There are still plenty of twists and turns to come this season, but the boos at full-time from the home supporters underlined how these two teams are heading in different directions.
Hull FC have now lost four consecutive games and, from a position of relative comfort inside the Super League playoffs a month ago, could be outside the top six next weekend. This was an opportunity to all but end Leeds’s chances of making the playoffs but instead the Rhinos delivered their best performance of the season when it mattered most.
