Leeds beaten at Hull

Although only scraping home by four points, coach Peter Sharp will no doubt highlight the huge improvement in their performance since their last league outing, a disappointing reverse against rivals Hull KR. This, however, was only a third league success of the season at home for the 2006 Grand Finalists.

Leeds ended up not far short of securing a win, although their error-ridden display would not have been deserving of the two points. They spilt possession in key areas although they could have stolen the game were it not for a fine tackle on Rob Burrow late by Shaun Briscoe.

After a lively start which saw Willie Manu almost create an opening for Briscoe, Hull opened the scoring thanks to a ninth minute penalty from Danny Tickle.

The home side were soon in full swing and five minutes later posted the game's opening try, Matt Sing the scorer. Tickle added the touchline goal to extend Hull's lead to eight points.

Leeds were quick to respond however and posted their first try after Kevin Sinfield's wonderful loop pass found Jamie Jones-Buchanan who crashed over under the posts with Sinfield converting.

With Hull looking the livelier in attack and, in a bid to prevent them gaining any momentum, Danny McGuire needlessly intercepted their attempted 20-metre restart to see himself sent to the sin-bin. And Hull were able to end the half on a high.

After gaining some good field position, Richard Horne produced a deft kick which drifted through the Leeds line untouched, until Briscoe crept in to touch down. Tickle's third goal of the half saw Hull lead 14-6 at the break.

Tickle's penalty from 45 metres then opened the scoring for the second half on the hour mark, extending Hull's lead to 10 points. But Brent Webb galvanised Leeds with his 15th try of the season after 67 minutes.

Burrow converted and then thought he had a chance to secure a win after racing clear down the left, only to see Briscoe appear to crunch him to the ground.