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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aaron Bower at Sewell Group Craven Park

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Leeds stun super league leaders hull kr to spark life into title race - The Untold Story

Hull KR’s Kelepi Tanginoa and Elliot Martin tackle Leeds’s Harry Newman
Hull KR’s Kelepi Tanginoa and Elliot Martin tackle Leeds’s Harry Newman. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

Every win results in the same amount of points and every round in Super League has the same level of ­importance attached to it. But as the Leeds players punched the air in ­jubilation at full-time here, you could not escape the fact that this was a statement result on a significant weekend for the whole competition.

With 10 rounds to go, Super League had threatened to become a tad dull at the top. Hull KR and Wigan, ­considered the best two teams by a distance, were streaking away towards the playoffs with few giving anyone else a chance of beating either in a semi-final to make Old Trafford.

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