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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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David Craven

Dream Team prop Mikolaj Oledzki had to turn TV off after Leeds Rhinos horror show

Leeds Rhinos' Mikolaj Oledzki had to turn off his club’s video nasty as they squeezed into the play-offs.

The England prop was today rewarded for his excellent form by being named in the Betfred Super League Dream Team for the first time. But his error-ridden side rode their luck as they edged through Saturday’s low quality winner-takes-all clash with Castleford Tigers. Both teams were as bad as each other coughing up the ball and Rhinos looked like missing out on the top-six when trailing 8-0 late on.

But Aidan Sezer’s try in the dying seconds rescued their season, delivering a 14-8 success. They head to Catalans on Friday in a sudden-death eliminator but Oledzki revealed: “I went home and saw a few people say it wasn’t the prettiest game. I decided to watch the first 25 minutes anyway - but then I had to turn it off!

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