Barrow Raiders go looking for their first win in four Championship games when they visit York City Knights on Sunday.
Full-back Luke Cresswell has reiterated the view that the Raiders squad have the self-belief and desire to bounce back from their losing start to the season.
After home defeats to Toulouse and Sheffield Paul Crarey’s came within two minutes of picking up a first win of the season away at Swinton Lions last Sunday.
York have also endured an indifferent start to the 2023 campaign, picking up one win from their three matches and despite recent results going against them, Cresswell believes the Raiders squad can re-group quickly and take some positives from their recent display against Swinton.
He told the Raiders’ website: “It was a tough one to take, given the nature of how we lost.
“Looking back, we were really good in patches and I felt like we improved upon the previous two performances.
“When we were closing the game out, we probably tried to push it when we didn’t need to.
“We fully believe that we’re going to get the win if we keep doing the little things right and improving our performance levels.”
Cresswell has also revealed what head coach Crarey said to his players in the aftermath of their narrow defeat last time out.
“He told us to stay positive, keep believing and go again next week. It’s a long season, so there’s no point dwelling on these losses too much.
“We’ve got to feel the pain initially, then learn from it and get things right the week after. It’s a very intense season, so it never takes long for us to be able to put things right.
“Sport is full of peaks and troughs. Last year was a real high, and we’re going through a bit of a low at the moment.
“We know that we’ll pick up at some point, and it all comes down to belief.”
