Leeds Rhinos paid the best possible tribute to their fallen hero with a stirring performance against all the odds to stun Leigh Leopards 18-10 at AMT Headingley tonight. Roared on by an emotional crowd, an understrength Leeds team dug deep against previously in-form opponents. Fittingly, their third try was scored by their number seven - Matt Frawley.
His fellow half-back grabbed the first two, both superb efforts. It was an emotional and memorable night. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
The celebration of Burrow’s life was hugely emotional and Leeds rose to the occasion to do him proud. It was a scratch team, missing more than a dozen injured players and with two rookies as their right-side wing/centre pairing, but their defensive effort was magnificent, they were disciplined and relatively error-free. It was Leeds’ first home game since Burrow died three weeks ago.
Chev Walker and Scott Grix were in charge after previous coach Rohan Smith’s midweek departure. Croft scored a sensational solo try to open the scoring after 10 minutes, slicing through, somehow managing to keep his feet and then touching down at full stretch. His second try made it 10-0 after 27 minutes.
Leigh had been getting on top, but Lachie Miller snapped up a loose ball near Rhinos’ line, beat a.