For the second time in eight days Leeds Rhinos competed with St Helens, but weren’t quite good enough to get the job done.
Friday’s 20-6 defeat in the Betfred Challenge Cup followed a similar pattern to the previous week’s 18-8 Super League loss; Rhinos led in the first half, conceded a try just before the interval and were unable to break the visitors down in the final 40 minutes. Again, it was three tries to one. Rhinos spent very little time in Saints’ territory in the opening period and could have been more than 10-6 behind.
Rhinos led for 13 minutes after Newman intercepted Lomax’s pass 10 metres out, scorched away and then stepped past Jon Bennison as he came across, giving Rhyse Martin a simple conversion. That was a s good as it got for Leeds in a record-extending fourth successive Challenge Cup loss. Tom Holroyd and Clark were sin-binned after a mele midway through the second period and Bennison scored in the set from the penalty to put the game beyond Leeds.
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