Rhino rampage goes through Wembley

The Leeds Rhinos have taken the 2015 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup with a 50-0 demolition of the Hull Kingston Rovers in front of over 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.

The pre-game started off with Lizzie Jones, the widow of Danny Jones who passed away during a match earlier this year, performing the traditional Challenge Cup pre-game song Abide With Me that did not leave a single dry eye across the 80,000 rugby league fans or the global audience watching it.

The match started brilliantly for the Rhinos with the opening twenty minutes netting the Rhinos a 16-0 lead. The opening try went to former Eels and Titan Brett Delaney who pounced on a loose ball in the ingoal after Referee Ben Thaler and the Video Refs had ruled that it was striped by the Rovers defender when Jamie Peacock was looking certain to score. The next Rhinos try was a sign of the ease that the Rhinos had in going through the Rovers defence and it was scored veteran Danny McGuire who was set up by a good play from Peacock and Joel Moon.

The third Rhinos try of the half was the first of the fivesome that went the way of Tom Briscoe, this one started with a 70m raid from Carl Ablett and Ryan Hall before on the next play the Rhinos spread the ball and it went to 16-0 after Sinfield's conversion hit the upright.

Kieran Dixon played a starring role in helping the Rhinos in their second half demolition although he won't want to remember the many tries he contributed for the Rhinos given he was the Hull KR fullback.

Tom Briscoe scored the first try of the second half when he completely outjumped Dixon (who didn't jump) and raced away 90m to score his second try of the match. The Rhinos continued their dominance over Hull KR who came close to the line but were never really able to put the pressure on their opponents and Leeds continued their absolute dominance.

From the 57th minutes Leeds managed to score another five times through Brad Singleton at that time plus a try to veteran Rob Burrow in the 74th complimented the second half foursome for Tom Briscoe who scored at the 65, 77 and 79 minute mark to go with his opening half try that saw Briscoe make history as the first player to score 5 tries in a Challenge Cup final.

Match Details

Leeds Rhinos 50 Hull Kingston Rovers 0
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Crowd: 80,140
Halftime Score: Leeds Rhinos 16 Hull Kingston Rovers 0

LEEDS RHINOS (50)
Tries: Brett Delaney, Danny McGuire, Tom Briscoe (5), Brad Singleton, Rob Burrow
Conversions: Kevin Sinfield (7/9)

HULL KINGSTON ROVERS (0)

LeagueUnlimited.com Live Commentary

Plenty of pomp and ceremony going on underway with several dignitaries greeting players

Ben Thaler calls time on and the Challenge Cup final is underway - Hull KR have the first set of possession

1: Poor end to the first set of six for the Rovers, with the kick going dead

2: Leeds don't go for a kick instead run it on the last and its a changeover on the Rovers 10m line

4: Both sides feeling each other out and another kick from Hull KR goes dead, so Leeds get an easy march upfield

5: PENALTY LEEDS: Albert Kelly is penalised for a strip and Leeds will go on the attack

6: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Brett Delaney. Kick to come.
Brett Delaney gets the opening 4 pointer of the Challenge Cup final after Kevin Larroyer striped the ball from Jamie Peacock and it was Delaney who grounded it first

7: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield has no problems from in front

10: Leeds are making the most metres in attack but the Rovers defence is up to the task at this stage

11: Good kick from Maurice Blair to find touch just over the 20m line to give Rovers a breather

13: Kieran Dixon takes a great catch at the back under the high ball... though there was a hint of a knock-on shown in the replay

15: UNFORCED ERROR LEEDS RHINOS
Zak Hardaker makes an unforced error.
Zak Hardaker can't take a pass and the Rovers will get their first real attacking set

16: UNFORCED ERROR HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Tyrone McCarthy makes an unforced error.
Tyrone McCarthy drops what should've been a bread and butter collect off the pass and the Rovers put no pressure on the Rhinos

18: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Danny McGuire. Kick to come.
Danny McGuire scores after Joel Moon gets some open space off a pass off Jamie Peacock's pass and McGuire is on the spot to take the pass and score

19: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield sneaks the conversion in from outwide to extend the lead

