McRae’s Boys Look To Cut the French Mustard

Reds’ head Coach Shaun McRae prepares  to take his charges across the Channel to Perpignon on Friday to take on the Catalans Dragon in Round 10 of the engage Super League,on the back of three consecutive wins against tough opposition.

“It was a huge bonus to win both games over Easter. I said beforehand that most teams are happy to win just one of the games, but there were actually a few including ourselves that picked up two wins.

“Now it’s important for players to continue their belief. There is no doubt they are better players than some people have made them out to be in the early part of the season and now we are beginning to see that,” he said.

Even McRae had been surprised at the response from his side, boosted by two wins already before Easter Monday.

“In truth I was probably thinking I’d need to rest four or five players after Good Friday for the Leeds game,  but we actually pulled up very well after Warrington. In fact, they turned up for training fresher than they had the week before after we had beaten Hull so they made my decisions easy.

“Richie Myler is a great example of that. I thought he was going to need a break because it’s very hard for an 18 year old number 7 to turn up and play well week in week out, but Richie convinced me he was fine and the rest is a little bit of history,” McRae concluded.

The Reds have one final training session and pre-match press conference at The Willows ahead of the game at the Dragons (KO 5pm BST)

On this day..

• Reds 'No Option' But To Drive To Cup Game - 2010
• Goulding Set For Reds Debut In France - 2009
• Mayors Charity Fundraising Evening - 2008
• Behind the Scenes with Marketing Manager, Paul McNally - 2007
• Reds Sign Up for Crucial Land Deal - 2004

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