Sneyd’s late drop breaks the Rhinos’ resistance

Marc Sneyd’s drop goal four minutes from time secured Hull a dramatic win against Leeds at the KCOM Stadium.

The Rhinos scored three tries in 11 second-half minutes to overturn a 14-0 deficit and lead by four points, but Carlos Tuimavave’s try levelled things with eight minutes left. And Sneyd, who missed three conversions, made no mistake with the drop goal to secure Hull’s first home win against Leeds in Super League since September 2014.

Delighted Hull coach Lee Radford said: “Leeds are a great side and there is no coincidence we haven’t done too well against them over the last 10 years. We had to be good and we were.

“We identified the start and in the play-off semi and the game earlier in the season we lost in the first

20 minutes. We did that and it was pleasing.”

The hosts opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Jake Connor ducked his way through the visitors’ defence. Six minutes before half-time Hull doubled their lead. Bureta Faraimo took Danny Houghton’s clever pass to score his fourth try of the season.

Connor again found space to score and Sneyd converted to make it 14-0. But Leeds finally got on the scoresheet in the 51st minute through Ryan Hall. Kallum Watkins converted to make it 14-6.

Leeds closed the gap to two points through Joel Moon and took the lead when Matt Parcell went under the posts. Carlos Tuimavave levelled it at 18-18 before Sneyd struck his second game-winning drop goal of the season.