McDERMOTT OPTIMISTIC DESPITE WIGAN DEFEAT
Brian McDermott, head coach of Harlequins RL, has vowed that his team will play an adventurous and risk-taking game, despite being defeated 47-28 by Wigan Warriors in their Super League XIII opener.
Quins had been 12 points in front in the second half on Saturday – much to the delight of the record eight thousand packed in at The Stoop – but Wigan’s late dominance was too much for McDermott’s side.
He said: “There were some areas of the game that we didn’t handle well when we finished our defensive set.
“Especially in the second half the transition from offence to defence was not good enough. I don’t think it was an energy or fitness thing.
The former Royal Marine insisted there were plenty of positives though. “There was enough to prove that we can challenge and beat anybody,” McDermott added.
“We played some inventive stuff – the likes of which we didn’t really see last year. And we defended heroically at times.
“You have got to score points to win games of rugby league. If you want to win games you have to chance your arm, and go for some different plays. I am willing to take those risks.”
Brian McDermott, head coach of Harlequins RL, has vowed that his team will play an adventurous and risk-taking game, despite being defeated 47-28 by Wigan Warriors in their Super League XIII opener.
Quins had been 12 points in front in the second half on Saturday – much to the delight of the record eight thousand packed in at The Stoop – but Wigan’s late dominance was too much for McDermott’s side.
He said: “There were some areas of the game that we didn’t handle well when we finished our defensive set.
“Especially in the second half the transition from offence to defence was not good enough. I don’t think it was an energy or fitness thing.
The former Royal Marine insisted there were plenty of positives though. “There was enough to prove that we can challenge and beat anybody,” McDermott added.
“We played some inventive stuff – the likes of which we didn’t really see last year. And we defended heroically at times.
“You have got to score points to win games of rugby league. If you want to win games you have to chance your arm, and go for some different plays. I am willing to take those risks.”
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