Sivo Inspires Leeds To Victory Over Castleford

8 March 2026


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Leeds (10) 22


Tries: Brown, Sivo 3 Goals: Connor 3


Castleford (4) 4


Tries: Ravalawa


Maika Sivo continued his mind-blowing start to the Super League season by inspiring Leeds Rhinos to triumph over West Yorkshire measures up to Castleford.


The Fijian winger, who scored 4 tries in last weekend's 58-6 thumping of in Las Vegas, added another 3 at Headingley.


The 32-year-old has actually now scored nine tries in 3 matches and helped Rhinos make it 3 straight triumphes following their opening-round defeat by Leigh which he missed.


Seven days on from their face-off with defending champions Hull KR in Las Vegas, Leeds found the going tougher versus neighbours Cas, but still ran out comfy winners.


George Brown got the ball down magnificently under pressure to put Leeds on the board and Sivo stretched the lead following Mikaele Ravalawa's score for Cas.


Sivo included his second soon after the reboot and after that discussed in the corner to finish his hat-trick following a smart one-handed offload from Chris Hankinson.


Castleford applied lots of pressure in the final 20 minutes however were not able to discover a method through some outstanding and figured out Leeds defence.


Both sides undertook prohibited, but it mattered little to the outcome.


Cam Smith saw his first-half rating for Leeds chalked off for a knock-on in the accumulation, and Castleford stand-off Zac Cini's second-half shot was ruled out, likewise for a knock-on.


Cas, who chose up their very first success of the project against Huddersfield in the last round, have now lost three of their opening 4 fixtures.


Both sides are in Challenge Cup action next weekend.


Leeds see Wakefield on Friday and Castleford host St Helens on Saturday.


Leeds: Miller, Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall, Brown, Connor, Jenkins, Levi, Palasia, Watkins, O'Neill, Smith


Interchanges: O'Connor, Holroyd, Hankinson, Mata'utia


Castleford: Cini, Ravalawa, McIntosh, Mapapalangi, Qareqare, Asi, Weaver, Atoni, Hood, Westerman, Lane, Hirst, Stimson


Interchanges: Golding, Ashworth, Hall, Lawler


Referee: James Vella.


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