'Stop being victims': New Huddersfield Giants boss Jim Lenihan reacts to sobering defeat at Leeds Rhinos

The recently arrived Huddersfield boss had limited time with his new charges before the trip to Headingley and it was a familiar performance from Super League's basement side.

Leeds ran in nine tries to underline the size of the task facing Lenihan.

"That was probably an accurate statement of where we're at right now," said the Australian.

"It's hard coming to Leeds, playing a good side. The outcome was disappointing but it shows where we've got to do a lot of hard work. There's no shortcut or magic bullet.

"If anything, my arrival was more of a disruption than anything else. We've got to stop being victims. This is where we're at and only hard work is going to get us to where we want to go.

"This is a line in the sand of where we're at and improvement comes from here."

The emphatic victory took the Rhinos back to the top of the table ahead of St Helens' trip to Castleford Tigers.

Brad Arthur viewed the result as a reward for their level-headed reaction to the setback at Wigan Warriors.

"I don't think we played bad last week," said the Leeds boss. "We got a few moments wrong and didn't make the most of our opportunities.

"The response was good. We had to move on from it pretty quickly.

"We try and be pretty neutral with our reviews. Whether we win or lose, it needs to be the same each week. The same things are important to us win or lose.

"I was happy with our urgency and desperation defensively on our tryline. We dominated the game through our physicality."