Leeds full-back Brent Webb got on the scoresheet at Headingley
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Leeds: (24) 44
Tries: Jones-Buchanan, Webb (3), Smith, Burrow (2), Donald
Goals: Sinfield (4) Burrow (2) Bradford: (2) 2
Goals: Deacon
Champions Leeds racked up eight tries as the Rhinos recorded their biggest margin of victory over Bradford Bulls.
Early on Leeds prop Kylie Leuluai was stretchered off after he knocked himself out tackling Chris Feather.
Leeds ran in five tries before the break, four of them coming in a devastating 17-minute spell.
Full-back Brent Webb claimed a hat-trick, scrum-half Rob Burrow got two, while Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Lee Smith and Scott Donald also went over.
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606: DEBATE
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It was the second successive match in which the Rhinos did not concede a try, following their 48-0 win over Harlequins last week.
Leeds coach Brian McClennan:
"We were pretty clinical in attack but the guys stuck to their task and to be able to keep your line intact in the last quarter when you are being penalised is a pretty phenomenal effort.
"We're rightly proud. It's not often you see a team win by that scoreline and see a lop-sided penalty count. That was disappointing."
Bradford coach Steve McNamara:
"Leeds were very good, we were poor and we paid the price. There are reasons for it but it would be wrong of me to use them as an excuse for the scoreline.
"We were beaten in every department. Leeds were more energised and we made a lot of tired tackles. They seemed to capitalise on every error we made.
"It's certainly not a nice taste but the saving grace is that we only have to wait until Monday to rectify it."
Leeds: Webb, Smith, Ellis, Senior, Donald, Tansey, Burrow, Leuluai, Diskin, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Lauitiiti, Sinfield.
Replacements: Worrall, Burgess, Scruton, Hall.
Bradford: Halley, Tadulala, Nero, Hape, Evans, Jeffries, Deacon, Lynch, Newton, Feather, Solomona, Finnigan, Burgess.
Replacements: Harris, Godwin, Cook, James.
Referee: S Ganson (Great Britain)
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