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Hull head coach John Cartwright told BBC Radio Humberside:<\/b><\/p>\n
“I’m really disappointed for the players that they didn’t get a result. They gave their everything.<\/p>\n
“I’m so proud of the playing group. There were another couple of injuries tonight but whoever we put out there just keeps turning up.<\/p>\n
“Everyone we come [up] against it’s a battle, we give the opposition a fight, but we are just lacking that little bit of class to get over the line.”<\/p>\n
On his immediate future:<\/b><\/p>\n
“I don’t know. I’ve got a couple of meetings early next week and then we’ll be a little but clearer where we go from there.<\/p>\n
“It’s a difficult one. I certainly don’t want to let that playing group down but sometimes these things are not in your hands. <\/p>\n
I don’t want to talk about it too much because it’s the unknown. I’ll be a little bit clearer next week.”<\/p>\n
St Helens head coach Paul Rowley told BBC Radio Merseyside:<\/b><\/p>\n
“It was a gritty performance I would say. We had to find a different way. Credit to Hull, what they did defensively challenged us, but we found our rhythm in the second half. We’ve done it tough and we deserved that result.<\/p>\n
“We knew it would be an emotional night and that would add to the start in particular that Hull would produce and they did just that so no surprises there.<\/p>\n
“John [Cartwright] is a good bloke and he works hard. As coaches we all have sympathy and empathy for everyone’s situation but we know what the job is about.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n