Under-fire Leeds Rhinos man wins plaudits after ‘best performance of the season’

Asked if he thought this was Matt Frawley’s best performance in a Leeds Rhinos shirt, Smith agreed. He believes that while Frawley has performed solidly overall, his try-scoring performance yesterday was a real step forward in his game.

“Probably. Yeah probably. I think he’s had some good, solid performances where he’s gotten to kind of play short today and use his lead runner today, when Rhyse (Martin) scores, it looks like a good play and, obviously, he found his own trial with good support from Sangare.

“So he came up with some really good plays. He had a very good week in training. Both him and Brodie stepped up this week and took a lot of responsibility on the implementation of the offense, what we’re going to do, but also making it happen in practice, really stepping up before. So it was nice to see it in action on the field as well.”

Frawley, who had a previous spell in Super League with Huddersfield Giants, has played 12 times for the Rhinos this season. The only match he missed was the one against London. So far he has two tries and four assists in a Rhinos shirt.