Leeds Rhinos player ratings as just one scores 7/10 or higher in error-heavy effort

Leeds Rhinos were nilled in France as they fell to an 11-0 defeat against Catalans Dragons with few players impressing on the player ratings.

Brad Arthur had warned of a “desperate” Catalans side and whilst the Dragons were strong, in truth Leeds beat themselves with countless errors throughout the 80 minutes.

The first of those errors came early on when Jake Connor knocked on as he tried to scoop up Brodie Croft’s kick to score. That was one of the only chances that Leeds had as they were lacklustre in their attack.

A Luke Keary drop goal just before half-time ensured that when Reimis Smith capitalised on a Rhinos error early in the second-half, the score was 7-0. Smith would double up before Tariq Sims then had a try ruled out late on.

On the disciplinary front, both Romain Navarrete and Jake Connor were sent for ten in the sin bin.

Here are the ratings for the Leeds Rhinos players.

Leeds Rhinos player ratings

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Jake Connor – 6

Could have scored  in the opening four minutes, landed Rhinos’ first-ever 20-40 and was sin-binned, so an eventful evening

Riley Lumb – 8

Made an outstanding try-saving tackle, safe under kicks and ran well, without any try-scoring chances

Harry Newman – 5

In a game full of mistakes, his led to the opening try

Ash Handley – 5

Started well, but a bad error at least partly hammered the nail in Leeds’ coffin

Ethan Clark-Wood – 6

It was a decent enough debut, until his late error led to Catalans’ decisive second try, brushed off for the third

Brodie Croft – 5

One of the few players who looked capable of creating something, though he seemed to run out of ideas

Matt Frawley – 5

Was offside which led to a Leeds touchdown being ruled out, went off with a head knock early in the second half

Mikolaj Oledzki – 6

Strong first stint and tried to get his side on the front foot when he returned

Andy Ackers – 6

Worked hard without being able to create anything

Keenan Palasia – 6

Played the first 40 and was strong, other than one knock-on, several good runs when he returned

Morgan Gannon – 6

One knock-on, but had a few good moments

James McDonnell – 6

A couple of knock-ons when Leeds were in good field position, but put in a couple of outstanding kicks, one of which was led to a disallowed try

James Bentley – 6

Big defensive effort, but not a lot of joy with the ball

Subs

Jarrod O’Connor – 6

Had what would have been a superb touchdown ruled out for offside in his 100th Leeds appearance, one bad knock-on

Sam Lisone – 5

Not much game time, again and no real impact

Jack Sinfield – 5

Came on early in the second half and tried hard without anything paying off

Cooper Jenkins – 5

Could not make a decisive impact