Brown sees room for improvement

Nathan Brown
12 April 2012

Nathan Brown demanded his Huddersfield side develop a killer instinct after seeing the Giants battle to an 18-10 win at Harlequins.

The visitors were on the front foot for the majority of the contest as they ended the Londoners' unbeaten start to the campaign by making it three wins of their own. But after seeing four tries chalked off by the video referee, Brown is expecting far more going forward.

He said: "We had four tries denied and probably correctly so, but we bombed a lot of other opportunities. That is no good when you consider where we want to get to as a side.We really let ourselves down with our execution."

He added: "When we got the try just after half-time it was looking good but we never pressed on.

"It is all about discipline and consistency and we need to work very hard. Obviously I am still really happy with the win as Quins are a very good side, but we definitely need to get better."

It all looked promising for the visitors early on, with Leroy Cudjoe twice denied by the video referee inside the opening five minutes. Despite their early pressure it was Quins who took the lead, Karl Pryce calmly crossing in the corner after good work by Rob Purdham.

But slowly the Giants wrestled control of the contest, with both Luke O'Donnell and Jermaine McGillvary touching down before the half-hour mark to ease Huddersfield ahead.

When Graeme Horne bagged a try shortly after the interval things looked ominous for the hosts, but the Giants could not put the game to bed, with Chris Melling's late try keeping the contest alive.

Harlequins coach Rob Powell said: "I think tonight was just a case of us straying from the gameplan. We started really slowly - we did not come out of the blocks like we have done in our other games this season.

"There were alarm bells ringing then but we hung in there. At 18-4 against a good side in recent seasons we would probably have folded but we kept going, held them at bay and got a try ourselves, so we have plenty to work on."

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