Rivals Round Stats Preview

Everything Hits Harder in Rivals Round, including the stats!

Ahead of the Easter Weekend and a series of hotly anticipated derbies taking place, let's have a look at the match stats between all the rivals.

(All stats are provided by Stats Perform, Opta)…

Hull KR v Hull FC

Hull KR have dominated the Hull Derby across the last five Super League meetings winning each by double-digit margins. It is also the second-longest winning run in the derby by either side in this fixture with FC having previously won seven consecutive games between 2015 and 2018.

The Robins have won 18 of their last 20 Super League home games including each of their last six against the Black & Whites.

Hull FC managed to restrict their opponents to the lowest set completion rate of any side last week at 70.7% in their victory over Catalans Dragons. The visitors have also been awarded more penalties per game than any other side in this year’s competition with an average of 8.7.

Of the 133 players to have attempted 100+ tackles in the Super League this season, Hull FC’s Yusuf Aydin has the best tackle success rate (95.4%) whilst Robins prop-forward Tom Amone has the third highest with 95%.

St Helens v Wigan Warriors

The Warriors are in fine form against their local rivals St Helens having won each of their last four league meetings, however they will be looking to make it five in a row for the first time in the Super League era.

Saints have won 10 of their last 12 Super League games at The BrewDog Stadium however that trio of victories came by a combined margin of just eight points whilst the Warriors have won each of their last five away fixtures in the competition by an average margin of 17.2 points.

Paul Rowley’s side are the only team to have allowed fewer than give offloads per game this season (4.5) but Wigan have managed an offload in 6.5% of their total runs in 2026.

Brad O’Neill has completed the most passes of any player in this year’s competition with 625 with Saints halfback Jackson Hastings making the most of any player to have maintained a 100% passing success rate with 356.

Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos

Saturday evening’s meeting will be the first between the Bulls and the Rhinos in Super League since 2014, when the Bulls recorded a 14-20 victory at AMT Headingley Stadium.

As well as losing the last Super League meeting between the sides, the Rhinos have won just one of their last four away outings against newly promoted sides in the competition.

The Bulls have won each of their first three home Super League matches in 2026 by a margin of 12 or more points while the Rhinos have lost each of their two away games by 12 and eight points, respectively.

Maika Sivo comes into the game in fine try-scoring form having crossed for 12 Super League tries, having scored five more than his nearest challenger. He is also the only player who has made more than 10 line breaks this season.

Huddersfield Giants v York Knights

The Rivals Round meeting between Huddersfield Giants and York Knights is their first ever in Super League and their first in any league meeting since a Second Division clash in April 1995. Huddersfield came out 34-7 victors.

The Knights’ last two away games have both been decided by a single point with York coming away with one win and one loss.

Mark Applegarth’s side have averaged more metres gained per set (32.5) than all other sides except the Rhinos but only Toulouse have conceded more metres per opposition set than the Knights who sit on 32.2 metres per defensive set.

Despite a slow start to the season, the Giants have two of the most dominant tacklers in the Super League with Tristan Powell tied at the top with Wigan’s Sam Walters with seven dominant tackles whilst Asher O’Donnell ranks join-third with six.

Warrington Wolves v Leigh Leopards

Adrian Lam’s Leopards have won each of their last four Super League meetings against the Wolves after winning just two of their first nine against them in the competition. Three of those wins have come by margins of exactly four points.

Last time out at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington sealed their biggest home victory since August 2018 with a dominant 72-6 showing against Castleford Tigers.

The Wolves have been on the front foot in 2026 gaining the most metres per run of any side with 7.4 and have conceded fewer run metres per game than any other team this season with 1050 metres.

Both sides have been strong with ball in hand being the only two teams to have made fewer than seven handling errors per game.

Josh Thewlis is proving to be one of the league’s biggest metre-eaters averaging 9.1 metres per run this season.

Catalans Dragons v Toulouse Olympique

The French derby has taken place in Super League back in 2022 with Catalans Dragons coming out on top on both occasions.

Toulouse have won just one of their previous 16 away games in the Super League and will be looking to change their fortunes against a Dragons side who have alternated between results at home winning three and losing three of their last six at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.

Dragons fullback Charlie Staines has made more runs (140) and gained more metres (1245) than any other player in the Super League this season and is one of five players to have completed more than 10 offloads this term with eleven.

Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity

Trinity have won just one of their last 12 away games against the Tigers across the last ten years which came in July 2022.

The Tigers have also won each of their last two home Super League games and could win three in a row for the first time since June-July 2022, a run which ended with defeat against Wakefield. Daryl Powell’s side have won each of their last three Super League matches and could make it four straight for the first time since August 2022.

The visitors have made more tacklers per game of any side in Super League this season with 369.

Tigers’ Zac Cini (20) and Trinity’s Max Jowitt (17) have defused more kicks than any other players this season. Jowitt has been successful from all 17 of his attempts, no other player has maintained a 100% success rate with more than ten attempts.

Are you ready for Rivals Round? Round 7 of the Betfred Super League gets underway with a blockbuster triple-header on Good Friday (live across Sky Sports and SuperLeague+).

All games will be broadcasted live, and fixture information can be found here.