Connor's Stellar Performance as Leeds Rhinos Rout Toulouse
Leeds (18) 46
Tries: Connor 2, Oledzki, Holroyd, McDonnell, Newman, Croft, Lumb Goals: Connor 7
Toulouse (0) 0
Leeds Rhinos maintained their two-point cushion at the Super League summit as they thrashed a depleted Toulouse side 46-0 at Headingley. The table-toppers looked sharper after the break with James McDonnell, Harry Newman and Connor's second taking Rhinos 34 points clear.
Brodie Croft and Riley Lumb crossed in the final quarter, while Connor capped an impressive display with seven goals from eight attempts to finish with 22 points. A 10th win from 10 on home turf this season keeps Leeds ahead of second-placed Wigan after their victory at Leigh.
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'I asked for extra and they delivered' - reaction
Leeds Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur told BBC Radio Leeds:
"It's the closest we've got to 80 minutes. I was pretty pleased with that performance. I thought we showed good resilience, good fight, the attitude was really good, too.
I asked the boys for a bit extra tonight in their effort and physicality and they delivered.
I thought the opposition were really good early, they made us fight and we were probably fortunate to go in [at half-time] at 18-0, but that's exactly what we needed.
Our resilience before half-time and then even at the end of the game on the try line, just to keep turning up for each other, and that's an attitude thing, so I was really pleased with that."
Leeds: Miller; Lumb, McCormack, Bird, Newman; Croft, Connor; Oledzki, O'Connor, Jenkins, Hankinson, McDonnell, Watkins. Interchanges: Smith, Lloyd, Cassell, Holroyd.
Toulouse: Polselli; Laguerre, Tropis, Quai-Ward, Ulberg; Collin, Rouge; Butler, Marion, Belmas, O'Kane, Jassaume, Cator. Interchanges: Garrigues, Chan, Toleafoa, Wallace.
Referee: Tara Jones.
