BETWEEN now and the end of the season it is all about respect as far as Andrew Gee is concerned.

Prop forward Gee, one of the most respected in the Australian and world game, made the point after Warrington Wolves' second win in a row on Sunday.

He said: "We've got to win the remaining games to get a bit of respect for next year."

Gee, man of the match against Salford, was pleased with the team's defensive effort which helped to put some pride back into the club after the woeful previous home display against Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants.

The former Brisbane Broncos star said: "We handed Salford three tries off kicks but they barely busted us.

"We had had a couple of unlucky bounces from kicks that led to the tries but the boys stayed positive and didn't hang their heads like they have been doing.

"The talk was good and in the second half we did what Darryl asked. The result was that we nilled Salford in the second half and scored some good tries.

"Once we get forward off Lee Briers and Tawera Nikau we can normally do that kind of thing, specially with having players like Toa Kohe-Love outside of them.

"If we get ourselves forward we have a good chance of winning most games because of those three players."

Wolves boss Van de Velde was pleased with the second half too.

He said: "At half-time I asked the players to show more urgency in defending kicks. We had let Salford dictate where they were going to kick the ball.

"Our markers had not been putting any pressure on their kickers and Salford came up with three tries as a result.

"But after a flat start I was happy with the second half performance."

Van de Velde agreed the turning point of the game was Kohe-Love's massive tackle on Salford's huge prop Paul Southern as he headed for the try line at the start of the second half, when Salford were leading 18-10.

The Wolves boss said: "It was a huge turning point and it was a brilliant try-saving tackle. Southern was going forward with a full head of steam and Toa pulled him back off the line. On the next set of six tackles we then scored."

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