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MATCH REPORT |
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MATCH REPORT : Leeds took the lead four minutes in. They opted to go down their short-side on the left in midfield, Ash Handley moved forward and found Jack Sinfield in support on his inside who kicked into space behind the Saints defence and Riley Lumb scored. Lachie Miller couldn’t convert, 0-4 Saints trailed. They could’ve extended their lead ten minutes in. The Rhinos moved the ball from left to right, Miller tried a cut-out pass to Lumb but the ball sailed into touch. Soon after, they did extend their lead. Alfie Edgell broke down the right wing after collecting a pass from Harry Newman, he cut inside and found Miller in support and he scored under the sticks. He converted his own try, 0-10. Another big chance followed. The Rhinos got a scrum ten metres from the Saints line. On the first tackle they moved it left, Jack Sinfield threw a cut-out pass to Lumb who raced towards the corner but Tristan Sailor beat him there and pushed him into touch. Saints’ first real opening came 25 minutes in. A penalty pushed the Red V into Leeds’ 20. The visitors moved the ball right a few tackles in but Jon Bennison was pushed into touch short of the line. Leeds then had a good chance to further extended their advantage. A penalty against Morgan Knowles in Saints territory saw them opt for two points which Miller missed from 25 metres out, 0-10 it remained. Towards the end of the first half, Saints lost Knowles to a HIA, which he passed and returned to the game in the second half. No further first half points followed, as Saints trailed 0-10 at the break at St James’ Park. t was Saints who grabbed the first points of the second half. George Whitby found Matt Whitley who broke, he threw a dummy which fooled Miller and scored. Whitby was unable to convert, 4-10 Saints trailed. Saints continued to apply the pressure. Following a Sailor break which put Saints in good field position, the Rhinos saw out the remainder of that set but then made a few errors in repeat sets on their own line which allowed the Red V to keep coming at them. The last of them saw Welsby put a low kick in, which Miller gathered on his own line. We then had a trip to the video referee. Welsby’s high kick on the last was competed for, with the ball bouncing backwards around before the ball was knocked dead in-goal, with the check for a penalty try for an incident with Percival. Nothing was eventually given but Murphy was sent to the sin bin following the incident in the air. Leeds took almost immediate advantage of the extra man, as Sinfield kicked a dropgoal to give them a two-score lead, 4-11. Another trip to the video referee quickly followed. Leeds moved the ball from right to left and Lumb looked to have scored in the corner. Some good last ditch defending from Whitley saw the Leeds winger go into touch though before grounding the ball. With six minutes to go, we had another trip upstairs. Saints kept the ball alive on the last tackle, eventually working it to Whitby who kicked high to the corner. Sailor competed for it, the ball went to ground before Deon Cross picked it up and scored in the corner. The on field call of no try was agreed with, 4-11 it remained. Just before fulltime, we had another trip upstairs. Leeds got a penalty and moved into the Saints half, they went left and Morgan Gannon crashed over from close range. Miller converted, 4-17. Those were the final points of the evening, as Saints were beaten 4-17 by Leeds at Magic WKND. Thanks to the Saints Media Centre for their report. |
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