Three defeats in four games is disappointing, especially after the way we had been travelling.

It would have been arrogant to think we could go the rest of the season unbeaten, but I'd sooner get this patch out of the way now than at the most important time of the year.

What we need to do is get a good win against Huddersfield on Friday – and more importantly a real good performance – and then kick on for the next few games because we've got the Challenge Cup semi-final coming up and then it'll be the business end of the season and the play-offs.

The positive thing is even though we've had three defeats recently, we haven't been far off. If I had kicked that goal against Wigan at the end on Friday we'd have won, though we probably wouldn't have deserved it.

Against good teams you can't rely on someone pulling out an individual piece of magic to get you out of the fire.

The big problem has been our starts. we've been letting teams get in front and although sometimes you can catch them, in these three recent games we haven't been able to.

We need to start big and kick on from there, rather than playing catch up.

I am reasonably happy with the way I've been playing this year and it was good to sign a long-term deal the other week which will keep me at the club until I am 30.

I'd like to think I have a few more years left in me after that, but I've already started thinking about what I might do after I hang up my boots. That's something the club and the GMB union encourage.

They have been running quite a few courses for rugby players recently and I took one, so I am now a fully-qualified sports masseur, which is something I've always been interested in.

Along with my wife, Lindsey, we've just started our own business, Burrow Physiotherapy, based at Pontefract Squash Club.

Lindsey is the physio and I am doing sports massage.

We treat every-day injuries – so anybody can come in and see us if they need treatment.

I specialise in sports injuries as well, so it's interesting work and it is laying down some foundations for the long term.

It is good to get some practical experience now, while I am still playing rugby and I have now got a bit of a name. We've a website – www.burrowphysiotherapy.co.uk – if you want a look.

I've also been dabbling in the media recently. I made my debut as a reviewer on Gethin Jones' Saturday morning programme on Radio 5 Live last weekend, which was arranged through Phil Daly at the Rhinos.

They want me to talk about music and movies, which is something I'm in to. Unfortunately, we had a long meeting at training on Saturday – after the Wigan game – so I was on a bit later than planned and it was a bit of a rush.

They asked me to review the film Hancock and I had to say I hadn't seen it – so that wasn't the best of starts.

But at least it gave a few of the boys a laugh.

I'll be a bit better prepared next time.