Leeds edge out London with golden-point win

Betfred Super League

London (12) 20

Tries: Campagnolo, Waine, Kershaw, Natoli Goals: Leyland 2

Leeds (14) 21

Tries: Martin 3 Goals: Martin 4 Drop-goal: Croft

A Rhyse Martin-inspired Leeds Rhinos scraped past bottommost broadside London Broncos 21-20 successful golden-point other clip to support their hopes of making Super League's apical six.

The Papau New Guinea world was instrumental successful his side's constrictive win, scoring 3 tries and kicking 4 goals.

Australian Brodie Croft kicked nan winning drop-goal successful other clip to seal nan Rhinos triumph aft Jack Campagnolo deed nan crossbar pinch his effort.

The triumph intends Leeds are still successful pinch a chance of making nan play-offs whilst nan Broncos stay rooted to nan ft of nan table.

London started nan livelier and went successful beforehand aft Campagnolo dropped his enarthrosis past prop Justin Sangare to people adjacent nan sticks.

In an error-riddled performance, Rhinos were indebted to Martin for his heroics.

First, his superb juggling skills, on pinch a fortuitous bounce of nan ball, allowed him to dot down for Rhinos.

Then, pursuing a superb footwear from Matt Frawley complete nan apical of nan Broncos defence, nan Hull KR bound second-row was capable to cod and dive complete successful nan corner.

After converting his ain 2nd try, Martin surpassed 1,000 points for Rhinos since joining successful 2019.

Just earlier nan break, Emmanuel Waine capitalised connected indecision from nan Rhinos backline to trim nan arrears to 2 points.

Broncos started nan second-half wherever they near disconnected and nan awesome Lee Kershaw scored successful nan area aft collecting a defence splitting walk from Campagnolo.

With 17 minutes left, Martin collapsed Campagnolo's tackle to tally nether nan posts to complete his hat-trick and reconstruct Rhinos' lead.

In nan dying embers of nan match, Kershaw collapsed clear of nan Rhinos' defence and earlier he was taken retired of touch he was capable to expertly walk nan shot backmost to Ethan Natoli to dive complete to level nan lucifer astatine 20-20.

An Oli Leyland conversion deed nan correct upright and pursuing Campagnolo's driblet extremity effort which smashed nan underside of nan crossbar, Croft won nan lucifer pinch conscionable complete 1 infinitesimal of other clip to play.

London Broncos caput coach Mike Eccles connected nan early of nan club:

"That's nan past clip we'll spot London successful nan foreseeable if things enactment arsenic they are.

"It's been our pleasance to bring Super League backmost to London. I deliberation days for illustration that coming are amazing: awesome crowd, awesome time out."

Leeds Rhinos caput coach Brad Arthur told BBC Radio Leeds:

"They [London Broncos] didn't merit to lose. They were nan amended team. They deed nan crossbar, they were unlucky.

"We're going location pinch nan 2 points but we're not happy astir really it happened. If we didn't our play was complete truthful we've sewage to make nan astir of that now."

London: Rourke, Kershaw, Natoli, Bassett, Miloudi, Leyland, Campagnolo, Butler, Davis, Kennedy, Lovell, Adebyi, Stock.

Interchanges: Tison, Bienek, Jones, Waine.

Leeds: Miller, Fusitu'a, Momirovski, Newman, Edgell, Croft, Frawley, Lisone, Ackers, Sangare, McDonnell, Martin, Smith.

Interchanges: Nicholson-Watton, Bentley, O'Connor, Donaldson.

Referee: Marcus Griffiths.