Leeds Rhinos 0, St Helens 6: video review

Hot and bothered YEP rugby league writer Peter Smith reflects on Leeds Rhinos' latest loss to bogey team St Helens.

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00:00Well after the Lord Mayor's show for Leeds Rhinos five days on from a superb

00:04victory at Super League leaders for KR they've come unstuck at home to St.

00:09Helens as has happened so often in the past and Leeds haven't been St. Helens

00:14here at AMT heading since 2017 and this 6-0 defeat is another one that will go

00:21down in infamy in the Rhinos record books not scoring at home it's it's not good

00:27enough frankly their record against St. Helens is really poor it's verging on the

00:34embarrassing now they thought they maybe got over it when they won that magic

00:38weekend a couple of months ago but Saints have beaten Leeds home and away since then

00:44and they just seem to know how to frustrate Leeds there was no problem with

00:48Leeds's effort but as Brad Arthur's just said in a press conference everyone was

00:52trying to do it themselves they seem to when they play St. Helens they go away from

00:56what worked for them in in other matches they had plenty went their way Leeds

01:02really they should have been able to take their advantage and weren't Saints had

01:06two players failed injury assessments the penalty count was heavily in Leeds's

01:10favour and as was the six against and Saints had a player sim bid late on but I

01:17never felt Leeds were going to get back in the game really they had a try disallowed

01:21early in the second half and after that really never looked like like pulling it

01:26from the fire and there was some really flat individual performances I thought Alfie Edgeland

01:32the win went well and Nicola Edsken who's taken a nasty facial knock which potentially could be very serious

01:39he had a go as did Keenan Colassio, Luma, Lilliport and some players who have been so good this season

01:46just didn't perform at all really disappointing night St. Helens have won that 6-0

01:52I think that shows really this performance shows how far Leeds have to go before

01:58they're actually a championship team they can do it

02:02all week I said it against St. Helens at UKR but backing it up is what makes champion teams and

02:09the team is going to do that today, very disappointing