North Wales Crusaders must eliminate the errors that are costing them points in games, according to Anthony Murray.

Reflecting on his side's latest result, a creditable 28-20 defeat at League One title-hopefuls Doncaster, the Crusaders coach said his side made 'dumb mistakes' in the contest.

An impressive first half showing put the Cru 8-6 ahead at the interval, courtesy of Ryan Smith's converted try and a Tommy Johnson penalty.

But the Yorkshire side hit back after the restart with a more dominant display yielding four tries to guide them to an eight point victory.

Murray said: "We knew how tough it was going to be for us at Doncaster and the challenge I laid down to the players was to go there and give the best possible account of themselves.

"Our first half was solid and even though we had a small winning margin at half-time, we should have been further ahead with the opportunities we created.

"There were a couple of tries disallowed for errors on our part which on another day, might not happen and we're up by 16 or 20 points instead.

"Speaking to the players at half-time, I told them to expect a reaction from Doncaster in the second half and they came back at us quickly.

"We had to start that half as we finished the first, but they came at us early doors with a couple of tries and got them momentum back.

"On our part I felt there were one or two dumb mistakes, which gifted them penalties and put us under unnecessary pressure.

"Also, I think our completion rate was around the 56 per cent mark and as the game wore on we found ourselves doing a lot more of the defending.

"There's no complaints about the result on our part, but we need to be doing better than our second half performance."

The defeat meant the Wrexham club were unable to build on their resounding derby win at West Wales Raiders a week earlier, where the Cru ran out 54-6 winners.

But Murray, who only returned as coach a fortnight ago, maintains that he is learning more about his squad with every competitive game.

"Credit to our lads for their overall performance, they stuck in there and kept going but came up just short.

"It's the kind of result where we're frustrated that we haven't come away with something from the game, but it's also highlighted the areas where we can improve.

"We'll work hard to improve those aspects of our performance in training and try to ensure that we get better game on game.

"We've had a couple of preparation sessions at the Widnes training centre lately and hopefully we'll be able to do that more in the months ahead.

"That kind of set-up is the kind of professional environment that can only help us develop as a team."