Super League: Leeds Rhinos 18-17 Huddersfield Giants - Hosts fight back for thrilling win

James McDonnell's effort against Huddersfield was his 2nd of the season

Leeds Rhinos fought backmost to bushed Huddersfield successful an enthralling West Yorkshire derby that sent them supra the Giants successful the Super League table.

Jake Connor's drop-goal, aft Ash Handley went implicit for Leeds, gave Huddersfield a 13-4 pb astatine the break.

James McDonnell, Rhyse Martin and Cameron Smith tries proved decisive earlier McQueen acceptable up a tense finish.

Connor's nonaccomplishment to person McQueen's try, successful a crippled that had already seen Leeds squander plentifulness of points from the tee, proved costly.

Huddersfield started the time up of Leeds successful the array connected points quality unsocial and, portion overtaken, they inactive person a crippled successful manus implicit a Rhinos broadside that produced a likewise stunning turnaround against Catalans Dragons the past clip they were astatine Headingley.

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McGillvary marked his instrumentality aft a four-game lack with a neat decorativeness successful the corner, aft a deflected grubber footwear from Connor was yet worked into the hands of Tui Lolohea, who offloaded for the winger.

McQueen past linked up with Chris Hill for his 4th effort of season, leaving Leeds with plentifulness to bash aboriginal on.

The hosts past went a antheral down arsenic Richie Myler was harshly sin-binned for accidental precocious interaction connected McGillvary, but a try-saving tackle from James Bentley to clasp Kevin Naiqama up implicit the enactment constricted the harm done by the fast-starting Giants.

Connor kicked a punishment earlier Leeds returned to afloat strength, astatine which clip the hosts played with renewed intent and endeavour.

Following a sustained play of unit and bid of failed raids connected the enactment against a resolute Huddersfield defence, Leeds yet crossed retired wide done Handley.

With the past footwear of the half, Connor ensured the visitors went backmost to the dressing rooms with a nine-point pb aft slotting a drop-goal from close successful beforehand of the posts.

McDonnell evaded 4 attempted tackles arsenic helium sliced done Huddersfield absorption to trim the spread soon aft the interval.

Leeds turned fierce last-tackle defence connected their ain enactment into the astir scintillating 2 minutes of the game, sweeping the magnitude and breadth of the tract earlier Martin crossed to get the hosts to wrong a constituent of Huddersfield aft 56 minutes.

And erstwhile McGillvary past spilled a precocious shot connected the hour, Smith pounced to springiness the Rhinos the pb for the archetypal clip - but not until aft his grounding and the hint of a knock-on was reviewed by the tv lucifer official.

A devastating tally from Lolohea acceptable the foundations for the Giants to deed backmost done McQueen, but connected a time of wayward conversions for some sides Connor could not adhd the extras to reconstruct their lead.

There was clip for Lolohea to effort a drop-goal to level it successful the past moments, but Leeds held connected for the victory.

Leeds Rhinos: Myler, Macdonald, Newman, Martin, Handley, Austin, Sezer, Oledzki, O'Connor, Holroyd, Bentley, McDonnell, C Smith.

Interchanges: Tetevano, Sangare, Lisone, Johnson.

Huddersfield Giants: Pryce, McGillvary, Marsters, Naiqama, Halsall, Connor, Lolohea, Hill, Peats, English, McQueen, Livett, Yates.

Interchanges: O'Brien, Ikahihifo, Rushton, Ashworth.

Referee: Ben Thaler.

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