Super League: Leeds Rhinos 34-10 Hull FC - visitors slip to seventh straight loss

Ash Handley's two tries were key to Leeds inflicting another defeat on Hull FC

Leeds Rhinos handed Hull FC a seventh consecutive Super League loss with a convincing win and a disappointing return to Headingley for Tony Smith.

The first half was a cruise for Leeds, who crossed through James McDonnell, Ash Handley and Tom Holroyd.

Handley's second made it 24 unanswered points for the Rhinos, before Hull responded with Carlos Tuimavave's try.

Mikolaj Oledzki and Rhyse Martin scored either side of Davy Litten's score to cap an important home success.

This loss adds further pressure to Black and Whites boss Smith, whose side were thumped 40-0 by rivals Hull KR on Good Friday and they threatened another scoreless night after a first-half shutout.

In soaking wet conditions in West Yorkshire, the home side had control throughout yet still conjured up some exciting football.

Handley finished off a Nene MacDonald kick after Holroyd had already yomped over, and on the skiddy turf McDonnell slid over for his score.

The conditions made it easy for Handley to slip across for his second, while Oledzki blasted in off a Sam Lisone short ball, after Darnell McIntosh had pounced on a mistake to set up Tuimavave for Hull's opener.

Litten sniped across to add a Hull second, but Martin again utilised the slick surface to bring up the sixth try and ensure the points went to the hosts.

Leeds coach Rohan Smith:

"We are still not great but we have plenty in us. It was a clumsy game really all round but we had enough patches where we showed enough flow.

"Overall our defence was very good aside from a couple of moments where we were disconnected.

"We are probably a better defensive team than attacking team in this point in time."

"Going into half-time in all but one game, it felt like the scoreboard may not have gone our way but the actual energy, battle and flow of the game has not been that far against us.

Hull head coach Tony Smith:

"Maybe we have to go through this struggle to get it going in the right direction. I know we will get there.

"I'd like to see those steps in the next few weeks but sometimes it's got to be the hard way and in the way you don't like and at the moment we don't like the way it's going but are determined to get it right.

"It does not matter how big I thought it was but it's a big job at a big club.

"How long will it take? I'm not sure how long it will take but we will be a big club again. We would have liked it to have been on its way already but maybe this is what we have to do."

Leeds: Myler; MacDonald, Newman, Martin, Handley; Austin, Sezer; Oledzki, O'Connor, Lisone, McDonnell, Tetevano, Smith.

Interchanges: Johnson, Sangare, Holroyd, Tindall.

Hull FC: Litten; Swift, Sutcliffe, Tuimavave, McIntosh; Lovodua, McNamara; Fash, Houghton, Sao, Griffin, Lane, Cator.

Interchanges: Satae, Brown, Gardiner, Dwyer.

Referee: Jack Smith

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