking about it now makes the hairs stand up on my neck and not a lot of things do that in rugby now after playing so many games.

“It’s not hard to get up for a game but it’s hard to have that extra special feeling that a cup semi final brings.

“I grew up watching Challenge Cups at Wembley.

“To be nearly 34 and having an opportunity to get to the final again is a great carrot for me.

“So I’ll be doing everything I can this week and in the game to put ourselves through and I know all my teammates will be doing the same.”

Leeds have had a number of injury concerns but Brown says he is preparing for the best they can throw at The Wire.

“In my head, I’ve got Leeds at full strength but if we play to our best I don’t think it matters,” he said.

“I believe we’ve got a fantastic side, we’re well coached, we’re tough. If we get it right we shouldn’t have to worry too much about the opposition.”

He is looking forward to the roar of the Wire support too and playing on a ground he has never appeared at before.

“The Wire fans always travel well and they’ve been great with us,” he said.

“Hopefully we can give them something to really scream and shout about.

“They’ve been fantastic all year and were really good last year when we were going through some sticky patches so it would be nice to repay that faith and give them something to really cheer about.”