Hull KR beat Wakefield to extend Super League lead

Betfred Super League

Hull KR (12) 34

Davies 3, Burgess, Lewis, Hiku, Mourgue 5, and Hiku.

Wakefield (10) 10

With a stylish 34-10 victory over Wakefield Trinity at Craven Park, Hull KR extended their Super League lead to six points.

Rovers won 15 league games to extend their astonishing run, thanks to Tom Davies’ hat-trick and Joe Burgess, Mikey Lewis, and Peta Hiku’s one each.

The Robins, who had five goals in the second half, stopped their foes in scoring with French full-back Arthur Mourgue.

In the 20th minute, Wakefield’s Rhyse Martin was offloaded to Davies, who had the ball well on the bounce and pirouetted away from Wakefield’s centre Johnstone to dive over.

After three minutes, Wakefield was level thanks to a wonderful flowing move that saw Jake Trueman find Johnstone and score his seventh try of the Super League season.

After the final tackle, Wakefield waited patiently for an overload on the right and scored a try for a side that, at the time, was dripping with confidence following their victory against Wigan last time out.

At the end of the first half, Hull KR put their foot in the door when Burgess launched himself into the line for a trademark try before Mourgue added the extras to give the visitors a 12-10 half-time lead.

Wakefield was caught out by Lewis’ opportunistic linebreak five minutes after the break, and he was able to extend his arm to the line and surpass his 500 career points.

After Davies’ superb dummy tricked three Wakefield players, he dipped his second goal of the match over the top to give the Robins a 2-0 lead.

The all-action Lewis was then sent to the sin-bin in the 54th minute after blocking Cameron Scott’s attempt to score a try by kicking the ball past him.

Davies’ third career hat-trick against Wakefield came when he collected Hiku’s straightforward pass to dot down despite having just 12 men.

After returning to the field, Lewis darted through and outrageously offloaded Hiku to score a try, underlining his true star status.

Interchanges: Leyland, Brown, Tanginoa, Luckley

Sin-bin: Lewis (54 mins)

Wakefield includes Walmsley, Hall, Pratt, Johnstone, Trueman, Lino, Pitts, Smith, Faatili, Nikotemo, Scott, and Griffin.

Hood, Vagana, Rourke, and Croft are the exchanges.