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The Rhinos had failed to really impress despite winning their first four games but they were back to their clinical best, combining aggressive forward play with slick running and passing by their backs to delight a 17,677 crowd.

Wigan were looking to make it four league wins in a row at Headingley but they were simply swept aside in a blistering opening by the champions, who raced into a 22-0 lead inside half an hour. Kylie Leuluai, Rob Burrow, Scott Donald, Ryan Hall (two) and Jamie Peacock all crossed as Leeds cantered to a comfortable victory.

In Friday night's other game Shaun McRae was powerless to prevent Salford sliding to another dismal defeat on his return to Knowsley Road as St Helens cantered to a 38-12 victory with a seven-try blitz.

Australian McRae enjoyed a highly successful spell as Saints coach between 1996 and 1998 but he is finding life altogether tougher back in the big time with Salford.

The City Reds were 38-0 behind by the time full-back Karl Fitzpatrick and debutant Andrew Thornley crossed the line in the last 10 minutes to give their supporters reason to cheer.

The scores were deserved as McRae's men never lost heart and actually showed a marked improvement on their woeful showings in their three previous outings.

Yet once again their deficiencies were brutally exposed as Saints ran in first-half tries from Jon Wilkin (two), Leon Pryce and Chris Flannery before Ade Gardner, James Graham and Keiron Cunningham applied further scores after the restart.