Burgess scores four as leaders Hull KR thrash Saints

Betfred Super League

St Helens (0) 6

Try: Whitby Goal: Whitby

Hull KR (26) 42

Tries: Burgess 4, Lewis, May, Tanginoa, Whitbread Goals: Lewis 5

Joe Burgess scored 4 tries arsenic Hull KR hammered hapless St Helens to support their lead astatine nan apical of Super League.

The winger notched a first-half hat-trick arsenic Saints struggled to incorporate a Rovers broadside that powered to a seventh successive win.

Mikey Lewis and Tyrone May besides crossed nan whitewash successful a one-sided first half, and for a agelong spell it looked for illustration Saints mightiness beryllium nilled for nan 2nd week running, arsenic a Kelepi Tanginoa effort extended nan Robins' lead early successful nan 2nd half.

That was avoided arsenic 18-year-old debutant George Whitby scored an opportunist effort earlier Burgess crossed for a 4th time, and Jai Whitbread added different aft Saints’ Tommy Makinson was red-carded for a precocious tackle connected May.

Saints had won their erstwhile 10 location games against nan Robins but - pinch a big of injuries and aft losing six of their erstwhile 8 games - their fans turned up for this 1 pinch a grade of trepidation.

The visitors group retired pinch ruthless intent and, pinch Niall Evalds masterminding astir of their champion work, were up wrong 3 minutes arsenic Burgess raced complete successful nan area for his 150th profession try.

With Waqa Blake successful nan misdeed bin for a precocious tackle, nan hosts wilted arsenic Rovers stretched them, pinch Lewis scoring against Saints for nan 4th successive crippled and May strolling successful for his sixth Super League effort of nan season.

Peta Hiku created nan abstraction for Burgess to again spell complete successful nan area and nan winger took his tally to 3 earlier half-time arsenic Evalds again provided nan overlap.

There was nary let-up from nan ascendant convention leaders astatine nan commencement of nan 2nd half arsenic Tanginoa forced his measurement complete for different try.

The Robins took their ft disconnected nan accelerator and successful a uncommon foray into force territory erstwhile England academy skipper Whitby, a lifelong Saints fan, chased his ain grubber footwear and pounced for a debut effort erstwhile Evalds fumbled nan shot successful his ain in-goal area.

However, that sparked Rovers backmost into action arsenic May's beautiful miss walk sent Burgess successful for his fourth, and 15th of nan season, earlier Whitbread completed their biggest Super League people and winning separator against Saints.

St Helens: Robertson, Makinson, Blake, Vaughan, Ritson, Lomax, Whitby, Delaney, Mbye, Lees, Whitley, Mata'utia, Joe Batchelor

Interchanges: Paasi, Royle, Burns, Stephens

Hull KR: Evalds, Burgess, Hiku, Broadbent, Hall, May, Lewis, Sue, Parcell, Whitbread, Hadley, James Batchelor, Minchella

Interchanges: Litten, Luckley, Storton, Tanginoa

Referee: Chris Kendall.