Hull KR hooker Josh Hodgson says he and Rovers' other senior players must ensure they bounce back from their 36-22 defeat at Widnes with a win against London Broncos.
The defeat leaves Rovers almost certain to finish the season eighth – and facing a trip to either Hull or St Helens in the play-offs.
Sunday could see the London arrive at MS3 Craven Park looking for a win to avoid this season's wooden spoon, whilst Rovers need the win to gain some momentum before the knockout rugby starts.
"The senior players are going to have a big role to play this week," Hodgson told the Mail.
"I'd love to know how we can beat Leeds and then lose to Widnes the next game.
"That's the most frustrating thing to see how well we played against Leeds when we do the things right, but on the flip side we play badly when we don't. Now, more than ever, it's important for the senior players, myself included, to be at our best.
"When you lose a game, heads are down but we'll try and get past it right up to the next game. It does play on your mind but that might just be me personally, it plays on my mind a lot."
Rovers will go into that game without stand-off Travis Burns, who broke his right arm when tackling Gareth Hock.
Michael Dobson is also a doubt to face London due to an ankle injury picked up at Widnes.
Hodgson knows this will see the character of Rovers squad tested once again.
"Losing Travis is a massive blow for us. He's a senior player for us and he has been hitting a bit of form too," he said. "He's one of our senior players, but we've had injuries all season long and I'm sure we'll sort that too.
"I'm not sure how bad Michael's injury is but we just have to get on with things because there is only one match left before the play-offs.
"We'll take on London and try and get the best result possible as we need to hit the ground running the following week."
