Leeds Rhinos 26-22 Warrington Wolves: Maika Sivo hat-trick guides Leeds to hard-fought victory as Wolves undergo first lack of Tremendous League season

Leeds Rhinos bought again to profitable methods with a 26-22 victory over Warrington Wolves in spherical six of Tremendous League at AMT Headingley Stadium.

Bringing a curtain down on Tremendous League’s thirtieth birthday celebration with one other contest that occurred on the opening weekend again in 1996, Leeds battled arduous to verify it was not three defeats in a row.

In the meantime, Warrington fell to their first lack of the season.

Warrington had a slim lead at half-time due to an Ewan Irwin penalty conversion plus tries from Josh Thewlis and Jack Smith, Leeds hitting again by means of a Maika Sivo double for his or her eight factors. Jake Connor was unable to transform both.

Nevertheless, the second half noticed Leeds take management. Sivo accomplished his hat-trick earlier than Jack Chook and Brodie Croft went over. Connor additionally added a penalty.

The Wolves scored once more by means of a transformed Toby King effort and Smith’s unconverted second nevertheless it was not sufficient as they fell 4 factors quick.

Leeds present preventing spirit as Wolves undergo first loss

Warrington have been unbeaten heading into this contest and their confidence confirmed, whereas Leeds Rhinos have been seeking to bounce again after their head coach Brad Arthur referred to as their efficiency final outing “embarrassing”.

Regardless of the stress on the house outfit, it was the Wolves who have been on high early on. After eight minutes, stress paid as Warrington earned a penalty which teenager Irwin slotted over for a 2-0 lead.

The straightforward metres continued for the guests, their forwards serving to them roll ahead. That become factors on the twentieth minute with some Thewlis brilliance when he broke down the left edge and despatched Lachie Miller strolling with a dummy. Irwin couldn’t convert because the lead stayed at 6-0.

Simply six minutes later, Warrington have been on the scoreboard as soon as once more, this day without work the again of a magic Irwin 40/20. Warrington shortly despatched it by means of arms and Smith had acres of house on the sting to stroll in. Irwin transformed this time for a 12-0 benefit.

Leeds continued to combat to get into the sport and on the half-hour mark they did by means of Tremendous League’s high attempt scorer Sivo, as he was on the tip of a row of fast passes to make use of his energy and tempo to dive in.

On the stroke of half-time, Sivo was in as soon as once more in an identical trend within the nook. Nevertheless, with Jake Connor unable to transform both, Leeds went in 12-8 down on the break.

Rapidly after half-time, Leeds overturned their 12-point deficit when Sivo went in for his hat-trick within the forty sixth minute. This time, Connor put in a clutch conversion to maneuver the Rhinos 14-12 forward.

Nevertheless, it didn’t take lengthy for Warrington to hit again. From shut vary, King simply used his step and danced by means of the Rhinos’ defence, Irwin changing for an 18-14 lead.

The pendulum continued to swing as Leeds have been subsequent to go over. Chook bounced in on his house debut after an prolonged interval of stress, however with Connor skewing the conversion, the sport was locked at 18-18 with 22 minutes remaining.

Leeds had extra ball and alternatives and it lastly paid dividends after 68 minutes when Croft used his silky footwork to go in beneath the sticks, Connor changing for a 24-18 scoreline.

Leeds then elevated their lead when Keenan Palasia was hit excessive and Connor obliged with the boot to extend their benefit to eight factors.

Warrington did recover from as soon as once more on 76 minutes when Smith got here up with a sensational dive within the nook for his second.

However, with Irwin unable to transform and the teenager then pinged for an obstruction with seconds on the clock, Warrington ran out of time to attempt to come again.

‘Extra like us’ – Arthur hails Leeds show

Leeds Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur, talking on Sky Sports activities:

“That was more like us. It was gritty. A couple of errors, but nothing is going to be perfect in our game, and that is what the boys have to understand. We’ve got to enjoy winning by four or six points, we don’t have to win by 40 every week.

“Over the past couple of weeks, that has been our downside, when groups have a dig towards us we have to chunk down as a result of these groups are going to roll over. I favored our angle in the direction of how we wanted to play right this moment.

“I’m proud of the boys, but we shouldn’t have to be searching for responses every couple of weeks. We should enjoy winning and playing well. If we play well and get beat, I can live with that.”

2026 Tremendous League – key dates and what to look out for

• Rivals Spherical: April 3-April 5
• Tremendous League in Paris: Sat Jun 6: Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors (Paris), 6:30 UK (Sky Sports activities)
• Magic Weekend: July 4-July 5
• Rivals Spherical reversed: July 23-July 26
• Elimination Play-offs: September 19-September 20
• Play-off semi-finals: September 26-September 27
• Grand Ultimate: October 3, Outdated Trafford.

Sky Sports activities will once more present each sport of the Tremendous League stay this season – together with two matches in every spherical solely stay, with the remaining 5 matches every week proven on Sky Sports activities+