Leeds head coach Neil Back paid tribute to his side after their dramatic comeback win over Newcastle.
Lifeline for Leeds as relegation fight hots up
Leeds head coach Neil Back paid tribute to his side after their dramatic comeback win over Newcastle earned them a Premiership lifeline.
Leeds are off the bottom of the table for the first time this season after flly-half Adrain Jarvis landed two crucial late drop-goals in a 30-29 triumph.
"I'm really happy for the whole squad," said Back. "But I'm really happy for Adrian. He's come into the squad late and he has done really well for us.
"Incredibly he has hit the post six times in the last five games and I jokingly told him he couldn't keep that up.
"He's controlling things really well on the field and he's been a real pro and he did the business for us when it really mattered.
"The squad today were under a lot of pressure and we've got the result and that showed the character.
"It was critical that we got on the board before half-time and we got seven points out of it and that massively lifted us coming off 20-14. We had 100% belief going into the game but we did make some fundamental errors.
Gameplan
"The gameplan was to play rugby and both sides did that in a bottom of the table clash - there were five scored and we have now scored 11 in the last five games and we're playing well."
A frustrated Newcastle head coach Alan Tait admitted: "We were sitting comfortably at 20-7 after a tremendous defensive effort and someone decides not to kick it off the park.
"It just gets you down when things like that happen, but we have to regroup and we have to keep fighting.
"It's up to the players to pull together and we have to scrap for every point and muster a win from somewhere."
