Leeds Claims Victory, St Helens Secure Bye in Super League Play-Offs

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Leeds Claims Victory, St Helens Secure Bye in Super League Play-Offs
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  1. Friday 28 August 2026 23:28, UK Leeds returned to the top of the Betfred Super League with a convincing 34-6 victory at St Helens on Friday.

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    Published Betfred Super League St Helens (0) 6 Tries: Welsby Goals: Sailor Leeds (18) 34

  2. Leigh (6) 18 Tries: Trout, Hanley, Mulhern Goals: Cook 3 Huddersfield Giants scored five tries to upset in-form Leigh and keep the Leopards waiting to secure their place in the Super League play-offs.

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    Huddersfield claim crucial win against play-off chasing Leigh Huddersfield earned a vital win towards the foot of the table as they beat Leigh 30-18.

  3. There are two very different fates awaiting Leeds and St Helens in three weeks or so. The Rhinos will now almost certainly be resting before a Super League playoff semi-final, having earned a bye through the opening week of the playoffs by virtue of a top-two finish. They are still favourites to end the regular season on top after this latest impressive victory.

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    Tries: Hankinson, Smith, Newman, Hall, Handley, Croft Goals: Connor 5 Leeds Rhinos moved back to the top of Super League on points difference with a rare and comprehensive away win at St Helens.

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  1. 01 Sky Sports

    Leeds return to the top of Super League ahead of Wigan after a comfortable 34-6 away win at St Helens; Saints still outside play-off spots with two matches to go;watch three more matches, including Hull FC vs Warrington Wolves at 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports+ on Saturday

  2. 02 BBC Sport

    Niall Evalds extended the lead after the break before Leigh's Umyla Hanley and Huddersfield's Cole Geyer exchanged tries as the Giants remained ahead.

  3. 03 The Guardian Sport

    But Saints, barring a late miraculous run of results involving themselves and the teams around them, will be resting and preparing for 2027, with their 60-year record of making the end-of-season playoffs coming to a screeching halt. After back-to-back wins in the past fortnight, you wondered if this was the night that St Helens could really make people sit up and take notice.

  4. 04 ESPNcricinfo

    George Hill fifty pushes Yorkshire forward on rain-hit day Josh Hull completes a three-wicket haul for Leicestershire

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UK Leeds beat St Helens to go back top as rivals play-off hopes dented — Sky Sports
UK Huddersfield upset Leigh with five-try win — BBC Sport
UK Leeds go back top with thumping win at St Helens — BBC Sport
UK St Helens playoff hopes hang by a thread after thrashing by Leeds — The Guardian Sport
India George Hill fifty pushes Yorkshire forward on rain-hit day — ESPNcricinfo
India Glamorgan inch towards parity on rain-wrecked second day — ESPNcricinfo
India Higgins makes inroads but rain continues to dominate — ESPNcricinfo