Coach Lois Forsell reflects on Leeds Rhinos' loss to St Helens in the Betfred Women's Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
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00:00 Lewis, obviously that's a tough one to take.
00:04 Yeah, tough obviously.
00:07 Turned up at Wembley to win but we weren't going to win on the day.
00:10 We said to the better team, so I think full congratulations to them.
00:14 But we weren't smart enough at getting key areas.
00:17 We need to take our opportunities and look at the back half to Nehru's
00:21 and some areas that just kind of made the game run away with us.
00:27 Was the disallowed try early on and then the fact that they scored soon afterwards,
00:31 was that a big turning point?
00:33 I think so. I don't think it's...
00:35 Obviously, get the points on the board and that disallowed try,
00:38 but also take the opportunities that came before that and just shortly after that.
00:42 You get points on the board early doors against that same team
00:45 and they probably do come a little bit more nervy.
00:48 The opposite of that is on us.
00:52 The areas were uncharacteristic, weren't they?
00:55 Your side doesn't normally play like that.
00:58 No, a few individual errors.
01:01 Not quite doing what we've put into practice at training,
01:05 so it's frustrating and disappointing.
01:07 Did you see it coming or are you a bit shocked that it never really happened?
01:13 I don't think that's the true account of itself.
01:18 I think that it obviously is because that's how it ended up coming to form.
01:21 I just think that knowing the potential we've got, knowing the players we've got,
01:25 we've got more in us than that, but we didn't turn up as a collective and we just weren't good enough.
01:30 Do you think the occasion got to them?
01:33 I don't know. I think turning up in the Champions Cup final is a big occasion.
01:37 I think it's been a big week. It's been quite an emotional week.
01:39 There's been a lot of different influences on the week.
01:42 But I think it marched the opportunities early doors
01:46 and just sticking to the process and doing hard-working, individual jobs.
01:51 Thanks, Flores.