Leeds Rhinos fans slam 'worst under Brad Arthur': Hull FC loss has them fearing Warrington Wolves clash

It was Leeds’ second defeat in three games since returning from Las Vegas - where they thrashed champions Hull KR - and our panel, like coach Brad Arthur, reckon the past two weeks have been a reality check. Discipline was the main concern from the setback in East Yorkshire and a huge improvement is demanded for Sunday’s home game against free-scoring Warrington Wolves.

KATIE MARCZYNSKI

What happens in Vegas certainly stays in Vegas. I’m not sure what has gone on since round three, but we’ve gone from bad a week ago to worse on Sunday and Hull FC fully deserved their win.

From the off, it just felt like one of those days - good pressure from us inside the opening 10 minutes only for them to score back-to-back tries. It was penalty after penalty, error after error and it's simply not good enough once again.

As is usually the case, Brad Arthur got it spot on when he said our ill-discipline was embarrassing at times. We looked unprofessional and gifted points to our opponents, especially in the second half.

We can't afford to do that this Sunday against Warrington or they’ll punish us and it won’t be pretty. With Ryan Hall already dropped for the Hull game, I wouldn’t be surprised to see more names on the sidelines this week. We have the depth to make some serious changes, so maybe it would do certain players good to be stood down for a week or two. I’m not holding out much hope for this week, but who knows - maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

BECKY OXLEY

After the loss to Wakefield in the Cup I expected a stronger performance, yet aside from a 15 to 20-minute stretch in the first half, I must admit I was let down by our game management. For the majority of the match we seemed lost and our lack of discipline made Hull’s victory even more frustrating for me. Even Maika Sivo was hardly involved on the wing, which is telling. The statistics indicate we had more possession, but we failed to capitalize on it and that is unacceptable.

Looking ahead, we face Warrington at HQ in the 30th anniversary of Super League match on Sunday. I sincerely hope we do not see a repeat of our first Super League encounter with them where we suffered a defeat.

It is crucial we tighten our game, play cohesively as a team and exhibit greater confidence and composure. We must quickly learn from our errors and strive to deliver a performance that secures us the two points.

DAVID MUHL

That was worryingly bad. We had as near a full team out as possible, but for the second week running we put in an abysmal performance. We can’t put this one down to a Las Vegas hangover.

To be fair to Hull, they played well and tackled like their life depended on it. Our discipline was truly awful. At least three times we were penalised for dissent and marched 10 yards on one occasion, an unforgivable penalty to give away. Lachie Miller was probably our best player, but he blotted his copy book by kicking off straight into touch, something he does a bit too often for my liking.

Maika Sivo never looked like adding to his try tally and gave away possession several times by incorrectly playing the ball. There were very few players who can hold their heads up. Our halves looked ineffective, never really looking like they’d break the line and our two tries came from kicks. As good as they were, we need more than this.

The forwards failed to dominate at all and looked a shadow of the pack that played Hull KR in Vegas. This is the third away fixture we have lost this season already. Although we are only at round five and it’s too early to panic, we must turn this around quickly and that starts with Warrington. They are in good form and we will need to improve 200 per cent and in every department to get a result. I am not confident, but after Sunday last things can only get better.

IAIN SHARP

The River Humber is noted for its dynamic tidal activity and certainly the game between Hull FC and Leeds ebbed and flowed. Talking of tides, Leeds seemed to suffer a prolonged period of ‘slack water’ by not troubling the scorers after half-time for the second successive week.

What was most concerning was the general malaise and ill-discipline against a Hull side that have looked like also-rans in the opening weeks of the season. A proper post-Vegas statement would have been to return home, kick on from that victory and convincingly stuff both Wakefield and Hull FC, rather than dining out on a rather expensive week away that is now fast fading into the memory or photo albums.

It seemed to be national ruck infringement week and I am struggling to think of a game where the six-again klaxon has been heard so often and seemingly at the expense of officials bothering to deal with other rules like head shots or offsides.

One final point, Hull FC - like many clubs - no longer produce a physical match programme, but have seemed to take it a stage further by not even bothering to read out the Leeds team immediately prior to the match. At least on this occasion it made little difference as Leeds themselves didn’t bother turning up either for long periods of the game.

TOM GOLDSWORTHY

It looks like no lessons were learned from our cup defeat to Wakefield as Leeds Rhinos put in an even worse performance against Hull FC, barring a six-minute period when we briefly managed to drag ourselves in front. It was a really poor performance from all the players and arguably the worst since Brad Arthur took over.

Constant errors and ill-discipline meant we never really got going and Hull FC punished us for it. There was almost a sense of arrogance in the team where they expected to show up and win without putting the work in and, for the second week in a row, we have been beaten by a side who earned the win through sheer hard work and discipline.

Leeds were very soft in defence, which is something which we have prided ourselves on over the past 12 months. It is starting to feel like the performance in Las Vegas got to a few players’ heads and this might have been the performance and result to bring the team crashing back to reality.

Looking ahead to Warrington at home, we need to find some sort of momentum and kick-start our season after a bad few weeks. The Wolves have started the season well and will look to take advantage of our minor blip in form. Regardless of how well our opponents are playing, Arthur and the Headingley crowd will be wanting a reaction from the team and to nip these poor performances in the bud as soon as possible.

ALEX SHARP

After round five questions are beginning to be asked: are we as good as we thought, are too many players leaving at the end of 2026 and can’t be bothered, is this really a hangover from Las Vegas?

Fans around me at yesterday’s game were blaming Vegas and saying things like ‘this happened to Wigan Warriors after Vegas’. Let’s hope we do something similar because, after some poor results, they went on and won nine successive games.

Can we do that? I fear not as the players were more interested in speaking to the referee than playing rugby. With Warrington Wolves up on Sunday, hopefully Brad Arthur gets the team’s act together this week. It was like Rhinos had an arrogance about them, thinking we were just going to show up and win.

At 16-14 at half time after coming back from 14-2 down, I believe the players thought the job was done. Once Hull FC started the scoreboard ticking over with penalties from Zak Hardaker frustration grew and Leeds started appealing everything and the players lost their heads. I am not looking forward to Sunday, with speed of Warrington’s backline, but it’s 30 years to the day since Super League started and Leeds are known to get up for a big occasion