Four-try Sivo Stars As Leeds Thrash Hull KR In Vegas

ByMichael Short
BBC Sport Senior Journalist


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Betfred Super League - Las Vegas


Hull KR (0) 6


Try: Burgess


Goal: Martin


Leeds Rhinos (28) 58


Tries: Sivo 4, Croft 2, Palasia, Hall, Jenkins 2


Goals: Connor 6, Hankinson 3


Maika Sivo's spectacular four-try screen helped Leeds Rhinos whip Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.


The Fijian winger crossed two times and created a third shot as the rampant Rhinos led 28-0 at half-time.


And Sivo scored two times more in the second half as Leeds took apart the safeguarding Super League champions.


Hull KR beat Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge simply 10 days ago however have actually now lost their opening 2 Super League games of the season.


Defeat by newly-promoted York was a shock - and the way they were brushed aside at Allegiant Stadium, the home of NFL side Las Vegas Raiders, left head coach Willie Peters warning his side could be dealing with "a long season".


Sivo signed up with the Rhinos before the 2025 season however missed the entire project after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.


And following 2 tries out launching it took him 8 minutes to require his method over for the very first try of the video game after Harry Newman collected Brodie Croft's high kick and the ball was worked out to the left flank.


He went over in the corner for his 2nd - following a prolonged video evaluation after a Jake Connor hand-off - Connor then for a second time.


After tries from Croft and Keenan Palasia, Sivo claimed the ball from under his own posts and ran 70 metres for an attack which ended with Ryan Hall scoring.


A Hull KR try was disallowed for an earlier obstruction before the end of the very first half, but Leeds continued to dominate in the second duration - with Croft adding a sixth shot before Sivo finished his hat-trick.


His 4th shot followed a Joe Burgess alleviation for the Robins 15 minutes from time - then a late Cooper Jenkins double sealed a resounding triumph for Leeds.


Hull KR nowhere near sufficient - Peters


"The individuals I pity are the fans who paid hard-earned cash to come here today and watch that," Peters stated.


"To invest or save cash to come and view their group play and we provide a performance like that, it's simply no place near sufficient.


"We need to all take a look at ourselves - myself at the top of that - and learn why we got that performance.


"We need to ensure that we action more than words and throw down the gauntlet, due to the fact that if that's the template of what we're going to do this season, it's going to be a long season."


A delighted Leeds coach Brad Arthur stated his side had "had a ball" and praised his gamers' "real appetite".


"We desired to ensure that we did ourselves happy and the fans and did the competition justice," he included.


"We came here to make a declaration and we did it this evening," Sivo informed Sky Sports.


"The young boys, each and every single one of us, did our task tonight."


Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.


Replacements: Luckley, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton.


Leeds Rhinos: Miller; Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall; Croft, Connor; Jenkins, Levi, Palasia, Watkins, McDonnell, C. Smith.


Replacements: O'Connor, Holroyd, Hankinson, Littlewood.


Referee: Jack Smith