Huddersfield Giants coach Nathan Brown questioned the attitude of his players after the 34-6 defeat by Leeds.
Rhinos coach praises skipper Sinfield
Huddersfield Giants coach Nathan Brown questioned the attitude of his players after the 34-6 defeat by Leeds.
He said: "We do seem to have a problem with our attitude. How many times have Huddersfield beaten teams like St Helens or Leeds in the Super League era?
"Not many, and I think it's a rabbit caught in the headlights thing. We need to do something about the confidence levels as not many of them thought they were good enough to beat Leeds.
"We also need to work on a few other things as we did not make the best of our offensive plays by coughing the ball up too often.
"But with nearly a third of the season gone, if you'd said we'd be level with Leeds in joint second then we'd have taken it."
Leeds coach Brian McLennan was able to celebrate the end of a three-game losing streak with the emphatic victory.
McLennan singled out the part played by Sinfield in his team's victory.
McLennan said of Sinfield: "I thought he was outstanding.
"Kevin did a lot of good defensive work and then his kick through for Matt Diskin's try was a little gem.
"We defended well but were only okay going forward."
McLennan admitted it was difficult against a Huddersfield side who will make life difficult for other team this season.
He added: "It's hard to get out of your own half against Huddersfield and they are going to strangle a lot of teams this year. So to get so many points was pleasing."
The Leeds coach also praised the hard work shown by his players.
"We worked hard for each other to get the result, but I'm sure Huddersfield will not be happy as they made a number of handling errors near our try line."
