Leeds Rhinos star Ryan Hall

Peter Smith

Match-winner Ryan Hall reflects on Leeds Rhinos' dramatic 18-16 success over Hull FC which saw them twice hit back from 10 points down to snatch a memorable last-gasp victory.

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00:0035 seconds left and you get that chance in the corner.

00:05You've been in that position many, many times before,

00:08but what's going through your mind at that point tonight?

00:10To do the thing that I've always felt back from doing.

00:13I've said it before on camera, a bit technical now,

00:17but scoring tries in the corners, when you want the space,

00:20you don't go for the space.

00:21Something I need a chat to round him about,

00:23because he seems to go for the corner.

00:25When he's got space in front of him, he goes for the corner

00:27and then he could quite easily get ushered out.

00:29When you want the space, you don't go for it.

00:31You go more inside, so when they do it,

00:33you actually fall into the space that you want.

00:36And that's what I did.

00:38Sounds easier said than done.

00:39Well, that's my job.

00:41I can't write an essay.

00:43Some people might find that one easy.

00:45I can score tries in court.

00:47What about the noise?

00:48You score that try, the noise in that South Dam.

00:50Does that ever get boring for you?

00:52That's why I'm sort of sat here.

00:54That's why I'm slumbering about.

00:56I love what I do.

00:58I'm just going to force that.

01:00As soon as I lose, the passion for you,

01:04that might have been the time I could go up.

01:06But I don't know what's that yet.

01:08We're right in the mix of it, and it keeps me smiling.

01:10I'm loving it as a moment.

01:12You were the best side, better side for ten minutes,

01:14and then there was the injury to Rappen.

01:16It was the eleven minutes to break.

01:18You were scrappy after that.

01:19What was the reasoning behind that?

01:20Yeah.

01:21Don't know the reason.

01:22If we knew the reason, we would have done it.

01:24It's one thing that we will look at,

01:27and we did mention it out of time,

01:28that is exactly what you just said.

01:30We were the better side for the opening.

01:32Then after the break, we were on the back end of things.

01:35It can only be a mentality thing.

01:38Because we were physically good.

01:40It must be a mentality thing.

01:42It just affects us.

01:44We've got to work on the mentality

01:46and be tough in them situations.

01:48Just lastly from me,

01:49like you said, it's one for desire and resilience tonight.

01:52Is that the sort of result,

01:55the way that you've won it tonight?

01:56Can that be a better, a bigger springboard as well?

02:00So what's the card?

02:01Maybe not just that.

02:05Maybe the whole,

02:09taking everything to the equation,

02:11maybe the springboard.

02:12We're now in the top four again.

02:14We were briefly out of it for 24 hours.

02:17We're now back in the top four,

02:19and we want to stay there.

02:20And then not just stay there,

02:22we want to creep up up and catch them above us.

02:25So that's what we're really coming for.

02:28I don't think that one result would ignite us,

02:31because we know it's a long season anyway.

02:33We know where we want to get to.

02:35It's just sticking in and getting it done now.

02:38Well done, mate.

02:39Yes, thank you.

02:40I know you can remember every single one of your

02:438 million tries.

02:44Is that one of the more memorable ones?

02:47Yes, certainly.

02:48Just for the context of it all.

02:51Last minute, we've been scrappy

02:53and it made us win the game against a team

02:55that was close to us in the league.

02:57So everything in context,

02:59yeah, definitely.

03:00It's nice to get one on the right side of the ledger,

03:03isn't it?

03:04After being probably the back team

03:05and I think two or three games

03:07and you lost at Warrington

03:08and then again, it's okay out.

03:10Yeah, I've mentioned that a few times.

03:12The games that we've lost this year,

03:14and I don't want to say,

03:15sure, they could have worked at home,

03:16that sort of stuff,

03:17but we could really have only,

03:19you know,

03:20have been lost against a game.

03:22They defeated away at Cardinals.

03:24Hands up.

03:25We lost that game.

03:26We were terrible.

03:27Cardinals deserved it in that game.

03:28Every other game that we've played

03:30has been a two-point loss,

03:32or a four-point loss.

03:33We know the games that we've lost.

03:35And we had real chances in them games.

03:37You know, realistic chances to win them games.

03:40And obviously, I think things went this way.

03:42We could have been sat at the top of the league

03:44or we won one loss against his name.

03:46That hasn't happened.

03:47But it does make us,

03:49every Monday morning when we go in,

03:51realise that we're a good team.

03:53Leeds, Rhinos,

03:55over the last six, seven years,

03:59a really big struggling.

04:01And it's, you know,

04:02what it was,

04:03what they're missing.

04:04It was hard to put a finger on it,

04:06but I can sit here now and say,

04:08it's, you know,

04:09we're a good team.

04:10If we do things right,

04:13and keep going on the same passion,

04:15we'll end up in a good position,

04:17chasing those goals.

04:19And just finally,

04:21it's a big challenge now against Cass,

04:23isn't it?

04:24A different sort of challenge.

04:25Next week,

04:26you know,

04:27you can't afford to get too carried away

04:30with wins like this.

04:31It's always a challenge going to Castleford.

04:33They've got a couple of different reasons now.

04:36They've got basically a new forward pack

04:38since last time we've played them.

04:40Obviously,

04:41they've got the men in charge,

04:42you know,

04:43passionate Rhinos,

04:45excellent.

04:46And,

04:47yeah,

04:48going to Castleford's always tasty

04:49when you're wearing a Rhinos shirt,

04:50because,

04:51Castleford here,

04:52I think,

04:53to be honest.

04:54Well,

04:55I don't think they're very fond of Castleford either,

04:56so it's always tasty going to

04:58their ground,

05:00and doing what,

05:01you know,

05:02trying to

05:03keep focused on the game,

05:05rather than all the,

05:06everything that goes on the ground.

05:07You know,

05:08the fans are there on top here.

05:09They've got passionate fans,

05:10Lions fans,

05:11give us a goal all the way through the game.

05:13So,

05:14put that to one side,

05:15we have got the job to do,

05:16like I say.

05:17And,

05:18hopefully,

05:19we can have the right mentality about it

05:20and get it right.

05:21Thanks.

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