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Brad Arthur, the new Australian coach of Leeds Rhinos, got off to a hopeless start after his side lost 12-20 in a hard-fought English Super League match against Hull Kingston Rovers at Headingley.

Leeds are currently four points adrift of the play-offs, but new head coach Arthur, who arrived on a short-term contract for the rest of the season, insists he has already seen big improvements since last week.

He said: “It was disappointing for the players and our fans because they came and really supported us and got behind the boys.

“We tried hard enough and our effort was good enough to win. We were just missing a few details at times that put us under pressure, but it was better than last week.”

Arthur, 50, was head coach of the Parramatta Eels for ten seasons, leading the team to the 2022 NRL Grand Final. He coached the Eels for 264 games before leaving the club in May.

He added: “It's important to them and they want to play well and get better, but they have to work hard. We have to find a way to win football games, that's our priority.”

“The things we did well today, we need to improve on next week and make sure we keep that going. If we iron out some of the details, if we learn to stay in the game and get the details right, that will make us better.”

Leeds, who were 12 points down inside 10 minutes of their defeat to Warrington last week, went all out on Saturday and Rhyse Martin's try gave them a deserved half-time lead.

Former Leeds favourite Ryan Hall equalised for Rovers and Mikey Lewis jumped up shortly afterwards to put the visitors in the lead.

A chaotic final ten minutes saw Lachie Miller put Leeds back in front, but Rovers' quality showed in the end as Jai Whitbread and Jez Litten ran through to help the Hull side close the gap on leaders Wigan.

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