George Williams on Warrington Wolves' trip to Leigh Leopards

That is the bold prediction of half-back George Williams, who is anticipating a hotly-contested game between two in-form sides at Leigh Sports Village.

The Wire return to Super League action looking to maintain their four-point lead at the top of the table as the halfway mark of the campaign approaches.

Standing in their way is a Leopards side who have propelled themselves into play-off contention by winning their past four league games – five in all competitions having seen off Wakefield Trinity in the Challenge Cup last time out.

Despite Leigh’s fine recent form, however, Williams is confident of victory if he and his teammates put what they have been working on into practice.

Williams in action against Leigh Leopards during The Wire's 38-20 victory at The Halliwell Jones Stadium in March (Image: Mike Boden)

“I think they’ve surprised everybody,” the England captain said of Friday’s opponents.

“Coming up from the Championship, it’s a big step-up in quality to Super League but fair play to Leigh, they’ve done really well.

“They recruited well so it perhaps wasn’t about the quality of their squad, more like whether they could pull it all together in a short period of time but they’ve done that well.

“It will be physical but we believe that if we play how we want to play, we’ll win. There’s no arrogance in that – it’s just pure confidence.

“We believe we beat Leigh on Friday if we’re at our best. That’s how I see it.

“It’s going to be a tough game and Leigh will have some confidence – they will fancy their chances and we fancy ours, so it should be a great game on Friday night.”

Williams, who will have a new half-back partner at Leigh Sports Village due to Josh Drinkwater’s suspension, will of course be a key part of The Wire’s bid to breach the Leopards’ rearguard.

Opening up opposition defences is not something Wolves are struggling with having scored an average of just over 26 points per game in Super League so far, but the stand-off agreed with head coach Daryl Powell’s statement that things could look more fluent with the ball.

However, Williams says the team are guarded against hitting top gear too soon as they look to put themselves in the best position to challenge for honours in the coming months.

“I don’t think we’ve been perfect, but I don’t think rugby league is perfect,” he said.

“The good thing at the moment is that even though we’re not playing as well as we’d like, we’re still happy with where we’re at and the improvements we’ve made.

“Sometimes, it doesn’t really matter how it looks or whether or not you’re in top gear as long as you’re winning games.

“Powelly is looking to be a perfectionist, which you almost have to be as a coach, and we are always looking to get better.

“We’re always looking at the finer details of things and try and make things as good as we can, but we’re still managing to score plenty of points.

“We’re not exactly struggling in that area even though we think we can do better.

“We believe in what we’re doing. The win against Hull KR was a big one – they had been going really well and had beaten some big teams so it was a good test of character for us having gone 12-0 down.

“Then at the weekend, we’d gone behind with not long left against a good Catalans side but found a way to come back.

“We’re not firing on all cylinders for the full 80 minutes but if we get our game right, we feel like we can beat anyone.

“We don’t want to peak too early as it’s a long year – hopefully we can show our best at the end of the year when it really matters.”