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 astonishing start to the Super League season by inspiring Leeds Rhinos to success over West Yorkshire rivals Castleford.


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


The 32-year-old has actually now scored 9 attempts in three matches and assisted Rhinos make it 3 straight victories following their opening-round defeat by Leigh which he missed.


Seven days on from their face-off with defending champs Hull KR in Las Vegas, Leeds found the going tougher against neighbours Cas, however 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 rating for Cas.


Sivo included his second soon after the restart and after that went over in the corner to complete his hat-trick following a smart one-handed offload from Chris Hankinson.


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


Both sides undertook prohibited, but it mattered little to the final 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 try was ruled out, also for a knock-on.


Cas, who got their first triumph of the project against Huddersfield in the last round, have now lost three of their opening 4 components.


Both sides are in Challenge Cup action next weekend.


Leeds go to Wakefield on Friday and 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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