Video: McDermott demands greater fluency from Leeds Rhinos

The defending champions’ ball control was poor in the narrow win over Catalan Dragons last Friday and they know such sloppy execution will be punished by the recent Challenge Cup victors.

Leeds need to win their final regular round of the season to snatch third spot from Wigan ahead of the play-offs.

And McDermott - who welcomes back Brett Delaney, Rob Burrow and Jamie Jones-Buchanan from injury - admitted: “We can’t afford to turn that much possession over and play so loose with so many unforced errors.

“We can’t get away with that and our kicking early in the game wasn’t where it should be either.

“But they are things easier fixed up than trying to get intensity in the team and certainly trying to get that defensive steel you need.

“It’s hard to get those at this time of year but we have them and it bodes well for the play-offs.”