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Hull FC vs Hull K.R. (A) 36 - 8 Lost |
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07/09/08
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New Craven Park
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Phil Bentham
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Hull KIngston Rovers
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36 - 8
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Hull Kingston Rovers brought the curtain down on their season in style
with a convincing third derby win of the year against their arch-rivals
Hull FC.
Justin Morgan’s men will now finish the campaign in seventh place after
their six-try showing in the 206th Hull derby in front of a record
crowd of 10,197 at the new Craven Park.
Seventh place represents a fine achievement for the Robins in only
their second season in the top flight, although they were not worked
too hard by a Hull side still smarting from their Challenge Cup Final
defeat to St Helens a week ago.
Richard Agar’s side will end the year in 11th place and whilst they can
point to the number of injuries that they have suffered this season,
they have also produced a number of sub-standard performances akin to
this showing.
With former Hull KR captain James Webster making his long-awaited Hull
debut, the visitors did start well but quickly lost their way and were
fortunate for Kirk Yeaman’s try just shy of the hooter that saw them
trail 18-4 at the break.
It did not take the home side long to find their feet and galvanised by
some typically strong running from Stanley Gene, they took the lead
with Jon Steel’s ninth minute try.
Gene’s tackle on Ewan Dowes forced the prop to knock-on and from the
subsequent scrum the ball was sent through the hands of Ben Galea and
Jake Webster, giving Steel the easiest of tries in the corner on his
farewell appearance for the Robins.
Michael Dobson slotted the goal from the touchline.
With Rovers growing in strength, Hull struggled to respond and coughed
up a number of handling errors as they attempted to do so.
Kris Welham also became the victim of the first decision to be awarded
by a video referee at a non-televised game as his score was chalked off
by Ashley Klein.
A Dobson penalty extended Rovers’ lead to eight points, before two
shows of dissent from Hull forward Jamie Thackray allowed the home side
the opportunity to score two further tries.
Both came on the back of Thackray losing the ball, once under no
pressure at all, and Rovers capitalised on the free metres provided by
the penalties to move into a commanding lead.
The first was a close-range effort from Makali Aizue for his first
score of the year, before Ben Cockayne was able to squeeze in and
ground Dobson’s neat kick in the corner.
Both tries came with the approval of the Klein, although he was not
needed to decide on Yeaman’s score just before the hooter which came
after good work from Webster and Craig Hall.
Some strong defence from Matt Sing in his final career appearance
ensured that Peter Fox did not add a fourth Rovers score minutes after
the restart, and despite Hull’s problems with retaining possession
still evident, they did post another try with 51 minutes on the clock.
Again Webster was at the heart of the play, as he orchestrated the move
that saw Yeaman take in Danny Washbrook’s pass for his second try,
although Danny Tickle failed to convert for a second time.
Despite Hull’s almost complete lack of cohesion with the ball, the game
remained in the balance as the hour-mark passed, but that was soon
addressed as Fox crossed in the corner after a delightful trademark
long pass from Paul Cooke and Mick Vella plundered a fifth score from
close-range.
With Hull now a spent force in the contest, Gene poached a deserved try
for himself when he nipped in ahead of Webster to reel in Cooke’s neat
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Hall, Sing, G. Horne, Yeaman, Raynor, Washbrook, Webster, Dowes, Berrigan, Cusack, Manu, Tickle, Radford.
Replacements: Houghton, Lee, Thackray, Burnett.
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Briscoe, Fox, Welham, Webster, Steel, Galea, Dobson, Mills, Fisher, J. Netherton, Gene, Vella, Cooke.
Replacements: Crossman, Aizue, Cockayne, Watts.
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