Looking back on Leeds Rhinos' biggest Super League wins

Leeds Rhinos’ final game before coronavirus shut down rugby league was a 66-12 thrashing of Toronto Wolfpack at Emerald Headingley.
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Rhinos have equalled or bettered that points tally 15 times in Super League, so how many of these games do you remember?

16/7/99 - Leeds Rhinos 86, Huddersfield Giants 6. Skipper Iestyn Harris scored a club record 42 points, from four tries and 13 goals.

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14/8/09 - Leeds Rhinos 76, Castleford Tigers 12. Ryan Hall scored five tries in the second game of an eight-match winning run which was to take Leeds all the way to top spot in the table and Grand Final glory.

Rob Lui scores agfianst Toronto. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.Rob Lui scores agfianst Toronto. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Rob Lui scores agfianst Toronto. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe.

7/8/05 - Leigh Centurions 0, Leeds Rhinos 74. Debutant Ashley Gibson didn’t get on until the second half, but scored with his first touch and finished with 22 points from a hat-trick and five goals.

4/5/01 - Leeds Rhinos 74, St Helens 16. The reigning champions were humiliated, conceding 13 tries - four of them to Tonie Carroll.

13/9/98 - Huddersfield Giants 16, Leeds Rhinos 72. A significant afternoon as Kevin Sinfield ran in a try, his first points for Leeds. Harris again dominated, bagging 24 points from a try and 10 goals.

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23/7/04 - Leeds Rhinos 70, St Helens 0. A complete performance from Rhinos, with Marcus Bai and Danny McGuire both grabbing a hat-trick.

Iestyn Harris. Picture by Mark Bickerdike.Iestyn Harris. Picture by Mark Bickerdike.
Iestyn Harris. Picture by Mark Bickerdike.

18/6/05 - Leeds Rhinos 70, Wigan Warriors 0. A week after demolishing Wakefield, Rhinos hit 70 again to destroy Wigan whose coach Ian Millward had been on the wrong end of a similar scoreline with Saints the previous season

10/6/05 - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 6, Leeds Rhinos 70. Ali Lauitiiti came off the bench and scored five tries, a Super League record for a Leeds forward.

17/7/15: Leeds Rhinos 70, Salford Red Devils 6. Zak Hardaker added nine goals to his brace of tries for a personal points tally of 26.

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21/5/1999: Leeds Rhinos 70, Halifax 22. The new Challenge Cup holders put Fax to the sword, Harris leading the way with a try and 11 conversions.

Jamie Peacock. Picture by PA.Jamie Peacock. Picture by PA.
Jamie Peacock. Picture by PA.

22/8/2009 - Crusaders 0, Leeds Rhinos 68. A career first and only hat-trick for Jamie Peacock was the highlight of a huge win in Newport.

10/8/2012: Leeds Rhinos 68, Widnes Vikings 24. A win at a cost as Danny McGuire suffered a knee injury which was to keep him out of the Challenge Cup final two weeks later. Stevie Ward scored his first Leeds try.

18/8/1996 - Leeds 68, Workington Town 28. Leeds had a terrible season, finishing third from bottom, two places above relegated Workington. Bizarrely, Leeds conceded more than 60 points in the games immediately before and after the Workington win, at Wigan and Halifax respectively.

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27/2/05 - Leeds Rhinos 66, Widnes Vikings 8. Mark Calderwood scored four tries for the new Super League and World Club champions. It was the first of six 60-plus scores by Rhinos in Super League that season.

5/3/06 - Leeds Rhinos 66, Castleford Tigers 14. The game was postponed two days earlier due to a frozen pitch. Rhinos were white hot when it eventually was played, in near-perfect conditions.

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