And having already recorded two convincing home victories over the Black and Whites this season, he insists facing them at this latest stage of their rebuild will see them tested more sternly.
The Wire are aiming to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions when they visit the MKM Stadium – a run that pales into insignificance when compared to the run their hosts had been on.
They had lost 11 matches in a row in all competitions before finally recording their second victory of the campaign last time out by beating Leeds Rhinos 18-10.
Both matches between the two at The Halliwell Jones Stadium will probably be remembered for the wrong reasons, with Warrington’s 36-10 Round Two win marred by the highly controversial sending-off of Hull’s Nu Brown following an accidental clash of heads with Ben Currie.
Subsequently, Wire emerged victorious in Round 10 (24-6) despite losing an interchange due to an inconsistency in their team’s selection. Burgess was incensed about this and even got into a brawl with Richie Myler, the current director of rugby at Hull and a former scrum-half for Wolves.
“I think we’ll see the best of them on Saturday. I thought they were energetic and played hard for each other against Leeds, so we’re expecting a tough contest.”
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