Barrow Raiders head coach Paul Crarey has urged his players to take more accountability after they slipped to a second league defeat of the season on Sunday.
The Raiders were beaten 36-16 by Sheffield Eagles at the Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium, with Kris Welham and Will Oakes both crossing twice for the visitors.
Speaking post-match, Crarey admits his side didn’t do enough to deserve anything from the Round 2 fixture.
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“There were periods where we did take control, but then we let go,” he said. “It was a high-quality game apart from some lapses in defence from us.
“I think we had five good ball sets, scored off two, dropped the ball on play one twice and on play three on the last one.
“We’re not consistent with what we’re doing. Everyone is looking at everybody else and we need to take some accountability in terms of individual forced errors.”
Despite the result, Crarey believes there were some signs of improvements from his squad following their Round 1 defeat to Toulouse Olympique.
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“It’s back to the drawing board this week. There’s a little bit of improvement on last week in terms of desire and getting a grip of the game,” he said.
“Not taking anything away from Sheffield, I thought they were very good.
“We need to look at ourselves and our individual errors and put that right before we can rectify anything else that we do.”
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