We'll have a better idea where we are after the Huddersfield game, but for now we've put a significant marker down.

Excellent across the board, but Vaughan was immense - a real leaders performance that bodes very well.

That performance by Wire tonight was good enough for me to say that they will be up there at the end of season, barring any bad luck with injuries and any suspensions.

Vaughan brilliant Williams brilliant the rest just a tad behind... fantastic.enjoyed tonight dare we dream

He was urging the fans on to every time he came to the sticks.
It was an Andrew Johns moment for him. You could see he loved every minute of it.

You mean we didn’t have injuries and suspension?

Big test v Hudds next week. If we lose though, it's only the 2nd game and there's lost of development to go. As long as the effort's in like tonight, then there's much hope.

Very encouraging. I don't think Leeds put our more vulnerable areas out wide under any pressure at all, so not getting too excited just yet. But we completely destroyed them in the middle of the field.

I think you know what I mean.

Very very good display.
First half almost faultless.
A bit sloppy in the 2nd half, but understandable. (Mikaele switched off For the 2nd try).
Not good about Nicholson.

Vaughan was immense, truly immense. Bullock made massive yards. Harrison and Kasiano caused Leeds all sorts of problems.
Great to see.
Don't think anyone had a poor game.

Leeds blown away from early on and could never recover.
They look light in the pack compared to us.

Too early to get too excited, but it's a hell of a lot better than last years win in the first match where the quality level was appalling.

I'm reyt ed off they kept him so long for the interviews, he missed what would have been an amazing walk around, he's a machine, him Harrison, bullock and kasiano were great tonight

Speaking of vulnerability out wide, I was really impressed by matty ashtons defence tonight. On that showing he won't be a defensive weak link.

Was going to post this earlier. Perfect technique on some big guys. No wonder they rate him behind the scenes.

Vaughny was the leader we've been missing. It was as much of the unspoken things as the comms he was doing. I don't think it'll be a conflict with Ratch, noted he was calling for 2 early doors but was overruled.

Fair play to Tommy M too, looked trim and a great option at starting prop. The yards we were making was refreshing to see.

Think Powell will point at the first 20 of the 2nd half and want them to push more....unless they were trying a game management phase, turn over on their line X times in a row

All in all great performance and comical to see Myler have such a stinker.

It's been too long, but it finally feels like we've got our Wire back. That first half was magnificent, and Vaughan was just exceptional.

Great Display from us all round, energy and drive across the team. Great first round from us and hopefully it continues.
Vaughan and Bullock were unreal, but all the forwards did great for us. Just a very happy man at the minute

One swallow and all that, but it's a level of performance that we've been waiting for for quite some time, way too long, really.

Leeds were poor. but it's amazing what a difference playing on the front foot makes. The game's a lot easier playing in the opposition half without having to deal with kick pressure.

Drinkwater and Williams look like a balanced pair, and everyone's mentioned the standout pack performers, but the biggest plus for me was that we seem to have a TEAM .

Onwards and hopefully upwards

Impressive start from the Wire. You looked very sharp and your pack was excellent, which it's not been during Super League at least. Vaughn looks a special player and I think he'll thoroughly enjoy Super League, it suits him down to the ground. He was good in the NRL, but with the generally smaller packs in Super League he'll thrive. Drinkwater and Williams look as good a partnership as you've had in the halves as well. Good times ahead, certainly in with a shout this year on that evidence. I'll caveat that a little until you play someone half decent as that Leeds lineup and performance was amongst the worst I've seen in Super League. They have recruited horrifically this season again, whoever is in charge of that at Leeds is doing a terrible job. They simply don't have a pack, even if you throw Oledzski and Bentley in, it's not going to lift things much. Myler is awful, years beyond his best and nowhere near Super League level, embarssing from him tonight. How they've not dealt with Tetavano and Fusitua yet either is beyond me, neither have any interest in being there.

But Wire's recruitment and battalion of new signings were not the most impressive thing about you tonight. I thought you'd recruited well and expected an improvement over last season. But I wasn't expecting the level of fitness and conditioning that was evident tonight. That was the most impressive thing about that display. You looked like a team battle hardened and hitting play off speed. You didn't do all that much in terms of elaborate rugby first half, you were just so much sharper and intense than Leeds and they couldn't cope. I suspect Wigan will be bricking it, they'd expected to take over from Saints this year, but your pack will liklely obliterate theirs. Throwing all their eggs in the Field and French basket rather than signing two big props looks a big mistake.

Hopefully Huddersfield are equally impressive and we could end up with a proper multi-team battle at the top of the table this year.

Well done to all involved, all the positivity for Leeds after the GF appearance looks a little premature. Their 9 signings against our six for this season had gulf in quality. Sezer, Austin and Myler looked clueless.

Agreed with all this. But i was impressed with Warringtons line speed when defending, Saints and Wigan do it the best.
Looking good Warrington, hope you and Paul V can keep it up

Fair play, a verybalanced view. Obviously Much bigger tests to come!

Wow! That first half blew away a lot of the gloom and despondency from last season. It was the quiet determination that most impressed me.
Vaughan may not be in the leadership group but what a leader by example.
Hard not to get giddy but next week likely to be a much tougher test.’
Just think Powelly has to try and squeeze in Maguire and Dudson at some point!

Pretty sure we’ve had some excellent packs in the SL era, or did you mean recently? It was only last year that most fans of other clubs were questioning why we’d let Hill, Cooper et al leave, so they can’t have been rated that badly?

On the evidence of last night though (which admittedly is way too early to make a proper judgement) this is a very balanced pack. Looking forward to seeing what McGuire can add too, if he keeps his mouth shut. And Dudson of course.

Aside all the improvements in attitude, size etc I also thought our passing (especially from dummy half) seemed a lot slicker than last season when it was ropey at best.

I'd like to see Wrench in this team too as some elusiveness in the centres would really add some potency to the attack.

Leeds were woeful and Hudds will be a very good side this year so not getting carried away. Vaughan making a good start to cult status.

I disagree, we had a great pack 2010 to 2012 and exceptional in 2011. Probably a prop short if being picky, however, we lost a GF from being cheated out of it with a dirty Wane injury tactic on Ratchford, and Smith leaving Hodgson out.

Just a caveat to the last 20 to 30 minutes. Sky and jenna Brooks did say that we did some tinkering positional wise. People not playing in the preferred position.
Not too bad. Even in that last 20-30 minutes. We scrambled well and kept Leeds out.
The 2 tries were positional errors from us. Which would be understandable that you may drop off slightly with fatigue and intensity after the high impact intensity 1st half and 1st 10 minutes. You really couldn't hold that high level intensity for so long. You need that breather.

Side note. I think it was 2 missed tackles all match. Which resulted in the tries.

Great effort from everyone and fingers crossed that's just the starting point and will allow us to kick on