Leeds' Twelve-Try Rout Sends Super League Title Hopes Skyward
Leeds Rhinos scored an incredible 12 tries in a demolition of the York Knights, leaving the Super League table looking very different.
Leeds' attacking display was scintillating, with winger Riley Lumb scoring a hat-trick of tries in the match. The Rhinos' early double was followed up with scores for Chris Hankinson, Kallum Watkins, Mikolaj Oledzki, and Lachie Miller before the break.
The match was not a complete whitewash, however, with York's Sam Wood, Jon Bennison, and David Nofoaluma scoring tries in the second half. Despite this, further scores for debutant Matthew Lodge, Ryan Hall, Lumb, Brodie Croft, Ash Handley, and Hankinson added to the Rhinos' lead.
Leeds' victory leaves them in first place in the Super League table, ahead of Wigan Warriors on points difference. The result is a significant boost to the Rhinos' title hopes.
Lumb got the scoring under way with a quickfire double, benefiting first from Hall's interception and counter-attack to dot down before beating Bennison to the ball to add a second.
The Rhinos' attacking pace was too much for York to handle, with the visitors unable to deal with the speed of the ball.
York's Wood thought he had finally put the Knights on the board, but the score was chalked off after Watkins was adjudged to have been obstructed from making a tackle in the build-up.
The Rhinos' attacking display was relentless, with further tries for Lodge, Hall, Lumb, Croft, Handley, and Hankinson adding to the lead.
The result leaves York in 12th place in the Super League table, while Leeds look to build on their momentum.
The Rhinos' victory is a significant boost to their title hopes, with the team looking to build on their attacking display.
The match was played at AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium in front of a packed crowd.
York's Mata'afa, Bennison, Galeano, Wood, Nofoaluma, McShane, Hunter, Martin, Inman, Va'a, Dee, Field, Hingano, and interchanges Doyle, Thompson, Sangare, Balmforth, and Foster all featured for the Knights.
Leeds, meanwhile, fielded Miller, Hall, Newman, Handley, Lumb, Croft, Connor, Oledzki, O'Connor, Jenkins, Watkins, Hankinson, and Cassell, with interchanges Smith, Lodge, Lloyd, Holroyd, and McCormack.
The referee for the match was Liam Moore.
The Rhinos will look to maintain their momentum in their next match, while York will seek to bounce back from their record defeat.
Source: Yahoo Sports