The Hull Kingston Rovers Thread

by Luke Fri 18 Jan 2013, 1:47 pm

First topic message reminder :

The title of the thread says it all.

by George Hotel1895 Sat 17 Apr 2021, 1:33 pm

Luke wrote:So despite conceding 5 tries, and only scoring 3.

WE WON,

Going to have to lie down for a while. It's a win that was needed, and will hopefully get us going.

Giants fans will be very disappointed with that stat. As would any team that lost.

by George Hotel1895 Sat 17 Apr 2021, 1:37 pm

Duty281 wrote:Was an entertaining watch, but the quality of the officiating was farcical.

I still think oevrall out match officials are better than those in the NRL
Every week there it seems that that a ref makes a major blunder and obviously alters the game.

by The Beast Sat 17 Apr 2021, 4:19 pm

Pleased for KR, deserved the win IMO. I suspect technically the decisions were correct and I am not saying Gaskell dived or flaked it but if that contact results in such a reaction he might be better doing something a bit more gentle. Knitting perhaps or no....sitting watching the TV with a sugary mug of tea.

Ian Watson must be scratching his head "right lads stay solid, complete your first 2 -3 sets good kick and chase". 7 seconds later.......4 - 0 down. Who would be a coach.

by Luke Sat 17 Apr 2021, 8:08 pm

I was wrong it was 4 tries.
Again worryingly our defence was as leaky as a sieve, and after getting a good lead. The way we allowed Huddersfield back was worrying. But we ground out, and at this stage it's all about getting the points which we did.

Sorry Beast, that is a dive by Gaskill, and he should be ashamed and hauled up on an unsportsmanlike conduct, and banned for at least a game. Otherwise it was pretty much what I expected from a match referred by Kendall, confusing and trying to work out which rules we were playing to.
I don't like having a go at refs (they have a hard enough job), but all I ask in for consistency, if your playing those decisions, do it to both sides.all game.

Joe Keyes.gone to York on a 2 week loan at least.
Really don't understand with Minchella out, put Abdull at of,, and have Milne and Lewis as hb pairing.

by The Beast Sun 18 Apr 2021, 9:02 am

Apologies I was trying to be sarcastic and yes 100% agreed, never want to see this in RL.

Meanwhile Eliot Wallis' loan deal at Bradford has ended, although I understand he has left KR by mutual consent.

by Luke Mon 19 Apr 2021, 6:48 am

It's alright, I misunderstood. So really my fault, probably because I'm not a sarcastic person (Maybe a little, well actually alot).

The problem is that he has previous of this.

by George Hotel1895 Mon 19 Apr 2021, 8:24 pm

The Beast wrote:Apologies I was trying to be sarcastic and yes 100% agreed, never want to see this in RL.

Meanwhile Eliot Wallis' loan deal at Bradford has ended, although I understand he has left KR by mutual consent.

A bit strange to me, but obviously something I'm not aware of going on there

by Luke Wed 21 Apr 2021, 7:23 pm

Anesu Mudoti

Has joined Doncaster on a season long loan, good luck to him. He needs to be playing rugby to help his development, and this is a good move for both parties.

by George Hotel1895 Wed 21 Apr 2021, 7:43 pm

Luke wrote:Anesu Mudoti

Has joined Doncaster on a season long loan, good luck to him. He needs to be playing rugby to help his development, and this is a good move for both parties.

A young player making his way in the game and i wish him well
The experience at Doncaster will help him develop

by Luke Wed 21 Apr 2021, 8:11 pm

Jez Litten

Has extended his contract for 3 years, and 2ill be at the club till 2025 (if we don't sell him of course).
Great getting him longer, good bit of business and hopefully he will continue improving.

by George Hotel1895 Thu 22 Apr 2021, 8:57 am

Luke wrote:Jez Litten

Has extended his contract for 3 years, and 2ill be at the club till 2025 (if we don't sell him of course).
Great getting him longer, good bit of business and hopefully he will continue improving.

Tony Smith thinks he has a good future and i hope he grasps the nettle at every opportunity

by Luke Mon 26 Apr 2021, 4:27 am

2 wins in a row, fantastic.

