Leeds Rhinos 44–8 Hull Kingston Rovers — Qualifying Play-off, 2009 Super League Finals Series
18 Sep 2009 · Headingley, Leeds · Attendance: 11,220
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Play-off, 2009 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 44–8 Hull Kingston Rovers, at Headingley, Leeds on 18 Sep 2009.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Hull Kingston Rovers' bench player Scott Taylor has no shirt number printed on Rugby League Project's own page for this match — re-checked directly, the field is genuinely blank (a hyphen) rather than a fetch omission — recorded as `"UNCONFIRMED"` here.
Scorers
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Lauitiʻiti (2); Smith (2); Hall; Peacock; Senior; Webb Goals: Sinfield (4 conversions); Smith (2 conversions) |
| Hull Kingston Rovers | Tries: Fitzhenry Goals: Dobson (2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Leeds Rhinos | Hull Kingston Rovers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Webb | Fullback | Daniel Fitzhenry | 15 |
| 2 | Scott Donald | Wing | Peter Fox | 2 |
| 3 | Lee Smith | Centre | Chev Walker | 3 |
| 4 | Keith Senior | Centre | Kris Welham | 19 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Liam Colbon | 5 |
| 6 | Danny McGuire | Five-Eighth | Paul Cooke | 6 |
| 7 | Rob Burrow | Halfback | Michael Dobson | 7 |
| 8 | Kylie Leuluai | Prop | Nick Fozzard | 8 |
| 14 | Matt Diskin | Hooker | Ben Fisher | 9 |
| 10 | Jamie Peacock | Prop | Scott Wheeldon | 18 |
| 11 | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | Second Row | Clint Newton | 11 |
| 18 | Carl Ablett | Second Row | Michael Vella | 20 |
| 13 | Kevin Sinfield (c) | Lock | Chaz I'Anson | 21 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 12 | Ali Lauiti'iti | Rhys Lovegrove | 24 | |
| 17 | Ian Kirke | Jason Netherton | 16 | |
| 16 | Ryan Bailey | Stanley Gene | 14 | |
| 21 | Simon Worrall | Scott Taylor | UNCONFIRMED | |
| Brian McClennan | Coach | Justin Morgan | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat Hull Kingston Rovers 44-8 at Headingley on 18 September 2009 in the first-ever Super League Qualifying Play-off under the new "Top-Eight" format, running in eight tries against a Hull KR side that had finished 4th. The win set up a home Qualifying Semi-Final for Leeds and control of the week 3 "club call" decision.