Sivo Inspires Leeds To Victory Over Castleford
8 March 2026
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Leeds (10) 22
Tries: Brown, Sivo 3 Goals: Connor 3
Castleford (4) 4
Tries: Ravalawa
Maika Sivo continued his marvelous start to the Super League season by inspiring Leeds Rhinos to victory over West Yorkshire equals Castleford.
The Fijian winger, who scored four attempts in last weekend's 58-6 thumping of Hull KR in Las Vegas, added another 3 at Headingley.
The 32-year-old has actually now scored 9 attempts in three matches and assisted Rhinos make it 3 straight victories following their opening-round defeat by Leigh which he missed.
Seven days on from their face-off with protecting champions Hull KR in Las Vegas, Leeds discovered the going harder against neighbours Cas, however still ran out comfy winners.
George Brown got the ball down superbly under pressure to put Leeds on the board and Sivo extended the lead following Mikaele Ravalawa's rating for Cas.
Sivo included his second after the reboot and after that went over in the corner to finish his hat-trick following a smart one-handed offload from Chris Hankinson.
Castleford used plenty of pressure in the final 20 minutes however were unable to discover a way through some exceptional and identified Leeds defence.
Both sides had a try prohibited, however it mattered little to the outcome.
Cam Smith saw his first-half rating for Leeds chalked off for a knock-on in the accumulation, and Castleford stand-off Zac Cini's second-half try was dismissed, likewise for a knock-on.
Cas, who chose up their very first success of the project versus Huddersfield in the last round, have actually now lost 3 of their opening 4 fixtures.
Both sides are in Challenge Cup action next weekend.
Leeds visit Wakefield on Friday and Castleford host St Helens on Saturday.
Leeds: Miller, Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall, Brown, Connor, Jenkins, Levi, Palasia, Watkins, O'Neill, Smith
Interchanges: O'Connor, Holroyd, Hankinson, Mata'utia
Castleford: Cini, Ravalawa, McIntosh, Mapapalangi, Qareqare, Asi, Weaver, Atoni, Hood, Westerman, Lane, Hirst, Stimson
Interchanges: Golding, Ashworth, Hall, Lawler
Referee: James Vella.
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