Hull FC 18 Leeds Rhinos 10: Rohan Smith press conference

Leeds Rhinos coach Rohan Smith reflects on his side's defeat at Hull FC.

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00:00I thought we started really, really strongly and had the forward momentum for most of the

00:11opening exchanges.

00:13Overall we lacked care with the ball and maybe being a little more clinical on a few occasions

00:21might have found a few more points but I thought Hull scrambled exceptionally well to slow

00:28us down.

00:29In both halves we had a bunch of forward momentum, falling forward, falling through

00:34the line but we didn't capitalise on that well enough.

00:39We made a few opportunities close to the line, I thought we dealt with their shapes pretty

00:44well.

00:45We had a couple of moments where they got the ball down on the ground but overall I

00:50thought for the bulk of the game defensively we were pretty comfortable.

00:57Was that one of the most frustrating games of the season given the amount of errors often

01:01in failure to stop?

01:05Well it was frustrating today for everyone because some of our best players today had

01:11some poor moments which compounds the errors and I think that's the thing with mistakes

01:16in sport, it's trying not to compound them, making them back to back, making them at the

01:24wrong time.

01:25It's not just the whole number generally that causes an issue, it's the timing and how frequent

01:33they are.

01:37I thought we generated enough flow and forward momentum to really trouble them but we didn't

01:43get enough on the board early.