Defiant boss Rohan Smith reckons Leeds Rhinos have played some “really good” rugby this season and will be better for the “tough times” they are now facing.
Rhinos head to Hull FC on Sunday having lost five of their nine competitive fixtures in 2024, including last week’s 30-24 home defeat by Huddersfield Giants when they twice squandered a 12-point lead. Pressure will ramp up if Leeds can’t beat second-bottom Hull, but Smith says he has seen enough from his eighth-placed team to suggest they will climb the Betfred Super League ladder. “We need to get out there and play well,” Smith said of Sunday’s challenge.
We are still a new group, this is a new way of doing things with a vastly different team and we are nine games in. “It is important you go through some tough times and some adversity, that’s how teams are built. We are disappointed and not happy with the way we missed some opportunities to get some more results, but we are also positive about the periods when we have been good.
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