CLOUGH SAYS MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS ON GIANTS AGENDA THAN HIS NEW CONTRACT Job to do as

Claret and Gold are ready to respond with a more complete team performance.

“From personal point of view it’s great to sign a new deal but, really, it is all about the team and, just at the minute, we are not where we want to be,” said Clough.

“The team is more important than what is happening with me in my opinion, even though it was nice to get it sorted, but as a team we do need to get some things sorted.

“Hopefully, if we can pull things together, we can soon go through a good patch and get a few wins.

“These are two big games that are coming up for us against Widnes away and Hull KR at home and, hopefully, we can get something out of those.”

Clough has played mainly from the prop and loose-forward positions racking up 33 appearances – scoring two tries – since joining from Bradford Bulls in 2017.

Heading over to Widnes, he reckons the Giants are closer to being a winning team and climbing the table than current results and the league ladder might suggest.

“The table really only starts to take shape after Easter, but we need to get wins before then to take a little bit of the pressure off ourselves,” he explained.

“We can’t go to Widnes expecting to win, it is easier said than done sometimes and, to be fair, they have done fairly well.

“It is more down to us from a team perspective, to try the best we can do and, once you are winning, then it can sometimes take care of itself.

“We are where we are in the tbale and the record speaks for iteslf.

“We are where we are because we haven’t been winning games, but we are not far off the mark in terms of form.