We got the win that we needed.

We played really well with the ball and in defence for 50 or 60 minutes but the age-old problem with Leigh is that we are shooting ourselves in the foot by giving away so many penalties.

When the referee pulled Dave Alstead back for a forward pass and they scored straight after, that made it 24-12 and the alarm bells shouldn’t start blaring but we should have been ready on the button with it.

That should have been a message for us to stop, sort out the defence, not to give penalties away and unfortunately we didn’t do that.

That is the biggest thing that is preventing us from being the side that we are capable of being, the penalties that we give away and the tackling we are doing as a consequence.

I wasn’t surprised the referee lost patience. I think I lost patience as well. We were lucky not to have a man sent off, not for any one incident, but for an accumulation of incidents.

The players have got to wise up and we’ve got to wise up as coaches and realise that this is the one thing that is stopping this side being a good team in this division.

We showed all the qualities that I was looking for as a team, but you can be the best team in the world playing football, but if you shoot yourself in the foot through another aspect of the game, that lets you down.

I think some of it comes from fatigue, where the tackles go a little higher and this is where we must wise up and get a bit fitter.

We’ve got the Easter programme and games coming up in the not too distant future and we don’t want to shoot ourselves in the foot in those games.

I’m really pleased with the win, it’s a good response with the ball but our discipline, especially in the tackles leaves a lot to be desired.

It was a bit nervy at the end but that’s the situation we put ourselves in.

Jamie Durbin had a slight wrist injury and that made the decision not to play him a little bit easier.

My main focus was not having as many spot players on the field – those that the opposition can get at.

I think it worked for us on the whole. Lee Marsh came in at six for Martyn Ridyard and I thought he did a creditable job.

It was his first game for several weeks and after playing the full 80, he could probably have given a couple of scoring passes out, but he certainly defended well and showed no signs that the previous shoulder injury was bothering him. That was pleasing.

In doing the process of not presenting the opposition with as many spot players, I realise it took a little bit away from the football the team can play but I think we scored some quality tries in the game.

Kurt Haggerty had a bit of an indifferent time against Batley and I had a talk with him this week. I wanted a response and I’m not surprised he gave me that. He put in a great performance.

We got some disruption due to injuries, not major ones, but it meant players had to come off the field. I thought the team coped with that relatively well.