Leeds Rhinos 44 Salford Red Devils 2: Burrow and McGuire shine once again at Headingley

Danny McGuire celebrates scoring the Rhiinos second try with Ashton Golding and Rob Burrow.

Veterans Rob Burrow and Danny McGuire, who came through the academy together, have combined countless times for Leeds over the years and they gave the Rhinos fans a moment to savour before they both depart at the end of the season.

Burrow made a darting break from dummy half and McGuire was in support to finish as Leeds took a firm grip on the match in the first half.

Liam Sutcliffe and Tom Briscoe scored either side of McGuire’s try to give the Rhinos a 16-2 half-time lead after they had gone behind to Gareth O’Brien’s early penalty.

Matt Parcell helped himself to a double off the bench to take his try tally for the year to 19 while Adam Cuthbertson, Anthony Mullally and Brett Ferres also crossed as Leeds made it 10 straight home wins over Salford in style.

Salford claimed a second-minute lead through O’Brien’s penalty following a high shot by Stevie Ward but they were soon chasing the game after back-to-back Leeds tries.

Sutcliffe took advantage of soft Salford tackling out wide to get the Rhinos on the board before McGuire added the finishing touches to Burrow’s break for perhaps the last time at Headingley.

Leeds’s indiscipline gave Salford a way back into the contest before Briscoe backed himself to finish in the corner from Ward’s neat pass.

Kallum Watkins failed to add his third goal of the night from the touchline and the Rhinos were forced to dig deep in the early stages of the second period after making a series of mistakes.

But they were clinical at the other end as Parcell finished their first chance of the half. The Australian hooker went under the sticks following a run around with Cuthbertson and that ended the match as a contest.

Cuthbertson touched down from McGuire’s kick and Parcell crossed after Burrow was denied a stunning team try.

Mullally crashed over to increase Salford’s woes and their misery was complete when Ferres strolled in from McGuire’s dab through.

Leeds Rhinos: Golding, Briscoe, Watkins, L. Sutcliffe, Hall, Moon, McGuire, Garbutt, Burrow, Cuthbertson, Ward, Jones-Buchanan, Singleton. Substitutes: Mullally, Delaney, Parcell, Ferres.

Salford Red Devils: Evalds, Bibby, Murdoch-Masila, Sa’u, Vatuvei, Lui, O’Brien, Kopczak, Tomkins, Hauraki, Jones, Griffin, McCarthy. Substitutes: Lannon, A. Walne, J. Walne, Brinning.

Referee: L Moore (RFL).