20: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Tom Briscoe. Kick to come.
Tom Briscoe finishes a great play from the Rhinos after Ryan Hall & Carl Ablett race 70m then the next tackle, the Rhinos spread the ball to the otherside of the field and the Rhinos score

21: UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield unsuccessful.
Kevin Sinfield hits the uprights with the kick so the brilliant try goes unconverted

24: A piece of luck for the Rovers as a kick that was charged down was ruled to have not been played at by Ben Thaler and they get the scrum 40m out from their own line

26: Ryan Hall takes the crossfield kick ingoal under pressure and gets the 20m restart

27: PENALTY LEEDS: Second penalty of the match and to Leeds, this time for a high tackle and now Leeds are 15m away

29: Some interesting play from KR but they turn the ball over on halfway and past experience has showed it hasn't been good

31: UNFORCED ERROR LEEDS RHINOS
Stevie Ward makes an unforced error.
Another good play comes to an end for the Rhinos after the pass from Stevie Ward was ruled forward by referee Ben Thaler

32: 40/20 HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Albert Kelly kicks a 40/20.
Albert Kelly hits a beautiful kick and its a 40/20, that show's why he's one of the form halves of the English game

34: Rovers go to the wrong side and the Rhinos survive one of the closest raids from KR yet

38: Kevin Sinfield sends his kick well over the 20m line but in the ESL it doesn't hurt too much with just the regular 6 tackle set

40: Half Time at Wembley and its been all Leeds with the score at 16-0

40: Play back underway at Wembley, Hull KR need to make the biggest comeback in Challenge Cup final history if they want to win

41: UNFORCED ERROR HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Kieran Dixon makes an unforced error.
Straight off the kick, Kieran Dixon makes a mistake and Leeds have a scrum 10m out

43: UNFORCED ERROR HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Kieran Dixon makes an unforced error.
Kieran Dixon gets a take on a tough grubber runs 30m, tries for a quick play the ball and loses it on his own 30m

46: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Tom Briscoe. Kick to come.
Tom Briscoe flies through the air takes the Maurice Blair kick and races 90m downfield and just makes the line with Ken Sio flying across from the otherside of the field

48: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield from outwide hits the post with the conversion BUT it goes through the uprights

51: UNFORCED ERROR HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Kieran Dixon makes an unforced error.
Kieran Dixon drops the ball for a third time this half and now Leeds attack

53: Kieran Dixon loses the ball AGAIN.... but this time Ben Thaler saves him and penalises the Rhinos for being offside off the kick

57: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Brad Singleton. Kick to come.
Brad Singleton gets the seal of approval from the Video Refs

58: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
No problems again for Kevin Sinfield and the lead just grows

64: Albert Kelly's kick goes straight down the throat of Ryan Hall who gets the free passage to the 20m

65: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Tom Briscoe. Kick to come.
Tom Briscoe gets his third of the day for the Rhinos after the Rovers can't handle the attack of the Rhinos down the short side

67: UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield unsuccessful.
Kevin Sinfield pushes the conversion straight across the face of the posts

69: 40/20 HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
Albert Kelly kicks a 40/20.
Albert Kelly nails another sweet 40/20 and this time it won't get taken off him, scrum 10m out

74: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Rob Burrow. Kick to come.
Rob Burrow scores his 181st career after another great play set up by Jamie Peacock and then some good work by Watkins sets up Rob Burrow to score untouched

75: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield slots the conversion from in front and thats now 38-0

77: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Tom Briscoe. Kick to come.
Its an awesome foursome for Tom Briscoe and some great play sees Tom Briscoe score in the corner

78: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield slots yet another conversion on the right hand side

80: TRY LEEDS RHINOS
Scored by Tom Briscoe. Kick to come.
Tom Briscoe takes the Wembley record for tries scored with FIVE tries

78: SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION LEEDS RHINOS
Conversion attempt by Kevin Sinfield successful.
Kevin Sinfield has slotted the conversion and sent the score out to the half century

80: FULL TIME @ Wembley and in a performance nobody saw coming it was a blistering Leeds Rhinos who took the 2015 Challenge Cup with a whopping 50-0 victory spearheaded by a FIVE try effort from Tom Briscoe