Winger Maika Sivo could equal a long-standing Leeds Rhinos record against Hull KR on Friday.

The Fijian superstar has touched down at least once in Rhinos’ last eight Betfred Super League games, one short of the best scoring run by a Leeds player in the competition. That was set in 1997 when another winger, Paul Sterling, crossed in nine successive Super League games.

Sivo joined Rhinos from Parramatta Eels ahead of the 2025 campaign on a three-year contract. A knee injury in pre-season kept him out of action for the entire year, but he made his Leeds debut in February, bagging a brace of tries in a home win against York Knights.

He crossed four times in Leeds’ following game, against Hull KR in Las Vegas and has touched down 27 times in 15 league and cup appearances so far. Sivo’s 25 Super League tries this term is nine more than his nearest rivals, teammate Brodie Croft and Josh Charnley of Leigh Leopards.

Maika Sivo scored a hat-trick of tries in Leeds Rhinos' win at Warrington Wolves last week, taking him to 25 for the Super League season so far. Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com.

placeholder image — Maika Sivo scored a hat-trick of tries in Leeds Rhinos' win at Warrington Wolves last week, taking him to 25 for the Super League season so far. Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com.

The 32-year-old powerhouse has failed to score in only t

wo of his appearances for Leeds, away to Hull FC and Bradford Bulls. Since the Good Friday game at Odsal he has crossed 13 times in eight matches, including three last week at Warrington Wolves which was his fifth hat-trick.

Sterling’s run of 10 tries in nine consecutive Super League games began on April 11, 1997, when he scored Leeds’ only touchdown in a famous 13-12 home win against St Helens. The ninth was a 50-12 home drubbing of Warrington on May 30 and he actually crossed twice in Leeds’ next match, but that was a World Club Championship defeat at North Queensland Cowboys. Sterling wasn’t on the scoresheet in the following World Club fixture at Adelaide Rams or when Rhinos returned to Super League action with a home loss to Bradford Bulls.

Maika Sivo crossed for four tries when Leeds Rhinos crushed Hull KR 58-6 in Las Vegas four months ago. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com.

Apart from Sterling and Sivo, the only player to score tries in eight successive Super League matches for Leeds is Danny McGuire in 2004. He had a separate seven-game hot streak earlier the same season. Other Rhinos players to score in seven consecutive matches in the competition are Zak Hardaker (2012) and Kallum Watkins (2013).

Sivo has a long way to go to match Hall of Fame member Eric Harris’ 17-match try-scoring run, in 1935-36, which is Leeds’ all-time record. The Australian legend’s 63 tries that year and league tally of 53 are also club bests.

McGuire has Rhinos’ most prolific summer-era season when he ran in 39 tries in 2004. He crossed 35 times during the 28-round league campaign and added three more in the play-offs.

Sivo is four tries away from setting a new club mark for tries in a 27-round Super League season. His current teammate Ryan Hall finished with 28 in 2009.

This try at Huddersfield Giants in April began Maika Sivo's run of scoring in eight successive games for Leeds Rhinos. Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com.

Bevan French’s 31 tries for Wigan Warriors in 2022 is the individual best in a 27-game league campaign. Sivo has already equalled the total achieved by last year’s top try scorer Lewis Martin of Hull FC.

Castleford winger Denny Solomona holds the seasonal record for Super League tries with 40 a decade ago. Sivo has three fewer games to match that, Solomona’s tally coming from a 30-game fixture list which included the Super-eights.

Only Eric Harris - five times in the 1930s - and Drew Turnbull (1954-55) have achieved 40 or more league tries for Leeds in a single season.