Burrow grabs 100th try in Rhinos win

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The clash between the top two placed teams proved to be a one-sided mis-match as the Rhinos hit their straps to carve up a Harlequins side that failed to live up to their early-season sparkle.

Great Britain scrum-half Burrow, who had waited to bring up his century since October, reached his milestone on 50 minutes to put the seal on an impressive performance by the world club champions.

Second-placed Quins went into the game aiming for a fifth successive win but they missed the creativity of the injured Henry Paul and Scott Hill and spent virtually the whole of the match on the back foot.

The Rhinos quickly shrugged off their 38-20 defeat at Castleford, running in two tries in the first 10 minutes, and they doubled their score by half-time, when they led 24-0.

Without six members of their Grand Final-winning team through injury and suspension, Leeds gave debuts to teenage hooker Ben Kaye and rugby union convert Simon Worrall, while prop Luke Burgess made an impressive home debut.

The champions' strength in depth was in evidence as early as the seventh minute when Kaye's short pass enabled second rower Jamie Jones-Buchanan to crash over for the first try of the match.

A wonderful pass out of the tackle by Ryan Bailey got Jamie Peacock romping through a gap for a second and Kevin Sinfield extended his scoring run to 47 successive matches with both conversions.

Substitute Jordan Tansey scored with his first touch of the ball, supporting a break by winger Scott Donald on 27 minutes, and Burgess sent full-back Brent Webb over for a fourth try just before the break after juggling with the ball.

Sinfield maintained his accuracy to land two more conversions and give his side a comfortable lead by the break.