Leeds Rhinos fans furious as footage emerges of controversial Huddersfield Giants try

Leeds Rhinos were beaten by Huddersfield Giants on Sunday as they battle Warrington Wolves, Hull FC, Hull KR and Salford Red Devils for a spot in the play-offs.

It was a controversial game with Leeds unhappy with the drop goal that secured the win from Jake Connor as well as a try disallowed for a Sam Walters knock on that appeared to hit his leg.

There were questions asked about Huddersfield’s second and third tries and footage of the third try was shared on social media prompting Leeds fans’ fury.

Clear tackle in the air on handley

— Chris Kitchin (@Kitchin_chris) August 27, 2023

It was said that the Giants player was never going for the ball.

Nice taking put the leeds player trying to catch
Giants player never going for the ball

— Garry Butterfield (@gaza716) August 27, 2023

Tackled in the air was a repeated complaint.

Tackled in the air

— @chrisacdandb (@chrisacdandb) August 27, 2023

Once again the accusation was that there was no effort to go for the ball.

What? Getting taken out by Pryce, who wasnt even looking at the ball. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

— Shaun Dennison (@Rhinoshaund_VI) August 27, 2023

After the game Rohan Smith was not happy:

“We let ourselves down a few moments there. One of those tries we conceded from a scrappy kick. We got people walking in the background which was one try, bounce pass in the other corner is a bit unfortunate.

“Then there was a play where he looked like he was held. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. So chasing points is difficult in games where the ruck was all over the place and some critical moments in the game were influenced.

“Even at the back end there, we’re chasing the game and the player that doesn’t get to his feet laying on the ground, ends up retrieving our offload when we’re right in front of the post.

“There’s also a stoppage of play when we’ve made a break and we’re about to score on the next play, and we have a two minute stoppage, five minute stoppage, and then the player passes his HIA.

“We let ourselves down in a few moments, but there’s a huge amount of spirit there in the second half I thought we’re trying to overcome absolutely everything,  including a drop goal that didn’t go through.

“The kicker and his mates are all laughing that it didn’t go through, they were getting ready for a twenty metre restart and seven tackles.

“Everybody has said it didn’t go through. Except the decision makers. A couple of players in the opposition said it missed by a couple of metres.

“Sometimes they’re difficult when you look over the goalpost and you’re not sure if it’s a high kick, but in the end we had opportunities, we had opportunities, but some days it’s hard to overcome all of those things.”