Leeds Rhinos: Player ratings from Super League defeat at Salford Red Devils

For the second successive week, Rhinos were second-best in a game they should have won and even the return of three key players could not spark an improved performance.

Here's how the players, on both sides, rated.

Leeds Rhinos

1 Jack Walker: Could hold his head up 7

20 Tom Briscoe: Saw little of the action 5

23 Jack Broadbent: Did okay, one big tackle 5

4 Liam Sutcliffe: Not his night 4

5 Ash Handley: Scored a good try and unlucky a couple of times 6

6 Blake Austin: Ineffective, taken off early 4

7 Aidan Sezer: Didn’t run the game and some kicks were poor 5

8 Mikolaj Oledzki: Scored and made some good ground 6

9 Kruise Leeming: Tries to set a captain’s lead 7

13 Zane Tetevano: Costly sin-binning turned the game 4

11 James Bentley: Couple of good tackles 5

12 Rhyse Martin: Solid effort 6

17 Cameron Smith: Battled away defensively 5

Subs

14 Brad Dwyer: No chance to make a difference 5

15 Alex Mellor: Late introduction 5

19 Bodene Thompson: Sin-binning was unfortunate 5

25 James Donaldson: Won some penalties 5

Salford Red Devils

1 Ryan Brierley 5

2 Ken Sio 7

28 Deon Cross 8

4 Tim Lafai 6

5 Joe Burgess 7

6 Brodie Croft 6

7 Marc Sneyd 6

19 Jack Ormondroyd 7

9 Andy Ackers 7

29 Alex Gerrard 6

16 Ryan Lannon 6

11 Shane Wright 6

13 Elijah Taylor 8

Subs

10 Greg Burke 6

15 King Vuniyayawa 6

18 Chris Atkin 6

20 Jack Wells 7

Referee: Jack Smith (Wigan) 5

Attendance: 5,766.

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