Hull 16-62 Leeds: Rhinos bounce back in spectacular fashion

Leeds Rhinos returned to winning ways in emphatic style, as they put 11 tries past Hull at the MKM Stadium.

Ash Handley grabbed five of those tries, Kruise Leeming also scored two with Mikolaj Oledzki, Richie Myler, Liam Sutcliffe and David Fusitu’a also completed the scoring.

Hull responded through tries by Darnell McIntosh, Danny Houghton and Chris Satae, but conceded seven unanswered tries in the second half.

There was four changes to the Hull side that was narrowly beaten at Warrington last week. Adam Swift, Luke Gale and Manu Ma’u drop out through injury, while Mitieli Vuikijapani missed out through suspension. Meanwhile, there was returns for Josh Griffin, Cameron Scott and Jordan Johnstone to the side, while Denive Balmforth came in off the bench.

The Rhinos made three changes to the side beaten at St Helens last week. Harry Newman, Bodene Thompson and Zane Tetevano miss out through suspension. Replacing them were Liam Sutcliffe, Cameron Smith and Morgan Gannon.

Leeds managed to take the lead with six minutes on the clock. After the Rhinos forced a set restart close to the Hull line, Mikolaj Oledzki was able to barge over from close range to mark his 100th appearance for the club with a try. Rhyse Martin added the conversion to open up a six-point lead.

That soon became two tries inside the opening 10 minutes. Liam Sutcliffe managed to set Ash Handley away, and he was able to score out wide unopposed. Martin added the conversion to double Leeds’ advantage.

Hull needed to strike next, and they did six minutes later. Darnell McIntosh was able to intercept the ball, and race 95 metres to score. He couldn’t convert his own try.

The hosts soon made it back-to-back tries. Connor Wynne kicked the ball inside, and Danny