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 display helped Leeds Rhinos surge Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.


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


And Sivo scored two times more in the 2nd half as Leeds took apart the protecting Super League .


Hull KR beat Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge just 10 days ago but have actually now lost their opening 2 Super League video 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 might be dealing with "a long season".


Sivo joined the Rhinos before the 2025 season but missed the entire campaign after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.


And following 2 attempts on debut it took him 8 minutes to force his way over for the first shot of the video game after Harry Newman gathered Brodie Croft's high kick and the ball was exercised to the left flank.


He reviewed in the corner for his second - following a lengthy video evaluation after a Jake Connor hand-off - Connor then transforming for a second time.


After attempts 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 prohibited for an earlier obstruction before completion of the very first half, but Leeds continued to control in the second period - with Croft including a 6th shot before Sivo completed 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 success for Leeds.


Hull KR nowhere near sufficient - Peters


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


"To invest or save money to come and enjoy their group play and we provide an efficiency like that, it's simply no place near sufficient.


"We need to all look at ourselves - myself at the top of that - and discover out why we got that efficiency.


"We need to make certain that we action more than words and do something about it, 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 happy Leeds coach Brad Arthur said his side had "had a ball" and applauded his gamers' "genuine cravings".


"We wanted to make certain that we did ourselves proud and the fans and did the competitors justice," he included.


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


"The young boys, every single among 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