Leeds Rhinos vs Hull KR - Prediction, team news and lineups

Friday’s main lawsuit takes spot astatine Headingley Stadium arsenic Super League leaders Leeds Rhinos invited defending champions Hull KR successful what promises to beryllium an almighty blockbuster.

Both teams travel into this crippled connected the backmost of victories, with the Rhinos getting the amended of Warrington Wolves, and the Robins earning a assured triumph implicit the Leigh Leopards.

Match preview

Sitting beauteous astatine the apical of the Super League table, Leeds Rhinos are perfectly flying and are expected to beryllium superior rubric challengers travel the extremity of the season.

Brad Arthur’s broadside moved 2 points wide astatine the apical past week aft picking up an awesome 34-6 triumph implicit Warrington Wolves distant from home.

The Rhinos scored six successive tries successful what proved to beryllium an implicit demolition of a squad that is conscionable 1 spot beneath them successful the standings.

Leeds person won 9 of their past 10 Super League matches, with the lone slip-up coming against Challenge Cup winners Wigan Warriors implicit a period ago.

Boasting the champion attacking grounds successful the competition, Leeds crossed the 500 points people past week, scoring 48 much points than the adjacent champion team.

Hull KR experienced a important dip successful signifier astatine the commencement of the month, with the squad losing the Challenge Cup last against the Wigan Warriors earlier slumping to a uncommon league decision against Wakefield Trinity.

Since then, the Robins person bounced backmost successful terrific style, beating York Knights 38-6 and Leigh Leopards 22-8 - some successful beforehand of their location fans astatine Craven Park.

The Robins, who are 3rd successful the standings and locked connected 20 points with 3 different clubs, volition present beryllium looking to adjacent the spread to the existent league leaders.

Doing truthful volition beryllium acold easier said than done, fixed the Humberside outfit person mislaid their past 3 meetings with Leeds - including a daze 58-6 thumping past March.

It has been good implicit a twelvemonth since Hull KR past secured a triumph astatine Headingley Stadium, though with successive Super League victories nether their belt, Willie Peters and his men travel into Friday’s fixture with momentum. 

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Team News

The large quality from the Leeds Rhinos campy concerns Tom Holroyd, who has been cleared from his wounded and could present marque his instrumentality to the field.

In different squad news, youngster Riley Lumb is preferred to Fergus McCormack successful the 21-man squad.

When it comes to Hull KR, Joe Burgess is forced to driblet retired of the squad pursuing a enarthrosis injury, portion Oliver Gildart returns from his caput wounded assessment.

Cobie Wainhouse besides makes the 21-man squad arsenic helium replaces Sam Luckley, who is struggling with a hamstring injury. 

Leeds Rhinos 21-man squad:
Miller, Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall, Croft, Connor, Oledzki, O’Connor, Holroyd, Watkins, McDonnell, Palasia, Hankinson, Jenkins, Smith, Cassell, Lumb, Levi, Nicholson-Watton, Bird

Hull KR 21-man squad:
Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Lewis, May, Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella, Broadbent, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton, Dezaria, Booth, Leyland, Wainhouse, Hampshire, Pangai Jr

We say: Leeds Rhinos 28-20 Hull KR

Boasting the champion onslaught successful the Super League, Leeds Rhinos are unsurprisingly the favourites to get the occupation done this Friday night.

Hull KR person capable prime to springiness the Rhinos a tally for their money, but yet we are siding with the hosts to get the occupation done.