Rhinos romp home

After their fortuitous, nail-biting win over the Bulls in the inaugural Millennium Magic event, there was no disputing Rhinos' superiority 12 months on as they outscored their opponents seven tries to four.

France international Eric Anselme made a fairytale start to his English career with one of Leeds' spectacular tries and 17-year-old centre Kallum Watkins also scored on his full Super League debut.

For Bradford, former Wakefield winger Semi Tadulala continued his rich vein of form with his 10th try in six games, finishing decisively at the corner after taking a long pass from his old Wildcats team-mate David Solomona.

Bradford's lead lasted only seven minutes, however, with Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield converting Watkins' 14th-minute try, which was the product of a superb offload from the tackle by prop Kylie Leuluai.

While the Rhinos ran the ball at every opportunity, Bulls skipper Paul Deacon was happy to kick for goal after his side were twice awarded penalties and he edged them 8-6 in front. He extended the lead to 10-6 by half-time, more than making up for a missed conversion, with a 45-metre kick after McGuire was penalised for a ball-steal.

But the game was turned on its head within six minutes of the restart when Leeds thrilled the crowd with two magnificent long-range tries. Watkins further underlined his promised with a break from deep inside his own half and full-back Brent Webb continued the move to send Anselme over for a try.

The champions matched that sparkling effort when McGuire's short ball got substitute Simon Worrall sprinting through a gap 70 metres out and centre Keith Senior was in support to touch down. Sinfield added both conversions to make it 18-10 and the game went further away from the Bulls when their defence was cracked twice more in a three-minute spell.

Webb's long pass enabled Donald, Super League's leading tryscorer, to cross for his 13th touchdown of the season, and he then turned provided for the New Zealand full-back to score. Sinfield took his goal tally to four from five attempts as Leeds established a 28-10 lead.

Solomona crafted a second try for Tadulala and centre Shontayne Hape forced his way over for a touchdown, but Leeds winger Ryan Hall intercepted Solomona's pass to sprint over from halfway and prop Kylie Leuluai barged over. Bradford had the consolation of scoring the final try, with Sam Burgess winning the race to Deacon's grubber kick.