Super League: Maika Sivo scores twice as Leeds Rhinos weather a fightback in Toulouse to return to top of table
Maika Sivo helps Leeds Rhinos weather a fightback in Toulouse; Sky Sports will show every game of the Super League live this season - including two matches in each round exclusively live
Friday 12 June 2026 23:15, UK
Maika Sivo took his season’s tally to 22 tries as Leeds weathered a fightback in Toulouse to climb back to the top of the Betfred Super League table with a 48-24 victory in France.
The Rhinos, who at one point led 30-0, were ahead within three minutes when stand-off Brodie Croft made the most of the Toulouse defence's failure to deal with Jake Connor's kick, and the scrum-half added the conversion.
Winger Sivo was handed a 17th-minute walk-in in the corner by Ash Handley's quick hands, and centre Harry Newman powered his way over five minutes later with Connor converting both to make it 18-0.
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Fergie McCormack made no mistake after full-back Cesar Rouge had spilled another high ball from Connor, who duly obliged with the extras, and Newman repeated the dose seven minutes before the break after Luke Polselli had faltered under another aerial assault with Connor on target once again.
However, the hosts reduced the deficit on the stroke of half-time when Rouge's line break allowed Thomas Lacans to go over, and Jake Shorrocks' kick made it 30-6 at the break.
The French side clawed their way to within 18 points when Polselli collected Benjamin Laguerre's kick-through within seconds of the restart and Shorrocks made it two from two from the touchline.
Lacans went over with 48 minutes gone to further boost Toulouse's hopes of an unlikely comeback, and they were right back in it six minutes later when Laguerre accepted Polselli's pass and went over in the corner after McCormack had knocked on, with Shorrocks again on target.
Sivo steadied Leeds' nerves when he claimed his second of the night before Chris Hankinson and replacement Cameron Smith made sure with their side's seventh and eighth tries respectively as time ran down, Connor maintaining his perfect record with the boot to finish with 16 points.
Asked what he was thinking when Olympique got back to within six points, Leeds head coach Brad Arthur told Sky Sports: "I was excited about the challenge.
"They were playing with energy, everything was sticking and the bounce of the ball was going their way, so I was really excited to see, 'righto, where are we at? How can we get back on top of this game? Can we show some composure or do we panic?'.
"Full credit to the boys, they showed composure, led by Jake (Connor), and we didn't panic, and that just shows another evolution in our game and a bit of growth in our game."
Toulouse head coach Sylvain Houles said: "Obviously when you play Leeds Rhinos and it's 30 points, the gap, to come back is always tough.
"It's been the same story when we are playing those top-six teams. I look at the Wigan game, Hull KR games - we always fall down and try to come back, and we do. We manage, we're brave, we fight hard, we show a lot of resilience, but we need to make sure we don't fall that far."
Davies double helps Hull KR to victory over York
Tom Davies scored a double as Hull KR came from behind to beat York 38-6 at Sewell Group Craven Park.
The winger had another effort chalked off on a night when Rovers plundered seven tries to the Knights' one to recover from an early 6-0 deficit.
York made a dream start when winger Jon Bennison fielded Mikey Lewis' short drop-out and ran it home before Liam Harris kicked the conversion.
However, the hosts were back in it with just 10 minutes gone when Davies went over in the corner from Lewis' pass well-timed pass, Rhyse Martin levelling the game at 6-6.
Davies thought he had doubled his tally five minutes later after Tyrone May drew his man before finding the winger, but his effort was ruled out for obstruction following a review, although Lewis did put the Robins ahead for the first time when he crossed with 23 minutes gone.
Joe Burgess and Martin extended the lead within four minutes and as powerhouse prop Tevita Pangai Junior started to make his presence felt from the bench, James Batchelor scored a fourth try two minutes before the break, although it was centre Peta Hiku's step and offload which put the second row in.
Davies did get his second courtesy of an eye-catching airborne finish within three minutes of the restart to make it 26-6, but in an increasingly error-strewn performance, it took Rovers until the hour mark to add to their tally when May slipped the ball to Jack Broadbent to touch down before Martin sent over a fourth successful kick.
Martin took his personal haul to 14 points when he accepted Lewis' pass and strolled in before adding the kick to complete the scoring.
Hull KR head coach Willie Peters told Sky Sports: "I thought we defended well. The second half, we made it really tough for ourselves. We didn't get out of our end purely from errors.
"But I liked the resilience we showed in that second half to defend. There was a bit to like, but a lot to fix as well."
York head coach Mark Applegarth said: "No one likes losing, but you've got to go through these sort of times to appreciate the good ones.
"As I've said all along, as long as individuals are learning lessons and we're getting better as a team over the long term, we'll stomach some short-term pain."
Wigan brush aside Wakefield in dominant win
Noah Hodkinson ran in four tries as Wigan delivered a crushing wake-up call to Wakefield's Betfred Super League dreams with a clinical 48-10 win at the DIY Kitchens Stadium.
The hosts have increasingly threatened to gatecrash the game's top table and had headed into the game bristling with confidence after last week's stirring win over reigning champions Hull KR.
But Wakefield were simply blown away by Matt Peet's men whose nine tries were bolstered by 12 points from the boot of Adam Keighran in what proved another mighty statement of intent from the rampant Cherry-and-Whites.
On this form, the visitors will take some stopping at the business end of the campaign, with Hodkinson's contribution matched by the unstoppable force of Junior Nsemba and the constant probing forays of Jai Field.
From the moment Keighran's acrobatic set-up sent captain Liam Farrell over for his 150th Wigan try with just six minutes on the clock, there was a sense that the visitors were ready to deliver another top-drawer performance.
Despite Matty Storton crashing over to help briefly haul Wakefield level, it proved to be the case. Hodkinson could afford to fumble a golden chance before grabbing his opener on the half-hour mark after strong work from Nsemba.
Two minutes later Harry Smith's high kick caused havoc in the Wakefield defence and Oliver Partington nipped in to reap the benefit of a favourable bounce.
And five minutes before half-time Hodkinson helped himself to his second after once again being served up his chance by Nsemba.
Wakefield briefly threatened to shake things up at the start of the second half through the powerful Caius Faatili, but the visitors rode the storm and extended their lead when Hodkinson ran onto Jack Farrimond's superb cross-field kick to complete his hat-trick.
Peet determined it was time to bring on Bevan French for only his second cameo appearance since he underwent hamstring surgery earlier this year.
French's first act was to ease his side back into the Wakefield 20 where Jai Field's short pass was duly converted into his side's sixth try by Jake Wardle as the hosts threatened to fall apart.
Hodkinson strolled over for his fourth with startling ease, and Zach Eckersley swiftly followed to threaten to make it an embarrassment for Wakefield.
A 65th minute try from Tom Johnstone reduced the deficit and temporarily stopped the rot, but perhaps fittingly it was Farrell who had the final say when he nipped in off another neat pass by French to touch down for the 151th time in his home-town career.
2026 Super League - key dates and what to look out for
- Magic Weekend: July 4-July 5
- Rivals Round reversed: July 23-July 26
- Elimination Play-offs: September 19-September 20
- Play-off semi-finals: September 26-September 27
- Grand Final: October 3, Old Trafford
Sky Sports will again show every game of the Super League live this season - including two matches in each round exclusively live, with the remaining five matches each week shown on Sky Sports+
