Brad Arthur insists he took more pride in Leeds Rhinos’ gritty win over Castleford Tigers than their eye-catching Las Vegas demolition of Hull KR.

After their Sin City blitz of the Robins, the weary Rhinos had to show the other side of their game to grind out a 22-4 victory against neighbours Castleford.

Arthur praised his team's resilience in the aftermath of a draining week in the spotlight.

"It wasn't our best performance in terms of execution but I'm pretty proud of the effort, fight and grit that we played with," said the Rhinos boss, who was indebted to another hat-trick from in-form winger Maika Sivo.

"They came to play and really took it to us, moving us around and challenging us. We looked tired a lot of the time but we kept hanging in there and fighting hard.

"The travel and all the hoo-ha that went on last week with Vegas took its toll a little bit. The boys didn't use it as an excuse and ground out a win.

"I'm probably more proud of that performance than last week."

Castleford cancelled out George Brown's opener through Mikaele Ravalawa but his early try was all they had to show for their efforts at Headingley.

Maika Sivo was the star of the show again for Leeds. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

placeholder image — Maika Sivo was the star of the show again for Leeds. (Photo: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com)

Ryan Carr's side paid the price for indecision under the high ball on a frustrating afternoon.

"I'm proud of our effort levels," said Carr. "We competed extremely hard.

"I think it was almost 60:40 possession in the end, we had more line breaks and more post-contact metres. I felt we went after the game, which was really pleasing.

"But I'm frustrated as well for the boys. We spoke a lot about last plays all week. That ball goes up in the air and it can be a coin flip at times. They're good at it and that's ultimately the difference in a game like that."