ByMichael Short
BBC Sport Senior Journalist
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Betfred Super League - Las Vegas
Hull KR (0) 6
Try: Burgess
Goal: Martin
Leeds Rhinos (28) 58
Tries: Sivo 4, Croft 2, Palasia, Hall, Jenkins 2
Goals: Connor 6, Hankinson 3
Maika Sivo's stunning four-try screen assisted Leeds Rhinos whip Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas.
The Fijian winger crossed two times and produced a 3rd shot as the widespread Rhinos led 28-0 at half-time.
And Sivo scored two times more in the second half as Leeds dismantled the safeguarding Super League champions.
Hull KR beat Brisbane Broncos to win the World Club Challenge simply 10 days ago but have now lost their opening two Super League video games of the season.
Defeat by newly-promoted York was a shock - and the way they were brushed aside at Allegiant Stadium, the home of NFL side Las Vegas Raiders, left head coach Willie Peters cautioning his side might be dealing with "a long season".
Sivo joined the Rhinos before the 2025 season but missed out on the entire project after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
And following 2 tries out debut it took him 8 minutes to force his method over for the first shot of the video game after Harry Newman collected Brodie Croft's high kick and the ball was exercised to the left flank.
He went over in the corner for his 2nd - following a prolonged video evaluation after a Jake Connor hand-off - Connor then transforming for a 2nd time.
After attempts from Croft and Keenan Palasia, Sivo claimed the ball from under his own posts and ran 70 metres for an attack which ended with Ryan Hall scoring.
A Hull KR attempt was disallowed for an earlier obstruction before completion of the very first half, however Leeds continued to control in the second period - with Croft adding a sixth shot before Sivo completed his hat-trick.
His fourth try followed a Joe Burgess alleviation for the Robins 15 minutes from time - then a late Cooper Jenkins double sealed a definite success for Leeds.
Hull KR no place near good enough - Peters
"The individuals I feel sorry for are the fans who paid hard-earned cash to come here today and watch that," Peters said.
"To invest or save cash to come and see their group play and we provide a performance like that, it's just nowhere near excellent enough.
"We require to all take a look at ourselves - myself at the top of that - and discover out why we got that performance.
"We need to make sure that we action more than words and do something about it, since if that's the design template of what we're going to do this season, it's going to be a long season."
A happy Leeds coach Brad Arthur stated his side had "had a ball" and praised his gamers' "real cravings".
"We wanted to make sure that we did ourselves happy and the fans and did the competitors justice," he added.
"We came here to make a statement and we did it tonight," Sivo told Sky Sports.
"The kids, every among us, did our task tonight."
Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.
Replacements: Luckley, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton.
Leeds Rhinos: Miller; Sivo, Newman, Handley, Hall; Croft, Connor; Jenkins, Levi, Palasia, Watkins, McDonnell, C. Smith.
Replacements: O'Connor, Holroyd, Hankinson, Littlewood.
Referee: Jack Smith