Leeds Rhinos coach Lois Forsell, middle, player of the match Ruby Enright, left and England star Keara Bennett reflect on a return to Wembley after their Women's Challenge Cup semi-final win against Wigan.
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00:00 I could tell you were laughing.
00:05 Lois, it was obviously tough going for a while but you got the job done, you must be delighted.
00:11 Yeah, I think obviously we saw that last year, I think semi-finals bring out the best in teams and also a little bit of unpredictability.
00:21 I think that's what we were in the first half, we were pretty erratic and we didn't do what we do really, really well.
00:26 So I think we'll learn from that and again it's only that second tough challenge of the season so the girls are learning a lot about themselves as a group.
00:33 We took longer than we'd like to take control of the game but we did it and Rob's won so we'll take that.
00:40 Once you cut the errors out early in the second half, did you manage to show what you're all about?
00:47 Yeah, I think the errors, the seven tackle sets and on the back of those sets we were giving away penalties.
00:52 We just weren't in control and we spoke a lot about that before the game but the girls are on the human and I think you can see that in semi-finals.
01:01 You get a bit nervy and you probably go away from what you're really good at and we did that but we managed to get the foot back in there together and I'm proud of them for that.
01:10 Ruby, obviously your return to Wembley, how exciting is that?
01:13 Oh, buzzing! I think we made it really hard for us on Sunday but I can't wait to get back and hopefully get the win this time.
01:23 Are you confident you can get the job done this time? Obviously it was a tough afternoon last year.
01:28 Yeah, definitely. I think if we work together we'll get it this time.
01:35 Kiera, obviously you had a tough personal time this time last year with the suspension missing out on Wembley.
01:43 It must be really pleasing to get, hopefully, the chance to go there this year.
01:48 Yeah, 100% obviously. You talk about the things that build you up and push you through in those times and I think today that was one of the drivers of me just pushing through the hard times.
01:59 Sometimes you miss out on those opportunities but you come off the back of that and I think it's exciting what we're building here and it's a personal one so yeah, really excited and just so over the moon.