Leeds Rhinos 42–20 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats — Elimination Play-off, 2012 Super League Finals Series
15 Sep 2012 · Headingley, Leeds · Attendance: 9,044
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2012 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 42–20 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, at Headingley, Leeds on 15 Sep 2012.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Zak Hardaker is confirmed as wearing squad number 4 at fullback for Leeds this season (an unusual pairing of number and position, cross-checked against Leeds' official 2012 squad-number announcement via loverugbyleague.com — not a data error).
Scorers
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Jones-Bishop (3); Burrow (2); Hardaker; McGuire Goals: Sinfield (7/7 conversions) |
| Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Tries: Cockayne; Lauitiiti; Mathers; Smith Goals: Sykes (2/4 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Leeds Rhinos | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Zak Hardaker | Fullback | Richard Mathers | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Jones-Bishop | Wing | Peter Fox | 2 |
| 3 | Kallum Watkins | Centre | Dean Collis | 3 |
| 12 | Carl Ablett | Centre | Lee Smith | 35 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Ben Cockayne | 5 |
| 13 | Kevin Sinfield (c) | Five-Eighth | Paul Sykes | 34 |
| 6 | Danny McGuire | Halfback | Tim Smith | 20 |
| 8 | Kylie Leuluai | Prop | Kyle Amor | 15 |
| 7 | Rob Burrow | Hooker | Andy Ellis | 9 |
| 10 | Jamie Peacock | Prop | Andy Raleigh | 10 |
| 11 | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | Second Row | Ali Lauiti'iti | 11 |
| 15 | Brett Delaney | Second Row | Danny Kirmond (c) | 17 |
| 16 | Ryan Bailey | Lock | Danny Washbrook | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 18 | Chris Clarkson | Frankie Mariano | 19 | |
| 25 | Stevie Ward | Oliver Wilkes | 8 | |
| 31 | Shaun Lunt | Kyle Wood | 7 | |
| 20 | Darrell Griffin | Paul Johnson | 16 | |
| Brian McDermott | Coach | Richard Agar | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 42-20 at Headingley on 15 September 2012 in a Super League Elimination Play-off. Wakefield led early, but Leeds — the 5th seed — pulled clear via a Ben Jones-Bishop hat-trick to begin what became an eventual title run.