Rohan Smith could not hide his delight after Leeds Rhinos claimed an impressive 34-20 Magic Weekend win over Castleford Tigers to boost their play-off hopes. A tight first half at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park ended 10-6 to Lee Radford’s side after tries from Jake Mamo and Bureta Faraimo overturned Matt Prior’s opener.
Yet Leeds took complete control in the second half as Ash Handley went over before further tries from Aidan Sezer, Richie Myler, James Bentley and Liam Sutcliffe wrapped up the points.
Head coach Smith, whose side moved up from ninth to seventh in front of a bumper crowd of 36,821, beamed: “I really liked how we played tough when we needed to. I thought our discipline and composure was particularly good today.