Leeds Thrash Hull Fc To Dent Hosts' Play-off Hopes

Betfred Super League

Hull FC (0) 0

Leeds (24) 34

Tries: Hall, Watkins, Connor, Gannon, Croft, McDonnell Goals: Connor 5

Leeds Rhinos stormed their measurement to a 34-0 thrashing of Hull FC to put a dent successful their opponents' Super League play-off hopes.

Ryan Hall touched down for Leeds connected his 400th Super League quality to nonstop nan visitors up and they edged further successful beforehand soon aft erstwhile Kallum Watkins dotted down.

Jake Connor and Morgan Gannon sewage connected nan scoresheet arsenic Leeds led 24-0 astatine half-time and Brodie Croft picked up wherever they near disconnected aft nan break.

James McDonnell collapsed successful for Leeds' sixth effort precocious connected to headdress disconnected a momentous capacity and an 80 minutes to hide for nan hosts.

The consequence lifts Leeds to 3rd successful Super League and level connected points pinch second-placed Wigan, while Hull FC stay sixth but could driblet to seventh depending connected Wakefield's consequence against Huddersfield later connected Saturday.

Hall yet collapsed nan deadlock aft an attritional opening 22 minutes erstwhile he was played done arsenic Leeds recovered abstraction connected nan helping - but they were not done there.

Watkins' people came disconnected nan backmost of a precocious footwear in-goal from Croft, which was rebounded into his path, leaving him to respond quickly to crushed nan ball.

Connor added immoderate radiance to Leeds' first-half showing acknowledgment to his long-range run-in soon aft but location was contention to travel successful nan build-up to Gannon's score.

Croft played what looked to beryllium a clear guardant walk to Sam Lisone which was not spotted by referee Aaron Moore and, successful nan aftermath, Leeds kept nan shot live pinch Connor's neat footwear sending Gannon done to transverse over.

A tackle connected Hull FC prop Liam Watts was put connected study conscionable earlier nan half-time hooter, successful nan midst of being grounded by Connor and an onrushing Joe Shorrocks.

Croft's effort came disconnected nan backmost of immoderate awesome activity by Shorrocks to offload nether unit to Jarrod O'Connor successful nan lead-up to him going successful nether nan posts.

Leeds suffered a rustle arsenic Max Simpson - who was making his first quality since 2022 aft a succession of wounded setbacks pursuing a fractured ankle - was stretchered disconnected nan section aft a lengthy delay.

McDonnell showed awesome spot to get to nan statement pinch conscionable nether 10 minutes remaining to adhd immoderate radiance to Leeds' capacity while Hull FC offered small complete nan people of nan lucifer to respond to their opponents' dominance.

Hull FC: Hardaker; Barron, Rapana, Litten, Martin; Cust, Sezer; Ese'ese, Bourouh, Watts, Chamberlain, Lane, Aydin.

Interchanges: Briscoe, Ashworth, Fash, Laidlaw.

Leeds: Miller; Hall, Newman, Simpson, Hankinson; Croft, Connor; Cassell, O'Connor, Oledzki, Gannon, McDonnell, Watkins.

Interchanges: Shorrocks, Bentley, Lisone, Jenkins.

Referee: Aaron Moore.