Warrington overshadow Sinfield's landmark occasion

Rugby League

Joel Monaghan, the Warrington captain, got his side’s second try from a Ben Harrison assist (Getty Images)

Warrington put a dampener on Kevin Sinfield’s 500th appearance for Leeds as they completed a notable double over the Super League leaders in emphatic fashion at Headingley last night.

Sinfield was on the losing side on his debut for the Rhinos against Sheffield Eagles at Headingley in 1997 and he was powerless to prevent a repeat on his landmark occasion, with the Wolves running out 29-10 winners.

The Rhinos were already trailing 20-4 when the former England skipper entered the action five minutes into the second half and it did not get much better as the Yorkshiremen came up with their worst performance of the season in front of a 17,430 crowd.

Warrington had produced their best display in an 18-6 win over Leeds in March and they were again outstanding, with full-back Stefan Ratchford and second rower Ben Currie the pick of an impressive bunch. Ben Harrison also demonstrated his kicking skills to get his captain Joel Monaghan in for a try.

Huddersfield gained sweet revenge for their opening-round defeat by Hull with a 24-4 victory at the KC Stadium which moves them up to fourth in the table.

Danny Brough marked his 150th appearance for the Giants with the first try against his former club and Huddersfield went into the break 16-0 to the good despite losing Craig Huby to the sin bin.

Ukuma Ta’ai and Jamie Ellis were the men to give Huddersfield breathing space and Michael Lawrence crossed midway through the second half to make sure of the two points.

Tommy Makinson took the honours with a spectacular long-range try as St Helens ended their dismal run of only one victory in their previous five Super League matches with a 34-16 triumph at home to Widnes.