We must learn the lessons from a frustrating night, insists boss Arthur

Frustrated Leeds Rhinos coach Brad Arthur refused to blame St Helens' tactics or decisions from the match officials for Friday night's 6-0 loss to St Helens.

- by Peter Smith

Despite an 11-5 penalty count in Rhinos' favour, referee Jack Smith came under fire from the home fans who accused him of allowing Saints to slow down Leeds in the ruck.

They also felt Saints should have had more than one yellow card, but Arthur stressed his team let themselves down.

He admitted: “We didn’t deserve to win that game, they outplayed us. You can’t have the amount of opportunities we did and not ice them.

“It is a good lesson for us and we need to learn from it pretty quickly that everyone needs to play their role, but we need to do it as a team. No-one is good enough in this team or in the competition to win it on their own.”