Wakefield Trinity coach Daryl Powell reacts to the 18-16 Bopxing Day loss at Leeds Rhinos.
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00:00Just been able to take plenty from that.
00:07Yeah, I mean I thought we started poorly and I thought Leeds were really good physically in the first half.
00:15A couple of reasons for that.
00:18The starting pack out there, we had a pretty strong East team I think from the start but I don't think we handled it well.
00:27The second half was pretty pleased, thought the young players did well and we tidied up a little bit after half-time.
00:34So yeah, he's pleasing. Obviously we play Leeds round one as well so it gives you a decent look at the way they're going to play with everybody in there.
00:43So it was an interesting game and it looked like we might win it at the end but rugby balls tend to bounce different ways don't they?
00:51So yeah, it was unfortunate but it is what it is.
00:55Considering your late start to pre-season because of the late finish to the last one, that was a decent effort in terms of defence, wasn't it?
01:04The spirit and the way you took your chances in the second half.
01:08Yeah, I thought Noah Bowen, he took a super fast chance in the second half and he's come through us from Moyton and we think he's a centre.
01:19We'll check in and see how he develops in playing the champ this year which will be great for him.
01:24Just for the team, I think we all went in there and found a way back into the game.
01:31It looked like we were going to slip away pretty heavily from us but I thought we did well to get control.
01:40We took an opportunity with the intercept which opened us up a little bit there.
01:46The game is about taking opportunities and we got ourselves into a decent position before that finish.
01:52I'm pretty pleased, I think.
01:54Three things, young players, getting a look at them and for them playing at Headingley is phenomenal isn't it?
02:00It's such a great place to play.
02:02We get a look at ourselves and some of the things we need to perhaps work on a little bit more than we might have thought
02:09and then we get a real good look at Leeds.
02:12It couldn't have been any better really, I don't think, from all those perspectives.
02:16Did everyone get through healthy?
02:18We got a couple of knocks but I don't think there's anything too bad.
02:21A few bodies tightened up which you'd expect in these games.
02:25There's more stress on the bodies than you're going to get in training.
02:30But I don't think there's anything major, I think we're okay.
02:33Thanks, Tom.