Leeds crush Bradford to stretch lead to four points

Leeds crush Bradford to stretch lead to four pointsImage source, Swpix.comImage caption, Ash Handley crossed moments before full-time to complete his hat-trickByDavid AndersonBBC Sport EnglandPublished5 July 2026, 17:04 BST2 CommentsUpdated 4 minutes agoBetfred Super League Magic WKNDLeeds (30) 50Tries: Croft, Hankinson, O'Connor, McDonnell, Handley 3, Connor, Sivo Goals: Connor 7Bradford (4) 16Tries: Aekins, Ryan 2 Goals: Hooley 2Leeds Rhinos ran in nine tries against Bradford Bulls to make it 11 wins from 12 and extend their Super League lead to four points.Ash Handley scored a hat-trick as he brought up 150 career tries and Brodie Croft, Chris Hankinson, Jarrod O'Connor, James McDonnell, Jake Connor and Maiko Sivo also went over for the Rhinos.Bradford briefly threatened to make a game of it early in the second half when Ethan Ryan scored twice in two minutes to register 100 scores for the Bulls.But this was Leeds' day at the Hill Dickinson Stadium as Brad Arthur's side brought up 100 Super League tries for the season to strengthen their chances of a fourth League Leaders Shield.It is a sign of how good Leeds are that they looked ordinary before they scored the first try in the ninth minute when O'Connor played a deft kick through for Croft to collect and touch down.Leeds used the same ploy to score their second try on 20 minutes when Connor kicked through for Hankinson to cross.Rhinos, who lost Ryan Hall with a foot injury, went up through the gears and O'Connor went from try creator to try taker as he played a dummy before stretching out an arm to score in the 26th minute.Bradford hit back five minutes later when Aekins shimmied his way over before normal service was resumed as Leeds scored their fourth try on 34 minutes. Croft sliced through the Bradford defence before passing to McDonnell to go over.Handley showed great strength three minutes later to score his 150th career try – and he took his total to 151 three minutes into th...