A dramatic late try by Bradford's Leon Pryce snatched a narrow victory to keep alive his side's hopes of finishing top of the Super League.

With two minutes to go, Leeds led 18-16 and looked to have secured a third win of the season over their local rivals.

Victory for the home side at Headingley would also have secured a play-off spot.

But the Bulls kept the ball alive superbly in a last-ditch bid for victory and Pryce took Nathan McAvoy's pass to crash over for the match-winning try.

Leeds coach Daryl Powell had gambled by dropping leading points-scorer Ben Walker for the second time this season.

Dream start

His move looked to have paid off as the Rhinos charged into a 16-6 interval lead.

Kevin Sinfield took over Walker's stand-off role and was in inspired form as Leeds dominated the first half, despite conceding a try within 87 seconds of the kick-off.

Bradford made a dream start, with full-back Michael Withers slicing through for his 17th try of the season which Paul Deacon converted.

But the Bulls, who have suffered recent back-to-back defeats, put themselves under enormous pressure with a series of handling errors.

The Leeds duo of Keith Senior and Chev Walker looked strong and both went over for first half tries.

Rejuvenated

Senior has now scored in eight successive games and he brought his season's tally to 20 when he shrugged off the challenge of Leon Pryce.

In between, loose forward Willie Poching took a clever inside pass from the impressive Andy Hay to wrongfoot Withers and crash over the line.

But Bradford were a rejuvenated side after the break and it was the Rhinos' turn to buckle under pressure.