Our Warriors took care of business on Saturday night in Wellington and while there were many positives from the Warriors' performance, it must be noted that the Bulldogs weren't overly flash. They certainly weren't as good as the Bulldogs team that beat the Storm the week before, perhaps thanks to the Bulldogs being one of the more inconsistent NRL teams, almost as inconsistent as the Warriors.

This is all about our Warriors though and they showed up with a far better attitude, especially defensively and were rewarded. This wasn't one of those fabulous wins that causes fans/silly media to pile on the bandwagon, firing expectations into the sky, nah this was one of those 'find a way to win' sort of wins. Of late it has felt as though the Warriors somehow find a way to lose these games, it was nice to have a few things go the way of the Warriors, take Michael Lichaa's horrible pass to Josh Reynolds for example.

Any time the Warriors miss less tackles than their opponent, it's a good time. The Doggies missed 29 tackles to 23 from the Warriors, the Doggies also conceded more penalties than the Warriors with 8 vs 5 and if any team keeps helping the Warriors work their way down the field and miss that many tackles, like the Bulldogs then the Warriors, or this specific Warriors team is good enough to make their opponent pay.

'This specific Warriors team' is crucial as there a few notable changes that had a massive influence on the Warriors' performance. First and foremost was Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's knee injury, which saw Thomas Leuluai come on in the halves and Tuimoala Lolohea move to fullback. Obviously it sucks that Tuivasa-Sheck will likely be out for a while and it's very much a worst case scenario with regards to Tuivasa-Sheck's move back to Auckland, both for Tuivasa-Sheck himself and the Warriors who will have a large chunk of their salary cap on the sideline now.

That sucks, however the Warriors' depth at the moment ensures that it's easy to put a positive spin on this. I've got Lolohea's best position as fullback and in Lolohea the Warriors have a young bloke who could set the NRL on fire from fullback ... instead of Tuivasa-Sheck.

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It will be interesting to see Andrew McFadden's selection for this week, which I'll explore later in the week. Against the Doggies, Lolohea slotted into fullback and the Warriors lost nothing with Lolohea offering just as much as Tuivasa-Sheck. Yup, I'm the leader of the Tui fan club, you're more than welcome to join.

Leuluai's move into the halves was interesting, mainly because of what he didn't do as he hung out on the left edge. Leuluai got into dummy half a lot, giving Issac Luke a breather for a few tackles, however Leuluai didn't take a single kick, nor did he take any touches away from Shaun Johnson. In the 64 minutes that Leuluai was on the park, he had 30 touches while Johnson had 59 touches with Johnson taking control of this team, which was the second-most pleasing aspect of the Warriors' win.

Before this game, I questioned Johnson's ability to control a game of footy and produce his magic. It would be silly to get overly excited because it's one game, yet Johnson did exactly what I wanted as he was consistently at first-receiver where he dictated proceedings. This either came with Johnson passing immediately, or more potently with Johnson scooting, probing even though he was merely sparking a passing movement. Watch here as Johnson runs, using his speed and stepping-threat to engage defenders before passing...

When people say that they want Johnson to run the footy, we need to clarify whether we want Johnson taking tough hit ups or just scooting around as he is there. I love when Johnson is running like this because every NRL team knows what a gun runner Johnson is so they must pay attention to him, which then gives Johnson a bit of extra time and space to set up someone else to ask questions with a strong carry.

As I've said all season, Johnson is the key benefactor of Luke running the footy as well. I noted this as Johnson's best game so far this season and Luke ran 9 times for 79m with 4 tackle busts, now that's the Luke that I know and love ... and who Johnson must love as well.

Johnson also had his best game, behind a Warriors forward pack who had their best game collectively which is no coincidence. It's also no coincidence that the Warriors forward pack had their best game, when Jacob Lillyman had his best game of the season off the bench.

Lillyman was immense, worthy of his State Of Origin status and actually ran with intent, taking 15 carries in 43 minutes for 171m. Lillyman averaged 11.4m per-carry which was better than David Klemmer (9.53m), James Graham (7.7m) and Sam Kasiano (10m) along with the rest of the Doggies' forward pack.

This was the sort of display that the Warriors forward pack need to roll out weekly and the Warriors' inconsistent nature stems from the up and down nature of their forwards. Up to this point, Ben Matulino (120m from 12 carries in 45 minutes) had been the only forward to pass 100m consistently and he again served that up, only this time it came with Bodene Thompson's 111m (welcome back, loved his work), Simon Mannering's 117m (along with 52 tackles) and Lillyman's much improved effort.

Now when you combine that with what should be a staple of the Warriors - all of the back five running for more than 100m (even Jonathan Wright!), there's some go forward, quick play-the-balls and momentum that makes the Warriors hard to stop. Only two of the Bulldogs' back five passed 100m.

This was a nice win and it ticked many boxes, it's no use to anyone in one-off perfomances however. We've all been here before, admiring a good game from our Warriors only to be let down the following week as they slump back into shitty habits so don't get overly excited just yet. That's the key to avoiding the rollercoaster of emotions as I reckon we spark that rollercoaster up ourselves getting too hyped/depressed after a win/loss.