Leeds Rhinos 18 Castleford Tigers 32: Player ratings from West Yorkshire Super League derby

Missed chances proved costly for Leeds Rhinos in a 32-18 home defeat by Castleford Tigers at Emerald Headingley.
Brad Dwyer scored Rhinos' third try. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.Brad Dwyer scored Rhinos' third try. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.
Brad Dwyer scored Rhinos' third try. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.

Here's how the players rated.

Leeds Rhinos

16 Richie Myler: Bit of a mixed bag 6

2 Tom Briscoe: Looked hesitant at times 5

4 Konrad Hurrell: Some powerful runs 7

3 Harry Newman: Tried hard, final pass for one try 6

5 Ash Handley: Stand-in captain, took his try well 6

6 Rob Lui: Excellent try and went well overall 7

15 Liam Sutcliffe: Succumbed to knee injury at half-time 5

19 King Vuniyayawa: Failed head injury assessment in opening quarter 5

9 Kruise Leeming: Lots of energy 6

20 Bodene Thompson: Carried the ball well 6

25 James Donaldson: Big effort over the full 80 6

12 Rhyse Martin: Costly error for Tigers’ first try 5

13 Zane Tetevano: Ran hard 6

Subs

18 Tom Holroyd: Some errors, but had a dig 6

14 Brad Dwyer: One brilliant tackle and took his try well 7

31 Morgan Gannon: Chased back well late on 6

17 Cameron Smith: Some good touches 7

Castleford Tigers

1 Niall Evalds 9

2 Derrell Olpherts 8

3 Peter Mata’utia 7

25 Jordan Turner 7

23 Greg Eden 8

31 Gareth O’Brien 7

7 Danny Richardson 6

10 Grant Millington 7

9 Paul McShane 8

22 Daniel Smith 6

11 Oliver Holmes 7

21 Jesse Sene-Lefao 7

13 Adam Milner 7

Subs

14 Nathan Massey 7

17 Alex Foster 6

24 Suaia Matagi 7

38 Jimmy Keinhorst 5

Referee: Ben Thaler (Wakefield) 7

Attendance: 10,383

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