Goal Hero Rhys Is Looking Up

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Rhys Williams celebrated his first senior goal for Middlesbrough on the weekend but the Socceroo insists promotion is his priority rather than hitting the back of the net.

The 21-year-old Perth-born defender, who enjoyed some prolific goalscoring form for Boro in pre-season, grabbed his first official senior goal late in the first-half of Saturday's 2-2 draw at Coventry City.

Williams' maiden goal had put Middlesbrough two up at the break in that match but Boro let their lead slip with the Sky Blues equalizing in injury-time.

The result came on the back of a 5-0 home defeat from West Bromwich the fixture before, thus denting Boro's promotion ambitions.

And Williams admits he didn't take much joy from the goal after seeing his side let their lead slip.

"I'd rather take the three points than score a goal," he told BBC Tees. "It's nice to get my first goal, we should have won, we were 2-0 up and it's heartbreaking to draw."

Boro, though, are still in the race for a return to the top flight, sitting fourth in the league, and could get back to winning ways when they host Leicester City at the Riverside.

Williams added: "It's a long season, teams do get tired, we can climb back to the top and we've got the players to do it, it's just getting back in the winning mentality.

"We're looking forward but we've got to go and do a job now."