Coach Rohan Smith gives his thoughts on Leeds Rhinos' 22-12 Super League defeat at Hull KR.
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00:00 Tough game, very competitive, very heavy track that was given away.
00:08 So some of the footy that was played, credit to both teams there at times in those conditions.
00:16 I thought we defended their edge plays really well, defended our goal line.
00:23 Obviously the last try kick was clever play, clever player is Tyrone May.
00:31 The other two tries on another day, I thought the last slap forward or tip from Gildart
00:40 was clearly forward on the replay.
00:43 Not sure where the touch judge was on that one.
00:45 At that stage of the game I thought we were doing well.
00:54 I don't actually know the rule to be honest, does that count as a pass?
00:58 But he never actually had possession so I don't know, I'll check the actual rules there.
01:04 The other one, the kick at the post was a nice play and we had people around it but
01:08 just missed out on that one.
01:09 So I thought we limited their opportunities a lot, we competed well, thought we overcame
01:16 some obstacles during the game, looked calm and composed.
01:20 Brave, brave defending, two lots of 12 men tonight.
01:27 Which everyone's going to be playing with 12 men for periods of every game most likely
01:33 if it keeps going.
01:34 Which you're talking about duty of care and then we're asking 12 men to do the job of
01:41 13 and then opening up the spaces more which also makes it harder to defend.
01:46 But I love the way we battled through those periods and competed hard and the bravery,
01:52 Croft doing that kick when they weren't ready for it and he still did it and nailed it.
01:58 That courage to do those types of plays is something that's hard to find and I'm glad
02:03 to have that within our group and we'll get better, we'll get plenty of results if we
02:07 keep playing like that.