Leeds Rhinos got the better of a back-and-forth game to eventually beat Castleford Tigers 22-14 to go top of the Super League on Thursday evening.

The Tigers took the lead on eight minutes when Kirk Dixon went over the line from close range before Marc Sneyd converted the kick.

However, Ben Jones-Bishop evened up the tries on 20 minutes before Kallum Watkins added a second 10 minutes later with Kevin Sinfield kicking consecutive conversions for the Rhinos.

Sneyd added a try of his own before adding the subsequent kick shortly before half time, but Jones-Bishop had his second try of the evening seven minutes after the restart.

Watkins then claimed his own brace before the hour mark as Leeds eased past their opponents to wrap things up.