Forget those losses – Sheffield Eagles are an improving side, says Anthony Thackeray

Half-back Anthony Thackeray insists Sheffield Eagles are still very much moving in the right direction as Mark Aston's side reflect on back-to-back defeats.

Eagles head into another mini-break contemplating on what might have been after a gut-wrenching late defeat at Leigh, but after the initial disappointment they can take great heart from a vastly improved display to one one that saw them downed at home to Halifax the week before.

Thackeray, one of a cluster of arrivals during the close season, has been one of Aston's stand-out performers with 12 tries in 13 appearances so far this season.