Played some decent rugby, but was really suprised by just how poor Leeds were.
Johnson proving me wrong by having another decent game, Ryan getting a run and proving good. Things looking to say, till we lose again than it will be Poopie again

.

by The Beast Mon 26 Apr 2021, 6:37 pm

Great result, no doubt and convincing too which must be pleasing.

by Luke Wed 28 Apr 2021, 7:28 am

It is Beast. It's a very strange position as a Rovers fan, playing well. Players battling for game time. Hard game thus week (Warrington away), but then a week off. Looking good, we might actually avoid a relegation battle this year.

by George Hotel1895 Thu 29 Apr 2021, 7:43 pm

Luke wrote:2 wins in a row, fantastic.

Played some decent rugby, but was really suprised by just how poor Leeds were.
Johnson proving me wrong by having another decent game, Ryan getting a run and proving good. Things looking to say, till we lose again than it will be Poopie again.

Zero chance of your club being in a dog fight at the bottom end of the table, so perhaps go for a play off spot

by Luke Wed 05 May 2021, 3:49 pm

Well the expected defeat happened, disappointing how we fell away after sticking close to them.
Personally from what I've seen (admittedly not alot), Quinlan has been poor, and we should drop him and give Dagger a run.

by Luke Wed 05 May 2021, 7:31 pm

Maybe play Ryan at fb,

Them have a crooks, Dowell, Takairangi, Hall 3/4's.

by George Hotel1895 Wed 05 May 2021, 7:52 pm

Luke wrote:Well the expected defeat happened, disappointing how we fell away after sticking close to them.
Personally from what I've seen (admittedly not alot), Quinlan has been poor, and we should drop him and give Dagger a run.

I read somewhere before the season started that Quinlan was going to be The One for HKR this season.
Sadly for him and the club it hasn't gone to plan yet

by George Hotel1895 Wed 05 May 2021, 7:53 pm

Luke wrote:Well the expected defeat happened, disappointing how we fell away after sticking close to them.
Personally from what I've seen (admittedly not alot), Quinlan has been poor, and we should drop him and give Dagger a run.

I read somewhere before the season started that Quinlan was going to be The One for HKR this season.
Sadly for him and the club it hasn't worked out yet

by Luke Fri 07 May 2021, 11:17 pm

It's been confirmed that George Lawler will leave the club at the end of the season.

He's been good, and hopefully continue till the end of the season.

by The Beast Sun 09 May 2021, 10:29 am

For me the Warrington scoreline did not reflect the game. That's RL, but I thought KR put in a good shift.

by Luke Sun 09 May 2021, 1:28 pm

The Beast wrote:For me the Warrington scoreline did not reflect the game. That's RL, but I thought KR put in a good shift.

They did, but that's the difference between a good and okay side. When they had there spells, suddenly they're putting lots of points on the board.

by Luke Tue 11 May 2021, 7:13 pm

Following on from Jez Litten, Jordan Abdull has also signed a contract extension for 3 years.

Another great bit of business, and 2 players to build the side around.

by Luke Thu 13 May 2021, 2:39 pm

And another signing a contract extension.

As Ethan Ryan has signed a 2 year extension. Pleased with this, he's coming on a lot, and has been fully worth.

by Luke Thu 13 May 2021, 7:26 pm

Players left to sort out contract extensions for after this year.

Adam Quinlan, Will Dagger, Greg Minkin, Ben Crooks, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Kane Linnett, Matt Parcell, Will Maher, Jimmy Keinhorst, Owen Harrison.

Personally would look to keep Dagger, Crooks, Linnett, Kenny-Dowall definitely.

by George Hotel1895 Fri 14 May 2021, 9:51 am

Luke wrote:And another signing a contract extension.

As Ethan Ryan has signed a 2 year extension. Pleased with this, he's coming on a lot, and has been fully worth.

Another season with Tony Smith as coach i think the Robins will have a good season this season and a very good season next year. Tony Smith is building a very good squad

by The Beast Tue 18 May 2021, 7:04 pm

Great win last night, particularly from 14 - 0 down.

