Noble on Rhinos win

Wigan Warriors were defeated 16-52 by the Leeds Rhinos at the JJB Stadium on Friday night. After the game Brian Noble said, "Leeds were pretty hot tonight in certain spells, we probably couldn't handle them which was disappointing. It's important we recognise what went on, at 12-10 we got back into the game and gifted them a try, we let a couple of soft ones in. I thought Leeds were particularly good in the second half and they blew us away. We lacked a few people on the fringes. We aren't down and out, it's a great lesson for us in relation to how intense you have to be at the back end of the year. We get a week off now bit I am still confident we will be there or thereabouts in the play-offs. "A couple of bounces of the ball didn't go our way, that happens against teams like Leeds and it reflects in the score. They worked us over in the middle and then came away and with Burrow and McGuire on the front foot, their kicking game was better than ours as well." Wigan let in a try either side of half time which opened up an advantage to Leeds, on that Brian added, "We were disappointed with that, it's something we talked about. There is plenty to work on but it's not complete doom and gloom, we will get some players back for our last game of the season and then the serious business starts." On the possibility of finishing 4th and a home tie , Brian said, "We will have to see what happens this weekend, probably our points for and against aren't as good as some of the others so that may count against us, it will be difficult. We are in the play-offs which is the important thing "