Leeds Rhinos vs Hull KR Prediction: League leaders to be stunned

Fresh from winning away at champions Wigan, leaders Hull KR head to AMT Headingley on Thursday night with an increasingly firm grip on the League Leaders' Shield. (Kick-off 20:00 BST, Sky Sports Action).

The Rhinos though are looking like contenders again under Brad Arthur, so this could be a real heavyweight showdown under the lights in Leeds.

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Leeds include new signing Joe Shorrocks after the versatile forward this week became the latest Salford player to leave the crisis-hot club, with a loan move to Headingley for the rest of the season.

The Rhinos had a depleted front row in last week's win at Castleford but welcome back England prop Mikolaj Oledzki for the first time since he suffered a facial fracture in the home defeat by St Helens last month.

Those are the only two changes made by Arthur for the visit of the Betfred Challenge Cup winners, with youngsters Jacob Stead and Zak Lloyd dropping out of the 21-man squad.

Rovers also have a key man back, with Tyrone May available again after suspension.

Willie Peters' side were able to win at Wigan in May's absence, but the half-back returns this week in the only change to the squad. The man to drop out is forward Jared Waerea-Hargreaves through suspension.

Rowan Milnes keeps his place in the squad after having had his loan move from Castleford Tigers extended.

Leeds Rhinos vs Hull KR Odds

Leeds are 15/8 to win, while Hull KR are the 4/9 favourites to take the victory. The draw is marketed at 20/1.

Leeds Rhinos 1-12 points @ 11/4

We backed a Hull KR win at Wigan from a -2 handicap against the odds at 7/5 and the Robins justified our optimism with a narrow 10-6 win last week.

We also had Leeds to overcome the handicap at Castleford and the Rhinos did that at a canter with a ridiculous 64-6 win in which they ran in 11 tries.

So we've been going well in backing these two heavyweights, but they can't both win this week in what should be a pulsating contest.

I firmly believe this Robins team is capable of the double, and absolutely expect them to be walking out at Old Trafford in October.

I make them favourites to win this game too, despite the Rhinos winning 14-8 at Sewell Group Craven Park this summer.

I think this will be an intense contest decided by a moment of brilliance, an error or a bit of controversy. The Rhinos look like a team again - as I have said a few times in these columns of late - this is the best-drilled Rhinos side I have seen since the treble-winning campaign of 2015.

The Rhinos should now finish in the top four, and could yet finish slightly higher than that.

This is a flip of a coin game for me, but I am going to go with the home side fired up by the raucous Southstand, to land a rare Super League double over the league leaders.

It's a bold call but I am going with Leeds to beat Hull KR by 1-12 points.

Joe Burgess anytime tryscorer @ 11/10

We have our Super League Double Delight back this week, whereby if your first tryscorer selection goes on to score again in the match then we will double your odds.

In the Leeds market I would be looking again at Lachie Miller, the Rhinos' livewire full-back to cross at 5/2, or veteran winger Ryan Hall at 2/1 now that he has ended his barren run with a double in the win at Castleford.

But as I am going for a home win, I'm going to cover myself a little by going for Rovers with my second selection and even though he came up dry last week I am sticking with Hull KR's try machine.

Joe Burgess has been in red-hot form. The flying winger had scored back-to-back hat-tricks heading into that win at Wigan last week, and now has an incredible nine tries in his last four games.

He rarely blanks two weeks in a row and I feel he justifies his status as most likely try scorer at AMT Headingley.

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