Already six points/50% ahead of Wakefield and Leigh. I see it Wakefield away on Sunday, not easy given they have 2 days more recovery time but a win will allay (if there were any) relegation concerns.

by Luke Wed 19 May 2021, 7:17 pm

Yeah, really impressive come back, and even when down played some good rugby and scored some great tries. With the extensions as well, things are going well with the club. Which is pleasing and different.

by George Hotel1895 Sun 23 May 2021, 8:10 am

Tony Smith is getting his ideas across to the players and it' showing

by Luke Sun 13 Jun 2021, 5:51 am

Well another win, some impressive rugby, and good tries (aided by soft Salford defence). We ran hard, played some good attacking rugby, and defensively looked okay,and were decisive.
And I was wrong about Ryan Hall,who's playing great. Things continuing well.
Though the next month should be interesting, after a stop start start to the season, we will be playing every week with games against Saints h&a, Wigan a, Catalan a, Warrington h and a derby. And Smith has already said he will be rotating the team for some of those games (I hope not,keep the side that's winning playing constantly barring injuries).

Only saw the highlights, but got to say I don't understand Atkins sin-binning for Salford, to me looked a perfectly good ball steal.

by The Beast Sun 13 Jun 2021, 9:32 am

Tough run of games but playing exactly the type of rugby anyone would want leading to them and a nice buffer from the bottom of the league (a couple of scalps in the next few weeks and it really is playoff talk).

The penalty looked technically correct to me but harsh on the player who is not to know the ball carrying arm has touched the floor. I could be wrong however I think the sin bin was his reaction.

by George Hotel1895 Wed 16 Jun 2021, 1:34 pm

The Tony Smith effect is making the Robins look a decent side

by Luke Fri 18 Jun 2021, 12:59 am

Kane Linnett and Shaun Kenny-Dowall extend there contracts for a futher year.
Good news, both have been fantastic this season so far.

by The Beast Fri 18 Jun 2021, 9:44 pm

Luke wrote:Kane Linnett and Shaun Kenny-Dowall extend there contracts for a futher year.
Good news, both have been fantastic this season so far.

I have not seen much of Kenny-Dowall but yes good news, if there was a list of unsung players Linnett would be right up there, quality.

More good news, an outstanding win at Wigan tonight.

by Luke Sun 20 Jun 2021, 2:55 am

Yep,
It's a statement win, we may not get into the play offs, but we're certainly heading in the right direction. And we needed to beat someone we were not expected to. And this was it.
Outstanding defence (especially in the first half), and again clinical taking the few chances we had. And given that Abdull and Milnes were out and.we were playing with a totally new half back pairing. Couldn't have asked for much more really.

by George Hotel1895 Sun 20 Jun 2021, 2:26 pm

Luke wrote:Yep,
It's a statement win, we may not get into the play offs, but we're certainly heading in the right direction. And we needed to beat someone we were not expected to. And this was it.
Outstanding defence (especially in the first half), and again clinical taking the few chances we had. And given that Abdull and Milnes were out and.we were playing with a totally new half back pairing. Couldn't have asked for much more really.

The Tony Smith effect is REALLY kicking in now. A top class coach without a doubt

by George Hotel1895 Tue 22 Jun 2021, 6:49 pm

Luis Johnson signs 2 year deal with the Robins
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/57574289

by Luke Fri 25 Jun 2021, 2:18 pm

Rovers next 3 games (St Helens, Hull at home and Catalans away), have all been postponed due to covid issues at the club.
They will be rearranged for later in the season.

by The Beast Sun 27 Jun 2021, 8:40 am

Gutted that there is no derby game this week, The Hull derby with both teams playing well always a highlight, particularly with such contrasting styles.

by Luke Thu 01 Jul 2021, 1:29 am

Another player re-signs.
As Matt Parcell agrees a 1 year deal, he's been brilliant this year, and the him and Jez Litten tandum really works for us.

by Luke Sat 03 Jul 2021, 2:32 pm

And we make our 1st signing for next year.

Bringing in St Helens fb Lachlan Coote on a 2 year deal got to say that it's an impressive signing on paper, and a far cry from where we've been.

NEW SIGNINGS.

FB - Lachlan Coote from St Helens- 2 years.

CONTRACT EXTENSIONS

Hkr - Jez Litten 3 years.
HB - Jordan Abdull 3 years.
Bck - Ethan Ryan 2 years.
Frwrd - Luis Johnson 2 years.
Frwrd - Kane Linnett 1 year.
Bck - Shaun Kenny-Dowall 1 year.
Hkr- Matt Parcell 1 year.

LEAVING

Frwrd - George Lawler to Castleford.

by George Hotel1895 Sat 03 Jul 2021, 7:05 pm

Luke wrote:And we make our 1st signing for next year.

