RICHARD Agar expects Leeds Rhinos to target Warrington Wolves’ edges when the sides meet in Super League Round 12 on Friday.

Wolves are the only team to beat Leeds so far this season, with the league leaders winning six on the bounce since defeat at The Halliwell Jones Stadium in March.

Defeat at Wigan Warriors last Thursday was Warrington’s fifth in six outings but Agar is confident Wolves will continue to improve.

“Our edges got a good workout on Thursday night,” said Wolves’ first team coach. “No doubt Leeds will have watched the videos.

“They’ll be ready to come and give those edges another good workout. We need a continuation of the improvements we’ve been showing and to do them for longer periods.

“Attacking wise we got people in the right spots and played a better structured game.

“Our kicking game, especially against a side like Wigan, was the best it’s been this season.”

Agar added: “There has been a lot of water under the bridge since we met for both teams. Leeds haven’t been beaten since that game and we’ve been in a real form dip.

“They’ll present a good challenge but it’s only six weeks ago so we know it’s definitely within us to go to Headingley and get a result.”

One man Wolves will have to control is hooker Paul Aiton, who joined Leeds from a Wakefield side coached at the time by Agar.

“One of the toughest days of my tenure there was when we sold Paul Aiton to Leeds,” added Agar.

“It wasn’t really a move I saw coming, we were all pretty disappointed at the time and I’m not sure the club ever recovered from losing the likes of Paul and Ben Cockayne.

“He’s been voted Player of the Month and Leeds have probably changed their game a little bit around Paul this year.

“That’s enabled him to flourish. He’s a very tough player and he’s really getting them rolling forward out of dummy half.

“We’re on opposition sides this week but I still look at Paul with a great deal of pride in the way he’s developed his game over the past couple of years.”

Agar also says Wolves have appreciated the extended turnaround this week, enabling him and Tony Smith more time with their troops on the training field.

“As full time professionals you are ready for any situation,” he explained. “But we were in a period where it’s coincided with our form not being great and we felt that the short turnarounds haven’t given us a chance to do a couple of things.

“That is give the boys a little bit of a rest and, also, we potentially haven’t had time to fix things up on the training field that we would have liked – it helps having one extra session.”