BRAD Singleton knows Leeds Rhinos have it all to do if they are to make the Super League Super Eights.

The Barrow Island product was part of the Leeds team which won the League Leaders’ Shield, Grand Final and Challenge Cup treble last season, but things have been entirely different in 2016.

The champions find themselves bottom of Super League with just four games to go – needing to win all four and hope other results go their way if they are to claim a top-eight finish, starting tomorrow at home to Widnes Vikings (3pm kick-off).

Prop Singleton knows that is a big ask and, even if Leeds do reproduce their old form – evident in back-to-back wins over Wakefield and Salford in their last two games – it might not be enough.

But the 23-year-old former England Academy player refuses to accept anything other than 100 per cent effort from the team in the remaining fixtures, whether they end up in the Super Eights or battling with Championship sides in the Middle Eights.

“We’re quite aware that if we win these four games, then it does put us in quite a healthy position in terms of looking to get into the top eight,” Singleton said.

“At the same time, that’s needing other teams to suffer losses. All we can do is take each game as it is, starting with Widnes.

“Widnes are a really good side and we have to be at our best.

“We’ve got a bit of momentum from the last two games and, especially in the last game (the 32-6 win over Wakefield in which Singleton scored two tries) we performed well. It felt at times like it did last year, we gelled and it was a good mixture.

“It’s key that we stick together and stay confident.

“Even if we do win the final four, there is still a chance we will go to the Middle Eights, but we can’t be disheartened by it. We can’t let anything affect our performances.

“For here on in, it is all about our performances and it’s sticking together, building on each step and getting the best out of each other.”

Singleton finds it hard to pick out exactly why Leeds have struggled so much this season, winning only five of 19 Super League matches so far.

He can point to a number of factors which have had an effect – such as the club’s Kirkstall training ground being flooded in the winter and left unusable and the loss of key players such as Jamie Peacock and Kevin Sinfield – but feels it is down to the players themselves to take responsibility.

“We have to look at ourselves,” he said. “It has come as a shock to everyone, but all we can do is look forward.

“It has been one of those years, but now we have a bit of momentum with the two wins and we’re looking forward to getting stuck into these next four games.

“If we sit there dwelling and looking at the league, then it doesn’t get the best out of us.”

Should Leeds be left in the Middle Eights come the end of the regular Super League season, Singleton knows there will be more tough matches ahead.

The likes of Leigh, Bradford and London Broncos are among the sides battling to be promoted from the Championship, and the Barrow man knows they will not provide easy opposition.

He added: “They are a good standard of teams and they will all be hungry for it.

“We know they can be as good as any Super League side, if not better because of the desperation of wanting to go up.

“We know it’s going to be hard, but we can only look ourselves in the mirror and give it our all. If we did that, then we wouldn’t be too far from winning each game.”