Leeds Rhinos 12 Hull KR 20: Brad Arthur press conference

New coach Brad Arthur gives his thoughts on Leeds Rhinos' 20-12 loss to Hull KR at AMT Headingley.

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00:00Yeah, it's disappointing. I said it's disappointing for the players.

00:04Disappointing for our fans, you know, they come out to A&T heading me and really supported us and they're loud.

00:11They got behind the boys. It would have been nice to send them away with a victory.

00:16I feel like we tried hard enough and our effort was good enough to win.

00:22We just lacked a little bit of detail at times, which sort of put us under pressure.

00:27But it was better than last week.

00:32What did you make of the performance as a whole?

00:34I think a lot of people, as you alluded to, would say that there are marked improvements.

00:39On whose performance?

00:40The team as a whole.

00:41Yeah, as a whole.

00:43Like I said, we started well. We got into the grind.

00:48We went set for set and we just stuck at it and stuck at it.

00:51Even in the second half, we didn't start great, but we probably should have scored to go to 10-0.

00:58And then from there, you know, they go down the other end of the field and get a six to go.

01:03But then we were able to stay in and just stick to it and keep fighting.

01:08We stayed in and stayed in and got back to in front with six minutes to go.

01:12And then from there, you need to find a way to win.

01:16Has it given you a bit more of an idea of this squad and the team having now seen them in a game environment?

01:23Yeah, it has.

01:25It's proved to me, like what I've seen during the week, that they care and they do want to play well and they do want to get better.

01:31I've seen that.

01:33But, you know, effort needs to be given in the game and physicality and, you know, showing that you care.

01:41But we need to find ways to try and win games with football.

01:45That's got to be the priority.