Warrington coach Tony Smith refused to get carried away after his team moved top of the Super League with a hard-fought derby win over Widnes.
The Wolves recovered from a 10-0 deficit to prevail 28-10 in a compelling encounter at the Halliwell Jones Stadium that saw them replace their neighbours at the summit.
It is Wire's best start to a campaign - seven wins from seven - for 66 years, and local enthusiasm was evident in a stadium record 15,008 crowd, but Smith wants to keep the achievement in perspective.
Smith said: "It is a nice position to be in, I can't deny that, but we don't spend a lot of time focusing on where we are in the table because we know how far there is to go. But it has been a nice start for us.
"We probably weren't at our best in the first half, we were a little bit flat, but in the second half we were very committed. We showed that on our own tryline defensively. We felt if we kept grinding away we would come home pretty strong and it turned out that way.
"But I thought Widnes tried really hard. They fought hard and made a real contest of it."
Widnes started brightly with Tom Gilmore and Rhys Hanbury tries but Warrington were level at 10-10 at half-time after Chris Sandow and Tom Lineham replies before Kurt Gidley, Ryan Atkins and Ben Currie secured victory.
The Vikings dominated the opening 10 minutes of second period but failed to capitalise and coach Denis Betts accepted they ran out of steam in what was the 250th competitive clash between the clubs.
Betts said: "We just lacked a little bit of composure, a little bit of initiative. We just tried to fall over the line.
"We had all this possession, all this territory, all the opportunities - but they came out with points. They went the length of the field. That drains your energy but that is the mark of a good side."
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