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  • 09/06/2025
Leeds Rhinos' Jarrod O’Connor has made 172 tackles in the last three games - and reckons he needs to work even harder.

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00:00I think quite a lot of people spoke about our inning games in the past, especially at the start of the year, we've probably lost a few of them, and it was slowly learning how to win them, even though we made it probably a bit too hard for us in the year two, but just that, putting the table, the shape of the show, and it's obviously a great deal.
00:23And that's always on the top now, the third round table, you've not been able to sing a run of things together for a couple of years, it's that sort of game, I think it's the sort of grind mentality that we've got into now, is probably what we've been missing, and just grinding teams down is obviously, I think it goes the wrong way, you see all the best teams over the past couple of years, we've been able to do that, and win in different ways, and we're showing that we can win in different ways now, which has also paid off.
00:52It's a very resilient team, but it looks like, to me, it's, you know, we keep going from the first minute to the eighth, so obviously, it's an eight minute game, we've had the performance where we've sort of switched off for ten minutes, and we've cut most of them out of the five game now, and for each week we're staying in it till the last, the last minute, and obviously I'm sure that we're probably coming up much, much tighter towards the end, but yeah, just being able to stay in that game is a brand of wins, I mean, it's a great deal.
01:21There's now obviously a bit of time off without a game, I think, Brad said you've got a bit of time off to refresh, and then it's into another block, second half of the season, that's when it really starts to matter, isn't it?
01:33Well, I think the second half of the season's probably the most important part, isn't it, when the wins start to properly determine where you're going to finish at the table, and they're chasing them top two teams now, and I think we've proved that we can go with anyone, and here we just need to make sure we keep grinding them games out and taking it week by week.
01:49Are you happy with the way things are going personally, playing 80 minutes and making a lot of tackles at the moment?
01:54Yeah, I love playing 80 minutes, that's obviously my aim, and when actors are back, obviously it'll be good to get the back team together and pushing each other, which is always a bonus, and obviously adds quality, so it's real good, really enjoying the minute and happy with my performances.
02:09And it's making it hard for Brad, when Packers is back in contention, he's going to have a tough decision to make, isn't it?
02:17Yeah, that's what Brad said to us, he said he wants us to both fight for that spot, so obviously whoever he picks is that, we back each other to do a good job, we're always there for each other, and we're really good mates, which obviously makes it a lot easier for each other, and we like to push each other and help each other all the time, so it's really good.

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