Leeds Rhinos captain Cameron Smith
Leeds Rhinos captain Cameron Smith looks forward to Magic Weekend at Elland Road.
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00:00How are we feeling?
00:02Nice to play here. We've played here before haven't we?
00:04Yeah, we've played here. We've been looking forward to playing here before, yeah.
00:06Yeah, it's exciting.
00:08Looking forward to it.
00:10It's a bit packed and yeah,
00:12the connection between the Finals and the League of Legends
00:14is going to make it feel good.
00:16It's going to feel like a big game as well, isn't it?
00:18Having to play in this sort of stadium.
00:20I'm looking forward to it as well.
00:22Yeah, definitely. I feel like it's just
00:24element of a play-off game.
00:26I don't know if you can hear it.
00:28Yeah, it's exciting.
00:32It is a play-off
00:34in a way, isn't it? Because the situation you're in
00:36at the moment, you more or less have to win
00:38every game.
00:40Yeah, no.
00:42We're not looking that far ahead though, to be honest mate.
00:44We'll just take it week by week
00:46and just make sure that everybody
00:48does their role to the
00:50significant standard and put ourselves in chance of winning games.
00:52Obviously, it's
00:54a tough game there. They're flying high.
00:56Do you take some confidence
00:58from a lot of the game against them a month ago?
01:00It was a poor start
01:02into the first half. Other than that, there's nothing in it.
01:04Yeah, no, definitely.
01:06I feel like we've been building on performances
01:08of recent and
01:10we'll do a big win.
01:12Last week, we had a really good win
01:14and we're
01:16getting a feel for the momentum
01:18and playing with some confidence.
01:20Obviously, you were watching
01:22from the stands against Wigan
01:24but that's the sort of performance you'd want to take
01:26into a game like this, isn't it?
01:28Yeah, definitely.
01:30It makes a week a whole
01:32different upbeat.
01:34A few of the boys
01:36had a debut and a few young
01:38kids play, so that's really promising.
01:40We're just excited, mate.
01:42Jared Kane came in, obviously,
01:44in your position. Brad's just said
01:46that you'll be straight back, so
01:48no drama there, but it's good to have
01:50the competition, isn't it, throughout the squad?
01:52Yeah, of course.
01:54That's what we're aiming to build.
01:56It's not necessarily about who's not
01:58playing. It's who can step in and
02:00do the same
02:02role, if not better,
02:04but to a specific standard.
02:06What's
02:08changed under Brad?
02:10Is he
02:12making major changes or is it just a case of
02:14fine-tuning a few things?
02:16Just details and
02:18holding people accountable to performances.
02:20The boys have
02:22really
02:24took it literal in terms
02:26of doing your job.
02:28We know that if everybody does the job,
02:30then it gives our X-Factor players
02:32a chance to shine.
02:34That's pretty much it, mate.
02:36Everybody I've spoken to has mentioned accountability.
02:38What does that mean in practical terms?
02:40In the case of going out, you've given a job to do
02:42and going out and having to do it.
02:44Yeah, and then having to be held to it if you don't.
02:46If you don't, you're not going to
02:48be in the team the week after.
02:50Yeah, that's pretty much it.
02:54You say you're not looking too far
02:56ahead at the table.
02:58Is the six
03:00still on, do you think, or is that literally not
03:02coming to your mind?
03:04Yeah, of course it's still on.
03:06We're not
03:08looking that too far ahead, but
03:10we'll focus on getting the
03:12wins in the short term and what we can do in the week
03:14to put ourselves in the best position to win.
03:16But yeah,
03:18it's definitely on, mate.
03:20All the boys are focused
03:22and ready to rip in on Saturday.
03:24Yeah, no worries.