Bringing in St Helens fb Lachlan Coote on a 2 year deal got to say that it's an impressive signing on paper, and a far cry from where we've been.

NEW SIGNINGS.

FB - Lachlan Coote from St Helens- 2 years.

CONTRACT EXTENSIONS

Hkr - Jez Litten 3 years.
HB - Jordan Abdull 3 years.
Bck - Ethan Ryan 2 years.
Frwrd - Luis Johnson 2 years.
Frwrd - Kane Linnett 1 year.
Bck - Shaun Kenny-Dowall 1 year.
Hkr- Matt Parcell 1 year.

LEAVING

Frwrd - George Lawler to Castleford.

Coote is a very good signing for you

by Luke Sat 03 Jul 2021, 9:37 pm

And we sign another, as forward Frankie Halton joins from Featherstone, not sure for how long the original deal is.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB Lachlan Coote - St Helens- 2 years.
Frwrd Frankie Halton - Featherstone.

by George Hotel1895 Sun 04 Jul 2021, 8:11 am

Luke wrote:And we sign another, as forward Frankie Halton joins from Featherstone, not sure for how long the original deal is.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB Lachlan Coote - St Helens- 2 years.
Frwrd Frankie Halton - Featherstone.

Frankie Halton is just about to hit his peak and could be very useful.

by The Beast Sun 04 Jul 2021, 4:29 pm

George Hotel1895 wrote:
Luke wrote:And we sign another, as forward Frankie Halton joins from Featherstone, not sure for how long the original deal is.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB Lachlan Coote - St Helens- 2 years.
Frwrd Frankie Halton - Featherstone.
Frankie Halton is just about to hit his peak and could be very useful.

These IMO are excellent signing, Coote is class, I agree with George Halton may well be peaking and is a very solid signing and if he develops as Minichella, Milnes etc have will turn become first class.

by George Hotel1895 Mon 05 Jul 2021, 7:55 pm

The Beast wrote:
George Hotel1895 wrote:
Luke wrote:And we sign another, as forward Frankie Halton joins from Featherstone, not sure for how long the original deal is.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB Lachlan Coote - St Helens- 2 years.
Frwrd Frankie Halton - Featherstone.
Frankie Halton is just about to hit his peak and could be very useful.

These IMO are excellent signing, Coote is class, I agree with George Halton may well be peaking and is a very solid signing and if he develops as Minichella, Milnes etc have will turn become first class.

The Robins will be a formidable team next season

by Luke Fri 16 Jul 2021, 12:55 am

The Frankie Halton signing is for 2 years.

And we add another as utility Sam Wood joins from Huddersfield, again not sure on ho2 long originally.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB - Lachlan Coote from St Helens - 2 years.
Frwrd - Frankie Halton from Featherstone - 2 years.
Utilty- Sam Wood from Huddersfield.

by Luke Fri 16 Jul 2021, 11:43 am

And we add another forward, as we sign Tom Garrett from Dewsbury on a 2 year deal.

NEW SIGNINGS

FB-Lachlan Coote from St Helens- 2 years.
Frwrd- Frankie Halton from Featherstone- 2 years.
Frwrd - Tom Garrett from Dewsbury- 2 years.
Utility- Sam Wood from Huddersfield.

by George Hotel1895 Mon 26 Jul 2021, 3:10 pm

Looking good for the Robins for next season and very unlucky against the Catalans

by Luke Fri 13 Aug 2021, 3:02 am

As Beast mentions on the signings thread, Rovers have signed back Phoniex Laulu -Togaga'e on a 2 year deal from Keighley, on what is seen as more a project move (especially as we've signed Coote who plays in his favoured position).

NEW SIGNINGS

FB - Lachlan Coote from St Helens 2 years.
Frwrd - Frankie Halton from Featherstone 2 years.
Frwrd - Tom Garrett from Dewsbury 2 years.
Utility - Sam Wood from Huddersfield.
Back - Phoniex Laulu - Togaga'e from Keighley 2 years.

On a side note, it's good the club are looking at the lower divisions for players.

And after 2 defeats to Catalans, we bounced back with a scrappy win at Leigh. A wins a win, but we did look like we were playing our 3rd game in 2 weeks, after a lot of games being cancelled.

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