Leeds Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur told BBC Radio Leeds:
“It was brave. We’re learning some good lessons while collecting a few points. The thing I’m really impressed with is that we’re 11 rounds in and the desire is still there – we’re making the right choices in terms of our effort and physicality.
“That’s down to the players – not me – and it’s the bit I’m really excited about. They’re giving us something to work with. We’re miles away from our best and we’re getting better each week.
“I was pretty happy with myself because I’m usually quite emotional, but I remained nice and calm. I felt that if we could drag it into our style and execute our plan… they probably beat us at the simpler aspects of the game. We’ve got plenty to learn from it but at least it didn’t cost us the points.
“There were three or four sets in a row on our tryline. From there, I felt like we were going to win it, it was going to come down to the last couple of minutes and we were going to come up with something big.”
Hull FC head coach John Cartwright told BBC Radio Humberside:
“It’s always tough to take when you lose like that. [Ryan Hall] is a big strong boy and he’s done that many a time.
“We found a good balance between being aggressive and showing discipline. We held the lead for pretty much all but 30 seconds. There was nothing between the teams – they just got the run of the ball in that last couple of minutes and we weren’t good enough to push them over the sideline.
“[Jordan Rapana] is OK. They were worried about his neck because he was a bit non-responsive when they went out to him, so they had to do all the protocols for a neck injury. His neck’s fine and he’s up and about. He’s just copped a nasty knock to the head.
“It was very concerning, when you saw the way the stretcher went out and he was motionless on the ground. He’s in good hands now.”
