Hull KR ease past Giants to move back to top

Betfred Super League

Hull KR (4) 34

Tries: Mourgue 5, Lewis, May, Tanginoa, and Burgess 2, respectively.

With a comfortable win over Huddersfield Giants, Hull KR resurrected their position at the top of the Super League.

The Robins did what was required after Wigan Warriors defeated Leigh Leopards on Friday to overtake them.

Joe Burgess scored the only goal of the first half before Mikey Lewis, Tyrone May, Kalepi Tanginoa, Jack Brown, and Burgess once more crossed.

The atmosphere at Sewell Group Craven Park was lively and Burgess walked over in the corner as the Challenge Cup final was about to come to an end at Wembley on June 7th.

Lewis’ second try was cut short as a result of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ sin-binned attempt on Matty English was lost.

When these teams met in March, they were hiding at John Smith’s Stadium until just before the hour mark, and they held on until the halfway point.

Before half-back partner May followed him on the scoresheet moments later as a dummy and with too much determination, Lewis, the Man of Steel of the previous season, brought things to life with his second try.

Tanginoa and Brown went over before Burgess, who had some more Lewis magic, scored the game’s best try.

Willie Peters, the head coach of Hull KR, told BBC Radio Humberside:

“The outcome is good to me. Because they have essentially put their squad back together, we knew Huddersfield would turn up today.

We faced off against a team that was ready to play after a busy few weeks.

Interchanges: Leyland, Brown, Tanginoa, Luckley

Sin-bin: Waerea-Hargreaves (25)

Huddersfield: Flanagan, Swift, Milne, Halsall, Gagai, Rush, Clune, Wilson, Woolford, Greenwood, Hewitt, Bibby, Cudjoe, and others

Exchanges: Rushton, King, English, Golding,