Lachlan Miller, Kallum Watkins, Ash Handley, Jake Connor, Ryan Corridor every rating tries in Leeds Rhinos’ Tremendous League win vs Huddersfield Giants; watch the rest of Rivals Spherical dwell on Sky Sports activities with Leigh vs Warrington (1.30pm) & Catalans vs Salford (6pm) on Saturday
Final Up to date: 18/04/25 7:54pm
Kallum Watkins scored on his Leeds Rhinos second debut vs Huddersfield in Good Friday’s Tremendous League sport
Kallum Watkins scored on his second Leeds debut as they beat Huddersfield 28-6 at Headingley to ship the depleted guests spinning to a different Tremendous League defeat.
Former Rhinos captain Watkins – signed final week from Salford – powered over for his or her second strive quickly after the interval.
Lachlan Miller had gone over for Leeds’ opening rating however that they had needed to wait over half an hour for that after three first-half efforts had been dominated out by the video referee and a few dogged Huddersfield defending.
Ash Handley, Jake Connor and Ryan Corridor additionally went over for Leeds, who lower free after the interval to seal their third win in 4 Tremendous League matches.
Huddersfield prop Tom Burgess scored a deserved late comfort strive however the Giants went all the way down to a ninth successive defeat in all competitions this season.
Rhinos scrum-half Matt Frawley and second-row Morgan Gannon, on his first Tremendous League begin of the season, had been each held up over the strive line.
Leeds went shut once more when ahead Keenan Palasia barged over, however Miller’s cross was adjudged to have been ahead, and so they had been denied once more by the video referee after prop Tom Holroyd went over from shut vary.
The Giants, with out 11 senior gamers amid a crippling harm disaster, had been dealt two extra blows when Burgess departed for a concussion examine earlier than centre Liam Sutcliffe hobbled off with a leg harm.
The guests defended valiantly and thought that they had taken a shock lead when Sam Halsall appeared to have touched down Jake Bibby’s grubber kick, however the video referee dominated the ball had not been grounded.
Burgess returned to the motion for the Giants, who battled gamely on to maintain Leeds at bay, with Frawley tackled inches from the strive line.
However with 9 first-half minutes remaining, Rhinos centre Harry Newman despatched Miller darting by way of a niche to lastly breach the Giants’ defence.
Watkins was given a rousing reception earlier than the interval as he stepped off the bench and Giants teenager Archie Sykes made his Tremendous League bow quickly after because the guests trailed simply 6-0 at half-time.
Leeds doubled their lead six minutes after the restart by way of Watkins, who burst on to James Bentley’s cross to energy over close to the posts and that signalled the opening of the floodgates.
Ash Handley scored certainly one of 5 Leeds Rhinos tries within the victory
The house aspect prolonged their result in 16-0 when Handley caught and grounded Connor’s excessive kick after which James McDonnell’s good cross out of the again of his hand arrange Connor’s wonderful strive.
Wing Corridor crashed over within the nook to stretch the Rhinos result in 28-0, with Miller lacking his conversion try having landed his earlier 4.
Burgess picked an excellent line to barge his method over for the Giants within the closing levels and George Flanagan’s conversion accomplished the scoring.
Spherical 8 – RIVALS ROUND- each match dwell on Sky Sports activities
Sat April 19: Leigh vs Warrington – 1.30pm
Sat April 19: Catalans vs Salford – 6pm
Sky Sports activities will once more present each sport of Tremendous League dwell this season – together with two matches in every spherical solely dwell, with the remaining 4 matches every week proven on Sky Sports activities+ by way of the crimson button.
