Leeds Rhinos 11–10 St Helens — Preliminary Semi-Final, 2013 Super League Finals Series
20 Sep 2013 · Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds · Attendance: 12,189
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Semi-Final, 2013 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 11–10 St Helens, at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds on 20 Sep 2013.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Both teams' numbers on this match's Rugby League Project fetch matched their official 2013 squad-number releases exactly and were used, in turn, to corroborate corrections made elsewhere this round (St Helens' numbers here confirmed the fix applied to the Elimination Play-off v Hull Kingston Rovers).
Scorers
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Moon; Watkins Goals: Sinfield (1 conversion) Drop goals: McGuire |
| St Helens | Tries: Manu (2) Goals: Turner (1 conversion) |
Team sheets
| Leeds Rhinos | St Helens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zak Hardaker | Fullback | Jonny Lomax | 7 |
| 2 | Ben Jones-Bishop | Wing | Tom Makinson | 21 |
| 3 | Dave Watkins | Centre | Jordan Turner | 3 |
| 4 | Joel Moon | Centre | Francis Meli | 5 |
| 5 | Ryan Hall | Wing | Adam Swift | 26 |
| 6 | Danny McGuire | Five-Eighth | Lance Hohaia | 6 |
| 13 | Kevin Sinfield (c) | Halfback | Jon Wilkin | 12 |
| 7 | Rob Burrow | Hooker | James Roby | 9 |
| 8 | Kylie Leuluai | Prop | Sione Puletua | 11 |
| 10 | Jamie Peacock | Prop | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | 10 |
| 11 | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | Second Row | Sia Soliola | 4 |
| 12 | Carl Ablett | Second Row | Willie Manu | 13 |
| 15 | Brett Delaney | Lock | Adam Jones | 19 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 16 | Ryan Bailey | Paul Wellens (c) | 1 | |
| 17 | Aaron Kirke | Anthony Laffranchi | 14 | |
| 19 | Mitch Achurch | James Clough | 16 | |
| 26 | Mitch Sutcliffe | Mark Walmsley | 25 | |
| Brian McDermott | Coach | Nathan Brown | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Phil Bentham |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat St Helens 11-10 at Headingley on 20 September 2013 in a tight, low-scoring Super League Preliminary Semi-Final, leading 4-0 at half-time, to send Leeds through to face the week 3 "club call" winner.