Leeds Rhinos player ratings as two score 8/10 in late drama loss to Warrington Wolves

Leeds Rhinos suffered a narrow defeat to Warrington Wolves last night but the player ratings of some remained high.

In Super League’s 5,000th game, it was Warrington who came out on top as Sam Burgess’ side won 16-14 thanks to a late try from Jake Thewlis whilst Leeds were down to 12 men to deny the Rhinos another brilliant victory.

After beating Wigan last week, it looked like the Rhinos would hold on for another statement win but they were found wanting with time being their enemy in the end, quite literally as they ran out of time whilst packing a last-minute scrum.

Brad Arthur bemoaned the high penalty count after the match whilst others might ask whether the decision to send Leeds forward Keenan Palasia to the sin bin late on was soft, however, these are all questions that the Rhinos can rue whilst they have a week off after being knocked out of the Challenge Cup.

After all the drama, the player ratings are now in. Here’s how every Leeds Rhinos man scored.

Leeds Rhinos player ratings versus Warrington Wolves

Lachie Miller – 7

Nice pass for Rhinos’ third try, kept the ball moving well, caught Warrington a couple of time by running penalties

Riley Lumb – 6

Made some errors, including dropping the second half kick-off, but scored a good try and went close a couple of times

Harry Newman – 7

Looked a threat on attack, held up over the line once

Ash Handley – 8

Tackled into touch once, but posed a threat with the ball and got his winger away more than once

Ryan Hall – 7

Terrific driving finish for his try, some strong carries

Brodie Croft – 7

Some good involvements before going off injured after 51 minutes

Jake Connor – 8

Provided the final pass for Rhinos’ first two tries

Mikolaj Oledzki – 7

Had another strong game, his first spell especially

Jarrod O’Connor – 7

Played the full-80, solid effort

Cooper Jenkins – 6

Conceded an early penalty, but solid first stint, though not a lot of game time

James Bentley – 7

Worked hard, got some nice passes away

James McDonnell – 7

Scored the opening try, played the 80, worked hard as per

Keenan Palasia – 7

Another big effort, some strong carries, but was sin-binned late on

Subs

Sam Lisone – 5

One poor error playing the ball, otherwise did okay

Jack Sinfield – 6

Tried hard, ankle tapped just short of the line

Morgan Gannon – 7

Nothing spectacular, but high work-rate in defence

Tom Holroyd – 6

Went close to scoring, conceded a penalty before Warrington’s second try

The Rhinos suffer a late defeat at the Halliwell Jones Stadium
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Wolves 16 – 14 Rhinos
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