Under-fire boss Rohan Smith is confident he can win over his critics among Leeds Rhinos’ fans
Smith guided Rhinos to the 2022 Betfred Super League Grand Final just four months after taking charge, but Leeds failed to qualify last season’s play-offs and the coach has been under increasing pressure from the terraces this season. There were chants of “get out of our club” at the end of last Sunday’s game at Hull FC - despite Rhinos’ 18-12 win - and Smith was questioned about that at his weekly preview press conference today .
I’ve been in coaching for a very long period of time, I made the choice as a very young man with no playing history to take on coaching. There’s a bunch of people - including people in my family - that asked me if I was sure I wanted to do that given the nature of it, because it is difficult.
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