00:00Hard to take.
00:01Yeah, yeah, it's shattering, mate.
00:05Not for me, yeah, look, I'm disappointed in shatter,
00:08but we're shattered for the players.
00:12They've worked their backsides off all year,
00:16put a heap of effort into that,
00:18we've invested so much into that performance.
00:22Shattered for our fans who've invested so much into the team.
00:26It's a cruel game sometimes,
00:28and I don't think we deserve for it to end like that,
00:32but we have to deal with it.
00:35It's going to be a tough pill to swallow for a while,
00:38but it's going to have to make it better.
00:41There were obviously some controversial moments
00:44around disallowed trying the captain's challenge,
00:48the Benison try late on,
00:50and Siren and potentially could have been perhaps
00:54shown a card for a foul on James McDonnell.
00:57What were your view on those incidents?
01:00Yeah.
01:01I'm not going to start even rubbish on referees
01:05in the video decisions.
01:07Everyone can make their own opinion of it.
01:10What I will say is we worked extremely hard
01:14to win that game,
01:15put ourselves in position to win the game.
01:18I feel like we should have.
01:20I mean, you were literally one tackle away
01:23from the semi-finals.
01:25Yeah.
01:28Probably shouldn't have come down to that.
01:31Yeah.
01:32I shouldn't be relying on that last play,
01:35but, yeah,
01:37a bit lost for the words,
01:40except that I'm extremely proud of the group.
01:45Sometimes you don't always get what you deserve,
01:47or it's part of life.
01:51We've got to find a way to bounce back from it
01:53and use that as fuel throughout the pre-season
01:56and work hard to make sure that, you know,
01:59if we get put in that position again,
02:01it doesn't happen.
02:02It wasn't the sort of ending
02:04that a positive season deserved, was it?
02:08No, not when it gets taken out of your grasp like that.
02:12Both teams went at it hard.
02:14It was a tough game,
02:15tough contest,
02:18and, yeah,
02:19maybe a couple of tough calls
02:20didn't help the situation.
02:24Just makes it hard, you know,
02:26when you're sometimes out of your control.
02:28I feel like some of it was out of our control.
02:30Well, that's right.
02:32Have you ever been involved
02:33in anything like that before, Brad?
02:34No.
02:35No, not in such a context
02:39to how big this game was
02:40two seconds ago.
02:44What's going through your mind
02:45in that last sort of 30 seconds
02:46when Saints are keeping the ball alive?
02:51I've just had to find a way
02:52to try and shut it down.
02:53That's when teams are at their best,
02:55when the ball's the most dangerous,
02:56when it's carefree,
02:58no risk,
02:59you know,
02:59just high risk
03:01because of, you know,
03:02the outcome.
03:05It's hard to defend,
03:07but
03:07the ball went down
03:11and we dived on it
03:12like they get a penalty.
03:15Just some
03:16unlucky
03:17moments
03:19that went against us.
03:21How long is it going to take you
03:22to get over this?
03:23It'll take a while,
03:24but
03:25like I said,
03:27I'm just going to try and focus
03:28on all the positives
03:29of our season
03:29and how much
03:31the players brought in
03:32and how strong
03:34the club is
03:34and the work we've done.
03:37And we need to use it
03:38and make sure
03:39we're better next year
03:42with it.
03:42We'll get into these situations
03:44again
03:44throughout finals
03:45and these big games.
03:46I think I can guess,
03:47but what's the reaction
03:48of the group in there?
03:49They shattered.
03:50Yeah,
03:51they shattered.
03:54Especially when,
03:55you know,
03:55it happens like that,
03:56it just gets taken away
03:57from you.
03:57Like sometimes
03:58there's five or ten minutes
04:00to go
04:00and the game's gone,
04:01you know,
04:02it's not easy to swallow,
04:03but you know,
04:04it's coming,
04:05you know,
04:05it's coming,
04:05but just the whole way
04:08through that game
04:09just felt like
04:09we're in total control
04:10and we're going to be
04:11the winning team.
04:14And do you do anything
04:17to try and lift the players
04:18or do you just let them
04:19go their own way now?
04:20No,
04:21it's the title I'm proud of.
04:22There's not much
04:23we can do about it.
04:24There's going to be
04:24some conjecture
04:26around decisions,
04:27but,
04:28you know,
04:28we can't buy into that
04:29because it'll just make
04:30us more frustrated
04:31and we've just got to
04:33take it for what it is.
04:34It's life.
04:36You don't always get
04:37built the right set of cards.
04:39You just got to deal with it.
04:41Prior to that,
04:42you were the better side.
04:43What can you say
04:44about getting into that position,
04:46how well you played
04:47tonight at times?
04:48Yeah,
04:48I thought we played really well.
04:49We moved the ball around,
04:50we defended well,
04:51we defended our trial
04:52on really well.
04:57There's a high penalty
04:58count against us
04:58with our responses
04:59to the penalties
05:00were good
05:00and positive.
05:01We just kept shutting
05:02them and turning them away.
05:05We've got a couple
05:06of opportunities down there.
05:07We've got pride
05:08overturned.
05:11So,
05:12we just need a little luck.
05:13I reckon we'll get
05:14short on luck.
05:16Hopefully,
05:16it won't overshadow
05:17what's been a very
05:17positive season this year.
05:19What will be your
05:19abiding memory of 2025?
05:23I'm going to try
05:24not to make it
05:25that last two seconds.
05:27Let's be sure.
05:27It's just the work
05:30the boys have put in
05:31right from day one
05:32since I've got here,
05:33the buy-in.
05:35How the team,
05:37the group's grown.
05:39I think there's
05:40some of the guys
05:41that,
05:41every team's the same,
05:43you know,
05:43there's some of the guys
05:43that got themselves
05:44out there tonight
05:45to be on the field
05:46busted.
05:47How Ash Hanley
05:50managed to get
05:50himself back out
05:51there.
05:52He needs a groin
05:53operation.
05:54Four weeks,
05:55he managed to get
05:55himself back
05:56out on the field.
05:56This shows you
05:57how much they care
05:59for the club
05:59and what it means
06:00to them to try
06:02and get it right.
06:03And just lastly,
06:03for a minute,
06:04some players have
06:04obviously played
06:05their last game
06:05in the Leeds shirt
06:06as well.
06:07What can you say
06:07about that?
06:08Yeah,
06:08that's disappointing
06:09for those guys.
06:10We want them to
06:11remember their time
06:12at Leeds
06:12and certainly
06:13don't want them
06:14to...
06:15It's going to be
06:15hard to forget
06:16that last two
06:17seconds,
06:19that last play.
06:21They've had a
06:22massive contribution
06:23to the team
06:24this year.
06:25It's hard to
06:26keep teams
06:27and teams
06:28always look a little
06:29bit different
06:29from year to year
06:30so we wish
06:32those guys well.
06:33Their contribution
06:33has been huge
06:34to the team.
06:37But they've got
06:37other priorities
06:39and things going
06:39on moving forward
06:40and hope they
06:41keep on.
06:44Is there any
06:44chunks Ashka
06:45played for anyone
06:46but then
06:46I'm just like
06:47growing up
06:48a little bit too
06:48long time?
06:49Yeah,
06:49I don't know.
06:49You need to see
06:51how he pulled up
06:51tonight.
06:53He's done a pretty
06:55good job
06:55but you can see
06:56he just couldn't
06:57fully accelerate
06:58at times.
07:00But yeah,
07:01that's up
07:02for Ash
07:04and see where
07:04he's at physically
07:05with his injury.
07:10Thank you,
07:10Brad.
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