Hull KR 26-12 Hull FC: Robins win derby clash in magical weekend

Hull KR Head Coach Willie Peters:

“We have to find a way to win today. There is no doubt that our attack today was not very fluent and it needs to be improved, but we fought and I am happy.

“When it gets tougher and tougher the players lean into it. There was a lot of talk about where we were in the lead up to the game, but those are the games that you get a lot of satisfaction from because you learn a lot about the players and their character.

“There are teams that probably would have lost that game but we found a way. It certainly wasn’t perfect but I liked the fight that was shown.”

Hull FC interim head coach Andy Last told BBC Radio Humberside:

“We definitely could have won the game. I thought there was a period in the second half where we had all the momentum. We were asking a lot of questions of Hull KR’s defensive line but we lacked a bit of composure and came up with a killer pass when needed.

“It was a good performance, there were a lot of things I liked, but we needed to do better because I can’t keep patting myself on the back for a good try – we have to start turning those tries into wins.

What he thought was the key moment of the game: “The moment Lewis Martin came off his try line and forced a foul and they scored straight after it, that was a key moment of the game. I was disappointed with some of the refereeing decisions.”

Hull KR: Hampshire, Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Broadbent, Lewis, May, Sue, Litten, Whitbread, Batchelor, Martin, Minchella.

exchange: Booth, Lawton, Dezaria, Leland, Wenhouse.

Hull FC: Moy, Briscoe, Hardaker, Litten, Martin, Arthur, Sezer, Ese’ese, Bourouh, Hill, Batchelor, Clarke, Bell.

exchange: Cast, Salabio, Matautia, Cartwright, Ladla.

Referee: Marcus Griffiths.