Leeds Rhinos, coach Brad Arthur speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s game v Catalans Dragons.
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00:00Do you think the Spain players in year 21, have they got a good chance of the internship tomorrow?
00:07Mate, Lachie is still another week away, so Lachie won't play. But, yeah, Frawles is good, got through, we trained today, Crofty is good, so they're good to go.
00:18How much of a boost is it in terms of those experienced guys?
00:21Yeah, it's good for the team. Both those guys have got that good level of experience and maturity and composure that we need. But, in saying that, the two guys that we put out there last week have done a very good job.
00:36It's all part of young Jack's development and his growth. When he gets his opportunities, he still manages to get the team around the field and get on seven tries.
00:46So, he's done a good job. He's just learning from those guys.
00:50Is Ethan Clarke-Woodson as well? Has he got a chance?
00:53Yeah, he's getting close, mate. He's getting close. We need to have a look at him. He's getting close. He did a bit with the boys today.
01:01Obviously, you knew his qualities before he came on. You don't quite know him, so he's in the environment. Is he in pressure still for that?
01:08Yeah, I think physically he's been really good. He's strong. He's powerful. He's going to be hard to handle when he's got the ball. It's hard. You come into a new team, a new environment with a couple of new terminology and systems.
01:26So, it's just trying to get him to settle into those. It just takes a little bit of time, but we don't want to put too much pressure on him. When he gets his chance, just to keep it nice and simple and do what he's good at.
01:38Just on the Tom Hull road as well. Obviously, you've got two games. What did you make of that process and the eventual outcome?
01:45At the end of the day, I think we're all comfortable with how it went. I believe he's done a good job to Tom's defence. There was no malice or intent from Tom. He was just fighting very hard for a play. He got a quick play of the ball and it didn't go the way he would have liked it to have went.
02:07But at the end of the day, I think the two games is probably what is fair.
02:13Just moving on from that, what do you want to see this week that you didn't see in the closing stages last week?
02:44Then our response from a kick-off set. It was just a real concentration lapse for 10 minutes. We've been working really hard. It wasn't a physical thing because we weren't tired. It was more just around the concentration and blokes staying focused for a full 80 minutes. That's what we're after.
03:05We want to be a reliable team. It doesn't mean you win every week being reliable, but we want to be that team that looks the same all the time and can be reliable from the first minute to the 80th minute and still have the same principles and mentality about how we want to play. That's what disappointed me.
03:22I was really pleased that when I came in the sheds, I could tell. I didn't need to be over-aggressive with my criticism of them because they were disappointed. It probably felt like a losing shed, which was a good sign for me.