Leeds Rhinos star James Donaldson has been sin binned and avoided a red card despite contact with the head.
This comes at the latest controversy around Head Contact and disciplinary which has been a massive talking point in the first week of the Super League season.
The Rhinos star was sin binned as he caught Oliver Gildart in the head as he descended to the ground in a tackle.
He was sin binned and not red carded because of the mitigation of Gildart descending at the point of contact.
Leeds had led after Peta Hiku was sin binned himself for holding down beyond the six again. Leeds notched a lovely try as Brodie Croft, Harry Newman and Luis Roberts moved Leeds down field before Croft fed James Bentley through a gap received an offload and put Newman over.
Hull KR levelled when Jez Litten’s kick hit the post bouncing back for Jesse Sue to score. Hull KR were arguably lucky to be level and after the penalty for the James Donaldson was sin binned.
Hull KR pull off major coup ahead of Leeds Rhinos clash
New Zealand’s Jared Warea-Hargreaves – New Zealand Kiwis v Ireland, Round 3 of the Rugby League World Cup England 2021 (played in 2022) at Headingley Stadium, England on Friday 28 October 2022.
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In the week building up to Hull KR’s clash with Leeds Rhinos they gave themselves a huge boost with the signing of Jared Warea-Hargreaves.
Speaking to hullkr.co.uk, Waerea-Hargreaves said: ‘It’s exciting. I’ve had a good couple of chats with Willie. He’s a great man and I’m really looking forward to playing for Hull KR and him in 2025.
‘The team has been building for a number of years. They were successful last year but fell short in the Cup Final. We’ve got a really strong squad this season and from the win over Hull you can see their training really hard.
‘For myself, my wife and the kids, we’re looking forward to coming over as a family, knuckling down and enjoying the North of England. I’ve played a number of years in the UK with New Zealand, coming away internationally. I’ve loved England, I love how passionate the people are.
‘I love the working class city of Hull, it’s been on my radar for a couple of years. Now it’s official, it’s very exciting.’
The initial sparks of the three-time Grand Final Winner’s move to Hull KR go back to the night of the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup Final in Paris.
Jared highlighted his chat with current Hull KR Development Coach, Shaun Kenny-Dowall as key to the move: ‘My best mate is Shaun Kenny-Dowall, I played nearly ten seasons with Skids. When he went over to Hull, we stayed in contact and he’s spoken highly of Hull KR and the people in the club.
