Leeds Rhinos need to get better at rugby league’s dark arts, coach Rohan Smith reckons.
Speaking after yesterday’s 20-6 Betfred Challenge Cup defeat by St Helens, Smith let his frustration show at the speed of the game. Rhinos players appeared increasingly upset at Saints’ tactics around the ruck and the coach feels things have slipped back to how they were last year. In reply to a question in his post-match press conference, Smith said: “There was a concern in pre-season there’d be a crackdown and there was, but now people are back to rolling the ball through their legs.
“But what can you do? I haven’t spoken about it to our players, we’ve got to get used to it and we’ve just got to join them. We’ve got to get better at flops, get more consistent at being offside.” Saturday’s defeat extended Rhinos’ record losing run in the Challenge Cup to four games and they still haven’t won since the 2020 triumph at Wembley. Leeds return to Super League action at Castleford Tigers on Thursday in what is a big game for both teams.
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