“We have to finish with the frustration of losing in Toulouse and look forward to the next step, which is a tough match against Sale,” said Loffreda whose team lie in fourth place in the Guinness Premiership going into Sunday’s trip to the North-West.
“The players have to close this door and look forward and focus only on Sale. I think this will be even more difficult than the EDF Energy Cup game, both teams want to be in the top four in the league and it is going to be really tough game. We have to encourage the team to make a real improvement.
“Against Toulouse we made a lot of good decisions in the game but also a lot of mistakes and we paid a big price for them. We lost the control of the ball and did not protect the ball well enough. When we had possibilities to score we did not do it and they did.”
Tigers’ trip to Edgeley Park, Stockport, was a sell-out well in advance of the fixture, but the team should be assured of some good travelling support, as they had in the south of France last weekend.
Former Argentina coach Loffreda will also see some familiar faces in the host squad, with brothers Ignacio and Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe his former charges in the national set-up. “They are good friends and also quality players,” he said.
