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 spectacular four-try screen assisted Leeds Rhinos surge Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.


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


And Sivo scored two times more in the second half as Leeds dismantled the defending Super League champs.


Hull KR beat Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge just 10 days ago however have now lost their opening 2 Super League games of the season.


Defeat by newly-promoted York was a shock - and the way they were brushed aside at Allegiant Stadium, the home of NFL side Las Vegas Raiders, left head coach Willie Peters warning his side might be dealing with "a long season".


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


And following two tries out launching it took him eight minutes to force his method over for the very first try of the game after Harry Newman gathered Brodie Croft's high kick and the ball was exercised to the left flank.


He reviewed in the corner for his second - following a prolonged video evaluation after a Jake Connor hand-off - Connor then transforming for a second 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 attempt was prohibited for an earlier obstruction before the end of the very first half, but Leeds continued to dominate in the second duration - with Croft adding a sixth shot before Sivo completed his hat-trick.


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


Hull KR no place near great enough - Peters


"Individuals I pity are the fans who paid hard-earned cash to come here today and watch that," Peters stated.


"To invest or conserve cash to come and watch their group play and we deliver a performance like that, it's simply nowhere near excellent enough.


"We require to all look at ourselves - myself at the top of that - and discover why we got that performance.


"We need to ensure that we action more than words and do something about it, since if that's the template of what we're going to do this season, it's going to be a long season."


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


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


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


"The boys, every single one of us, did our job 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