Must win match for Rhinos

Any chance of being Super League champions rests on tonight's game at Wigan

Author: Richard MuriePublished 16th Sep 2022

Leeds Rhinos must win tonight to keep their 2022 title dreams alive.

The side, who started the season poorly, produced a late run to end up in fifth spot and make the play-off.

After a win at Catalans Dragons last week tonight they face their toughest challenge yet - Wigan Warriors (who ended the regular season second) away.

Though the last time they played the Rhinos were winners, by quite some margin, the game in July ended 42-12 to Leeds.

But Rohan Smith, in his first season as Head Coach at Headingley, isn't getting carried away because of that previous result, "Who we are as a team has evolved since that time, we certainly took some confidence out of the result and performance, but that was a long time ago.

"We did some things really well; we defended really well and connected really well that day and a few things went our way which made the scoreline as it was.

"It's certainly a fresh start and we're expecting Wigan to be at their best."

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