Leeds Rhinos 0, St Helens 48 - player marks and ratings

Leeds Rhinos suffered their heaviest home defeat in Super League when they were crushed 48-0 by St Helens.

It was only the third time they have failed to score in the competition and their first shutout at Emerald Headingley since 1992.

As a team, Rhinos were ruthlessly outclassed, but how did individual players fare?

Here are our ratings.

Leeds Rhinos

5 Ash Handley: Out of position, but tried hard all evening 6

24 Luke Briscoe: Had a tough time against Amazing Grace 4

3 Harry Newman: Also found the going hard on Leeds’ right edge 5

26 AlexSutcliffe: Took some knocks, but toughed it out 6

2 Tom Briscoe: No scoring chances after 53 weeks on the sidelines 5

23 Callum McLelland: Played behind a beaten pack, but some promising signs 6

7 Luke Gale: Carried a heavy workload, but nothing came off 5

8 Ava Seumanufagai: Couldn’t dominate against powerful forwards 5

14 Brad Dwyer: Didn’t get going and was replaced quite early 5

10 Matt Prior: Unusually, looked off the pace 5

11 Alex Mellor: Injury was a blow after a big effort 6

12 Rhyse Martin: Made some errors 5

22 Cameron Smith: One of Leeds’ better players 6

Subs

9 Kruise Leeming: Tried to add some spark 6

19 Mikolaj Oledzki: Never really got going 5

21 Rhys Evans: Tough debut, coming on a 24-0 down 5

17 Adam Cuthbertson: Occasional good moment 5

St Helens

1 Lachlan Coote 9

2 Tommy Makinson 8

3 Kevi Naiqama 7

21 Matty Costello 7

5 Regan Grace 9

6 Jonny Lomax 8

7 Theo Fages 8

8 Alex Walmsley 9

9 James Roby 8

32 James Graham 8

11 Zeb Taia 8

20 James Bentley 8

14 Morgan Knowles 7

Subs

13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook 7

15 Matty Lees 7

16 Kyle Amor 7

19 Aaron Smith 7

Referee: Chris Kendall (Huddersfield) 7

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