Aah Briscoe - Luke was different gravy in Leeds Rhinos romp

Rhinos’ stats show Briscoe was his side’s top-metre maker, with 189 from 16 carries at an average gain of 11.8 metres, in Leeds’ 52-10 success.

Briscoe made his first Betfred Super League appearance of the season, after featuring on dual-registration for Featherstone Rovers in his previous game.

He did not get on the scoreboard, but provided two assists for official man of the match Harry Newman - who switched from wing to his specialist centre role - in the first half.

Ash Handley on the other flank, pushed Briscoe close with 186 metres, at a better average of 14.3 and was among the try scorers for the second successive game.

Nine of Rhinos’ 17 made more than 100 metres, the others being Harry Newman (136) Luke Gale (132), Cameron Smith (130), Matt Prior (117), Alex Mellor (116), Mikolaj Oledzki (113) and Jack Walker (101).

Defensively, loose-forward Smith was Rhinos’ top performer for the second successive game.

After 61 tackles against Hull, he backed up with 41 in the win over the robins, 10 more than his nearest challenger Brad Dwyer.

Reflecting Leeds’ dominance, Prior (25) and Mellor (24) - who made a strong contribution in his first start for the club - were the only other players to make more than 20 tackles.

On the negative side, Dwyer made the most missed tackles, with eight, one more than Gale.

The five penalties against Leeds were shared, with Gale, Dwyer, Prior, Smith and Adam Cuthbertson all conceding one each.

Mellor, with four, was the only player to make more than one error, out of a team total of 13.

As the scoreline suggests, Rhinos dominated the team stats, gaining 1,760 metres against Hull KR’s 1,048.

They made 204 carries to 153 and 257 tackles, compared with the visitors’ 371.

Rhinos conceded only four clean breaks and made 13 and put in 10 attacking kicks to Rovers’ six.

Hull KR missed 66 tackles and Leeds 36.