Leeds Women comfortably beat Wigan to return to top

Bethan Dainton scored two tries for the second successive match for Leeds

Betfred Women's Super League

Leeds (10) 28

Tries: Dainton 2, Stead, Sykes, Hoyle 2 Goals: Bennett 2

Wigan (4) 8

Tries: Davies, Wilson

Leeds Rhinos ran in six tries in a convincing win over Wigan Warriors at Headingley to return to the top spot of the Women's Super League table.

Rhinos claimed a fourth successive Super League victory and maintained their unbeaten record against the Warriors since their defeat in the 2018 Women's Grand Final.

Wales captain Bethan Dainton shone in a strong first quarter for the Rhinos, with two superb individual tries in three minutes, opening up a 10-point lead early on.

However, Warriors did not let their heads drop and the league's top scorer Anna Davies went over in the corner to reduce the arrears to 10-4 at half time.

Early in the second half, Warriors back Georgia Wilson crossed over on the right side to cut the gap further to just two points.

Her score seemed to put new fire into the Rhinos, though, and a converted try from Ebony Stead and a second in two matches from hooker Bella Sykes took them out of the Warriors' reach.

Substitute Shona Hoyle scored two further tries in the final 10 minutes to add further gloss to the victory.

The Rhinos are top on points difference, having played a game more than St Helens, who face Featherstone Rovers on Saturday lunchtime.

Leeds: Cousins, Stead, Robinson, Hardcastle, Whitehead, Butcher, Casey, Sykes, Bennett, Northrop, Murray, Greening, Dainton.

Interchanges: Hoyle, Field, Donnelly, Short.

Wigan: Banks, Davies, Wilson, Jones, Derbyshire, Rowe, Foubister, Speakman, Marsh, Fisher, Hunter, Coleman, Thompson.

Interchanges: Singleton, Gregory-Haselden, Hilton, Jones.