Leeds Rhinos prospect Tom Nicholson-Watton reflects on the win v Catalans Dragons and his season so far.
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00:00It's probably no strange how you got infested, wasn't it? You were really enjoying yourself, weren't you?
00:04Yeah, it was good. I was expecting to do what I did last week and the week before, 10 minutes each side of it,
00:09half-time, and spoke about it in the week, me and Brad, some stuff that I needed to improve on, some concentration and detail.
00:19I was getting it right, got a lot of times getting it right, and it was good to know that Brad trusted me and left me out there for a decent period.
00:26And in a tight game as well, that's going to be a bit of a confidence boost.
00:29Yeah, it was good knowing that he trusted me to do my job and always got round me after the game and said I did a good job, so it's a massive level of confidence boost.
00:39Is it home now to kick on and try and keep your place in the team for the last four games?
00:43Yeah, hopefully I'm doing enough to keep my spot. We might have some players coming back and I'm not completely understanding over that,
00:51but hopefully I've proved that I can compete at this level and stay in the same spot.
00:55Do you feel you're developing as a player? You're a better player now than you were for Sandwich?
01:00Definitely, yeah. I've played six or seven matches with Björn, so it's half years now.
01:06No, it was good to know that I can compete at this level and I'm definitely a better player than I was last year.
01:13You're obviously enjoying yourself out there. I saw your enthusiasm when you got the knock-on, you were leaping about.
01:18It looked like you were playing with a smile on your face.
01:22Yeah, it's just good knowing that I can have an impact on the team and hopefully get some stuff going out here.
01:29The excitement and spark that we've got in our hearts and on the edge can make something happen because middles do our job.
01:36It's just a celebration of us doing our job as a middle and then a good thing will come off of that.
01:41You've actually been the patient this year, haven't you? You've been in the 21 most weeks, but obviously not had that much game time until recently.
01:48I'm just waiting for my opportunity. I knew when I got given the opportunity I had to grab it with both hands and have a proper dig and prove that I can compete.
01:58I think I've already scored it and hopefully I can just keep my foot in the spot and play as I go.
02:06This is a big win for the team.
02:10You're right in that race for the top six.
02:14I'm not looking at the top six really. For me, I want to improve every week and I look at my video and have a chat with Brad about all the things I can improve on.
02:23It will just build to the next game for me.
02:25Do you enjoy working with Brad?
02:27Yeah, it's great. The level of detail and accountability that he has.
02:31Even amongst a playing group, he'll make the players a little more accountable.
02:34He's made everyone aware of what he wants and if we are doing that then the boys will pick us up on it and Brad will pick us up on it.
02:41He did that last week. We had a chat about my detail and concentration and I'm getting a bit tired.
02:46I like to think I did a good job on it this week.