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Leeds (18) 34<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Senior 2, Delaney, Ablett, Burrow, Leuluai Goals:<\/strong> Sinfield 5<\/span><\/p>\n

Crusaders (0) 16<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Tansey, Hanbury, Witt Goals:<\/strong> Schifcofske 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Danny<\/p>\n

McGuire had been out of action since the end of last season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Danny McGuire’s first game in seven months inspired Leeds to a 34-16 win over Crusaders in Super League XVI.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The stand-off appeared on 24 minutes and soon after Keith Senior, Carl Ablett and Brett Delaney ran in tries, all converted by Kevin Sinfield.<\/p>\n

After the break Rob Burrow extended the Rhinos’ lead but Crusaders hit back with tries from Jordan Tansey, Michael Witt and Rhys Hanbury.<\/p>\n

Senior then struck again and Kylie Leuluai’s try ended the contest.<\/p>\n

McGuire’s introduction off the bench was greeted with a huge applause at Headingley and gave the Rhinos the impetus to score twice in three minutes.<\/p>\n

First Delaney broke free and sprinted 70 metres to touch down after outstripping Crusaders captain Clinton Schifcofske, with Sinfield adding the first of five conversions.<\/p>\n

Then Ablett exploited a hole in Crusaders’ defence to cross the whitewash with ease.<\/p>\n

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Senior ensured Leeds had a comfortable lead when he jinked his way over the line on the stroke of half time.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the teams returned Burrow went in from dummy half and Sinfield kicked the home side to a 24-0 lead.<\/p>\n

But former Leeds winger Tansey touched down on 53 minutes to give the Welsh outfit feint hope after latching on to Witt’s offload.<\/p>\n

Witt intercepted Danny Buderus’ errant pass in the 66th minute – Schifcofske adding the first of his two conversions – before Hanbury took another errant Rhinos pass and sprinted half the length of the field.<\/p>\n

Senior went over in the left corner before Leuluai’s converted try added a sheen to the Rhinos’ win at the death.<\/p>\n\n

Leeds coach Brian McDermott:<\/strong>
“It was a calculated risk to play Danny McGuire in that game.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think you can overestimate where he was at as a player last year when he had his knee snapped. There’s 20 of those types of injuries per year – there was lots and lots and lots of damage in there to everything.<\/p>\n

“So for him to come back inside eight months, you’ve got to really look at the people who were in charge of him for that period of time.<\/p>\n

“They’ve done an absolutely sensational job, it’s a wonder what they can do now with these players because you haven’t got to go too far back in history where’s he’s probably in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, never mind playing top-level rugby league.”<\/p>\n

Crusaders coach Iestyn Harris:<\/strong>
“I thought we were a little bit unlucky. Jared Sammut tells me definitely scored from dummy half but we got penalised.<\/p>\n

“That would have made it 6-0 and Leeds would have shown a bit of agitation off the back of that because the crowd was starting to get a little bit agitated that they couldn’t get on the top of us for large periods.<\/p>\n

“After that, Leeds had a period of 10 minutes where they just completed.<\/p>\n

“They got to their kicks, they pushed us in the corner and started to win the territory and that’s the time that they scored the 18 points.<\/p>\n

“We just had a little bit too far to come but the guys showed a lot of effort there and a little bit more composure, we’ll start to get teams like Leeds.”<\/p>\n\n

Leeds:<\/strong> Webb, Elliot, Delaney, Senior, Hall, Sinfield, Burrow, Bailey, Buderus, Leuluai, Jones-Buchanan, Clarkson, Ablett.<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/strong> Kirke, McShane, Burgess, McGuire.<\/p>\n

Crusaders:<\/strong> Schifcofske, Reardon, Martin, Thomas, Tansey, Witt, Hanbury, O’Hara, White, Moore, Cahill, Johnson, Lupton.<\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/strong> Sammut, Chan, Winternstein, James.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> James Child (Dewsbury)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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