Four-try Sivo Stars As Leeds Thrash Hull KR In Vegas

ByMichael Short
BBC Sport Senior Journalist


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Betfred Super League - Las Vegas


Hull KR (0) 6


Try: Burgess


Goal: Martin


Leeds Rhinos (28) 58


Tries: Sivo 4, Croft 2, Palasia, Hall, Jenkins 2


Goals: Connor 6, Hankinson 3


Maika Sivo's sensational four-try display helped Leeds Rhinos surge Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.


The Fijian winger crossed two times and produced a third shot as the rampant Rhinos led 28-0 at half-time.


And Sivo scored two times more in the second half as Leeds took apart the protecting Super League champions.


Hull KR beat Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge just 10 days ago however have actually now lost their opening two Super League video games of the season.


Defeat by newly-promoted York was a shock - and the method they were dismissed at Allegiant Stadium, the home of NFL side Las Vegas Raiders, left head coach Willie Peters alerting his side might be facing "a long season".


Sivo joined the Rhinos before the 2025 season however missed the entire campaign after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.


And following 2 tries out launching it took him 8 minutes to force his way over for the first shot of the game after Harry Newman gathered Brodie Croft's high kick and the ball was worked out to the left flank.


He discussed in the corner for his 2nd - following a lengthy video evaluation after a Jake Connor hand-off - Connor then converting for a 2nd time.


After attempts from Croft and Keenan Palasia, Sivo declared the ball from under his own posts and ran 70 metres for an attack which ended with Ryan Hall scoring.


A Hull KR try was for an earlier blockage before the end of the first half, but Leeds continued to dominate in the 2nd period - with Croft adding a 6th try before Sivo completed his hat-trick.


His 4th try came after a Joe Burgess consolation for the Robins 15 minutes from time - then a late Cooper Jenkins double sealed a definite victory for Leeds.


Hull KR no place near good enough - Peters


"The people I sympathize with are the fans who paid hard-earned cash to come here today and watch that," Peters said.


"To spend or conserve cash to come and see their team play and we provide an efficiency like that, it's simply no place near excellent enough.


"We need to all take a look at ourselves - myself at the top of that - and find out why we got that efficiency.


"We need to make sure that we action more than words and throw down the gauntlet, due to the fact that if that's the template of what we're going to do this season, it's going to be a long season."


A happy Leeds coach Brad Arthur said his side had "had a ball" and praised his players' "real cravings".


"We wanted to make sure that we did ourselves proud and the fans and did the competitors justice," he added.


"We came here to make a statement and we did it tonight," Sivo told Sky Sports.


"The kids, every single one of us, did our task tonight."


Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.


Replacements: Luckley, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton.


Leeds Rhinos: Miller; Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall; Croft, Connor; Jenkins, Levi, Palasia, Watkins, McDonnell, C. Smith.


Replacements: O'Connor, Holroyd, Hankinson, Littlewood.


Referee: Jack Smith