Leeds Rhinos 42–10 Hull FC — Elimination Play-off, 2011 Super League Finals Series
18 Sep 2011 · Headingley, Leeds · Attendance: 9,075
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2011 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 42–10 Hull FC, at Headingley, Leeds on 18 Sep 2011.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Both teams' initial fetches were garbled (mismatched position labels, one duplicated entry appending Kevin Sinfield separately); targeted "transcribe literally" re-fetches for each team resolved this. Leeds started NRL import Danny Buderus at hooker in place of the more familiar Rob Burrow, who started on the bench instead — confirmed directly from the source page rather than assumed to be an error.
Scorers
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Bailey; Hauraki; Jones-Bishop; Jones-Buchanan; McGuire; Sinfield; Webb Goals: Sinfield (7/8 conversions) |
| Hull FC | Tries: T. Briscoe; Whiting Goals: Tickle (1/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Leeds Rhinos | Hull FC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Webb | Fullback | Cameron Phelps | 20 |
| 23 | Ben Jones-Bishop | Wing | Richard Whiting | 3 |
| 27 | Zak Hardaker | Centre | Jordan Turner | 19 |
| 3 | Brett Delaney | Centre | Kirk Yeaman | 4 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Tom Briscoe | 5 |
| 13 | Kevin Sinfield (c) | Five-Eighth | Joe Westerman | 11 |
| 6 | Danny McGuire | Halfback | Richard Horne | 6 |
| 8 | Kylie Leuluai | Prop | Mark O'Meley | 8 |
| 9 | Danny Buderus | Hooker | Danny Houghton | 9 |
| 10 | Jamie Peacock | Prop | Sam Moa | 23 |
| 11 | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | Second Row | Danny Tickle (c) | 12 |
| 20 | Weller Hauraki | Second Row | Willie Manu | 16 |
| 21 | Chris Clarkson | Lock | Lee Radford | 10 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 16 | Ryan Bailey | Danny Washbrook | 14 | |
| 17 | Ian Kirke | Epalahame Lauaki | 15 | |
| 14 | Ali Lauiti'iti | Ewan Dowes | 17 | |
| 7 | Rob Burrow | Will Sharp | 2 | |
| Brian McDermott | Coach | Richard Agar | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat Hull FC 42-10 at Headingley on 18 September 2011 in a Super League Elimination Play-off, leading 18-0 at half-time in a comfortable, ball-in-hand performance despite heavy pre-match rain — the first step of Leeds' unlikely run from 5th place to the title.