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Leeds Rhinos player ratings as Blake Austin delights with sublime display

Richie Myler - 8: A great supporting act, floating around all the action and ready to pounce on the work of others. Left with a try and an assist.

David Fusitu'a - 8: Great return to action. Carried well, good kick pressure, nice finishes for his tries. Came up with his obligatory play-the-ball error but can be forgiven for that. Will feel he should have scored a hat-trick but was held up by Will Pryce.

Luis Roberts - 6: Looked a lot more comfortable than he has in previous outings, helped by the fact the senior players around him were playing well.

Rhyse Martin - 8: Kicked the majority of his goals and was typically a ball threat when carrying the ball. Good acceleration for his try and nice support play for his second and Leeds' last of an excellent night.

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Ash Handley - 8: Got a try after good support and had a comfortable evening overall. His intercept deserved better but well tracked down by Innes Senior. Superb effort to assist the final try.

Blake Austin - 9: Magic. Best performance in a Leeds shirt. Everyone he tried came off to great effect. More of the same is needed moving forward.

Aidan Sezer - 7: Marked his return with a good running display and pulled the strings quietly. Superb break that instigated the James McDonnell try.

Mikolaj Oledzki - 6: Still not fully find his groove this season, he was OK.

Jarrod O'Connor - 8: Say it every week, so underrated. Defensively excellent, subtly excellent in attack with his decision-making and change of tempos.

Sam Walters - 7: Ran a good line for his first try and good awareness to be on Corey Johnson's shoulder for the second try.

James Bentley - 6: Effort undoubted as ever but just too many errors in his game.

James McDonnell - 8: Starting to climb into player of the year contention. His performances are impressive every week and this was more of the same.

Cameron Smith - 7: Came off injury, Leeds will hope that is nothing serious. Beautiful try assist for the first try.

Corey Johnson - 7: More minutes and more involvement. Lovely cameo providing a superb assist for Walters' second try and his deception instigated the Martin try minutes after.

Justin Sangare - 6: By no means poor but there were better players on this night.

Sam Lisone - 8: His best Leeds Rhinos performance, easy. And not just for the dynamic carries but for his small efforts defensively that have lacked in weeks gone by.

James Donaldson - 7: Has anyone ever won as many penalties in a game for being tackled high? Typically grafted.

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