The Rhinos were under pressure right from the off making errors from the kick off and finding themselves defending back to back sets on their own line.

The first 10 minutes saw Cadishead with their backs against the wall and only hard work in defence kept the visitors out.

Then against the run of play and with their first real trip in to the Bulldogs half Richie Hayes playing at hooker caught them by surprise as he collected his own chip kick and raced 40 meters brushing off the full back on the way to score under the posts. Jon Butler added the conversion and the Rhinos led 6-0.

The Bulldogs were still dominating possession and territory though and they leveled the scores on 17 minutes.

The Rhinos were behind the sticks again 5 minutes later after the visitors half backs combined well and set up a try outwide.

Once again on another rare trip in to the Bulldogs half a Danny Royle kick fooled the Wiganers defence before Jon Butler crashed over from short range. Butler then added the conversion to give the Rhinos a 12-10 lead.

For the first time the Bulldogs started to look rattled with forwards Duncan Brickhill and Matty Taylor starting to mix it in midfield with them.

As the Cadishead pack started to get on top the Rhinos started to enjoy some better field position and just before half time Richie Hayes scored again to increase the Rhinos lead and Jon Butler added the conversion to give the Rhinos an 18-10 interval lead.

As expected after the break the Bulldogs came back strong and an early try put the scores at 18-14.

The Rhinos were playing with more confidence however and George McNulty-Shaw extended the lead when he stretched out to score after a strong run and once again Jon Butler added the extras increasing the Rhinos lead to 24-14.

Nothing is ever simple with the Rhinos and as in recent weeks errors in their own half put themselves under pressure once again. Two quick tries from the Bulldogs and Duncan Brickhill sent to the sin bin for dissent the Rhinos were up against it again as they trailed by 2 points with 12 men on the field.

However Cadishead are made of sterner things nowadays and desperate to keep their winning run going the ball spread through hands to Jon Butler outwide who found captain Matty Lee who dived over in the corner for the winning try!

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