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'Burgess deal & Bateman arrival add to Wire buzz'

George WIlliams BBC Sport Columnist

England captain and Warrington stand-off George Williams takes BBC Sport inside the Wire camp after a big couple of weeks for those in primrose and blue in Super League.

There are plenty of smiles about Warrington right now after back-to-back wins over old rivals St Helens and reigning champions Wigan.

In addition, the boss Sam Burgess has extended his contract for an extra year and an old mate of mine in John Bateman has ed until the end of the season.

Going to St Helens and Wigan is always tough, and for the group the benefit has been more about belief. We were beaten by Wigan in the Challenge Cup final and then had a rough couple of weeks after that because of confidence, so we've got that belief back now.

We're not getting carried away because there is still a lot to play for and a lot of games to be played. But it's a good place to be.

Matt Dufty is playing really well so he's feeling himself at the minute. He's really good around the place, bouncing from wall-to-wall but then he's playing like that too, so he's backing it up. But he's giving a lot of chat too.

Sam's done a really good job in that sense. Matt definitely didn't play as good as he is now and certainly not in the NRL so we're starting to see the best of him. He's also bought into what Sam is trying to achieve.

He's always been a good individual player but he's starting to do the team stuff too and his individual work is standing out more so. He's been really good for us.

Me and him do a lot of video together, [assistant coach] Martin Gleeson likes to call us 'The Flies' as we buzz around each other and we've got to follow each other, so we've got a good combination.

Burgess 'understands what top players need'

Sam's new deal is a big coup for Warrington. He's been brilliant. The biggest thing with Sam is he's not long out of it.

He was an elite player and that doesn't always make you an elite coach, but he is, he understands what the players need at certain times.

Sometimes it's hard to have a conversation with the coach when we as a group are sore, we don't need to train today and a lot of coaches don't get it. With Sam, if the senior group say "we're flagging a bit after a tough game against Wigan, why don't we do a recovery session on a Monday">