Leeds Rhinos 17-16 Salford Red Devils - Player Ratings from Challenge Cup final at Wembley
After leading twice, Rhinos found themselves four points adrift with a quarter of the game remaining, but Ash Handley's second try levelled the scores and Luke Gale won it with a 76th minute frop goal.
Here's how the players rated.
Leeds Rhinos
16 Richie Myler: Deceived by the bounce for Salford’s third try, but otherwise excellent - 9
2 Tom Briscoe: Scored a good try and had a strong game - 8
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Hide Ad4 Konrad Hurrell: Brilliant pass for Briscoe’s try, added momentum in the final quarter - 8
15 Liam Sutcliffe: Put under pressure, but held up well - 7
5 Ash Handley: Two good tries, including the match-saver - 8
6 Rob Lui: Didn’t create much, but vital defensive contribution late on - 7
7 Luke Gale: Started well, faded, but then won the game - 8
8 Ava Seumanufagai: Solid spells - 7
9 Kruise Leeming: Started well, some good involvements - 7
19 Mikolaj Oledzki: Held his own against a big pack - 7
11 Alex Mellor: Worked hard, but was kept quite quiet - 7
12 Rhyse Martin: Two superb touchline goals, strong all round - 8
10 Matt Prior: Had a big game, one of Leeds’ best - 8
Subs
14 Brad Dwyer: Late, but vital introduction - 8
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Hide Ad26 Alex Sutcliffe: Surprise selection but did a solid job - 7
25 James Donaldson: made an impact - 7
17 Adam Cuthbertson: Did well before elbow injury - 7
Salford Red Devils
1 Niall Evalds - 9
22 Rhys Williams - 8
32 Kallum Watkins - 8
3 Kris Welham - 7
5 Krisnan Inu - 7
6 Tui Lolohea - 7
7 Kevin Brown - 7
8 Lee Mossop - 8
9 Joey Lussick - 7
10 Gil Dudson - 8
13 Tyrone McCarthy - 7
21 James Greenwood - 8
19 Mark Flanagan - 7
Subs
14 Sebastine Ikahihifo - 7
12 Pauli Pauli - 8
17 Luke Yates - 7
16 Greg Burke - 7
Referee: Liam Moore (Wigan) 7
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