Hull KR survive Hull FC fightback to win derby

Betfred Super League

Hull FC (0) 10

Tries: Martin, Moy Goals: Sutcliffe

Hull KR (18) 24

Tries: Sue, Lewis, Storton, Minchella Goals: Lewis (4)

Hull KR resisted a brave Hull FC fightback to triumph nan derby and move into 3rd spot successful Super League.

Tries from Sauaso Sue, Mikey Lewis and Matty Storton successful nan opening 17 minutes put nan Robins successful afloat power and seemingly connected people for a large triumph that could person seen them return 2nd spot from Warrington.

But Hull FC’s young side, who person now mislaid 14 of their past 15 successful nan league, roused themselves to conflict their measurement backmost into nan crippled pinch 2nd half tries from Lewis Martin and Logan Moy.

The Robins weathered nan large wind and Elliot Minchella's precocious people ensured a hat-trick of victories for his squad complete their cross-city rivals successful nan title this season, successful a crippled that occasionally threatened to boil over.

Rovers were looking to bounce backmost aft suffering their first conclusion successful 5 games astatine location to Catalans past week, and they began astatine a precocious tempo which their rivals could not lucifer successful nan 246th gathering of nan teams.

The unexpected departure of Hull KR loanee Ben Reynolds successful midweek, to subordinate Featherstone, had disrupted nan location side’s mentation aft they had beaten Leeds and tally some Salford and Warrington adjacent successful caller matches successful a large betterment connected their early-season form.

But Hull FC were connected nan backmost ft from nan commencement arsenic 18-year-old full-back Moy dropped a Lewis explosive to springiness nan Robins an attacking level from which nan powerful Sue took afloat advantage.

Lewis darted complete for his eighth Super League effort of nan play and Storton added different 4 points successful an opening spell that was reminiscent of nan past derby gathering successful March, erstwhile Rovers were 28-0 up astatine half-time.

Minchella and Brad Fash were some yellow-carded precocious successful nan first half for doubly being astatine nan bosom of bad-tempered confrontations betwixt nan 2 sets of players, contempt a informing from referee Chris Kendall that they needed to “set an example”.

When Rovers’ Joe Burgess was besides binned for interference astatine nan play-the-ball, Hull FC made usage of nan numerical advantage arsenic Martin dived complete successful nan area and past Moy vanished aft Davy Litten had streaked done nan bosom of nan distant side’s defence.

Liam Sutcliffe nailed nan conversion from retired connected nan touchline but missed nan 2nd and aft Hull FC's Denive Balmforth was besides sin-binned pinch 10 minutes remaining Rovers made judge of triumph arsenic Minchella raced connected to Ryan Hall’s kick.

Hull FC: Moy, Briscoe, Tuimavave, Sutcliffe, Martin, Trueman, Charles, Ese'ese, Smith, Aydin, Lane, Sao, Gardiner

Interchanges: Balmforth, Chan, Fash, D. Litten

Hull KR: Evalds, Burgess, Hiku, Gildart, Hall, May, Lewis, Sue, Parcell, Hadley, Storton, Tanginoa, Minchella

Interchanges: Opacic, J. Litten, Whitbread, Brown

Referee: Chris Kendall.