Leeds Rhinos have moved joint top of the Betfred Super League after they battled back to defeat the Leigh Leopards 22-16.
Leeds Rhinos claimed the win as they battled back from 16-0 down to win 22-16. Rhyse Martin got the come back under way hitting a lovely line off a Brodie Croft pass to spin through and score.
Then Matt Frawley notched his first Leeds Rhinos try. Leigh Leopards were down to 12 after Gareth O’Brien had been sin binned. This came after an Andy Ackers break and support from Lachie Miller but O’Brien was penalised for a flop and was thus sin binned.
In the last minute of his time in the sin bin, Matt Frawley exploited the space carving the Leigh Leopards up down the middle to score and make it 16-12.
The Leeds Rhinos would level matters as they continue to show a willingness to play in tough situations with Rhyse Martin grubbering ahead allowing Paul Momirovski and Ash Handley to combine for the latter to make it six tries.
This time Martin missed the conversion but Leeds had the momentum. They would again attack down the left with Brodie Croft helping send Momirovski down the wing. Croft supported down the middle before teeing up Handley for his seventh of the season. Leeds would then hold on with some terrific defence.
Leigh Leopards seemingly unhappy with crucial decision
Leigh Leopards fans and seemingly their owner Derek Beaumont were left aggrieved by a number of decisions that didn’t go their way.
Even their club’s official X account seemed to be left shocked by one decision in particular during their minute by minute updates of the game.
After Gareth O’Brien was sin binned, the Leigh account was left stunned saying: “O’Brien sent for 10, nobody seems to know why?”
This was of course in relation to the aforementioned flop.
The Leopards weren’t the only team left aggrieved by decisions with that annoyance voiced in official channels.
St Helens highlighted a “blatant obstruction” that was missed ahead of the crucial Mark Percival red card in their official match report following their shock defeat to Salford Red Devils.
