Hull KR Beat Huddersfield For First Super League Win

ByAdam Lanigan
BBC Sport England


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Try: Flanagan Goal: Russell


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Tries: Gildart, Davies 2, Burgess, Lewis 2 Goals: Lewis, Martin 3


Champions Hull KR cruised to their first league win of 2026 as they dispatched winless Huddersfield Giants.


After two defeats to begin their project, the Robins went on early and never looked most likely to give up the two points.


Oliver Gildart, Tom Davies and Joe Burgess scored tries in the very first half before two from star male Mikey Lewis after the break and another from Davies finished the task.


Hull KR's triumph takes them approximately 12th, above Huddersfield, who sunk to the bottom of the table after a fourth consecutive loss.


The depleted Giants managed just one second-half shot through skilled young full-back George Flanagan Jr as they look set for another season of battle.


Last year's treble winners have actually added the World Club title this season with their triumph over Brisbane Broncos last month, however that sandwiched succeeding league defeats.


The shock loss to beginners York Knights and the 58-6 hammering by Leeds Rhinos in Las Vegas have actually left them playing catch-up in Super League and they began this game, bottom of the table and currently 8 points adrift of early leaders Wigan Warriors.


But Gildart's shot inside 3 minutes got them up and running at the Accu Stadium. Jez Litten faltered with a try asking, however shortly after, winger Davies produced a wise finish in the corner.


Huddersfield ended up 10th in 2015 however started that campaign with 10 straight beats and they have actually begun this one on the wrong foot also.


That was obvious in managing mistakes within their own half, which handed the ball to their challengers and from Tyrone May's miss-pass, Burgess strolled one in.


Lewis scored the try of the game soon into the second period with a hallmark private effort as he danced and dummied his method over after selecting the ball up simply inside the Huddersfield half.


The Giants ultimately got on the scoreboard when Flanagan brilliantly caught Tui Lolohea's high kick and touched down, but it came at an expense as the full-back, the scorer of five of his side's 8 Super League attempts in 2026, injured himself on landing.


And it was just a momentary blip for the Robins as Davies settled a slick handling move and Lewis got the last try, accelerating his way over.


But as Super League takes a break for a week, these 2 sides will resume action next Saturday as they satisfy once again at the very same ground in the last-16 of the Challenge Cup (15:00 GMT).


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Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson informed BBC Radio Leeds:


"Our effort at the moment is mega. We have actually got numerous guys missing, so much experience.


"I can't question our effort, the effort is great. But when you are missing that quality, you've got to be actually good with the ball and at the minute we're coughing up method too much ball and making things way too tough for ourselves.


"I think we finished at 65% in the first half. It does not matter which side you're betting, when you provide up that much ball, tiredness will embed in and it'll come back to bite you."


"We desired to narrow our focus to our defence and completing hard.


"I thought our defence was actually great today. That was a location we wished to tighten up and we did that.


"It wasn't best, we have actually got some work to do but it was an action in the best direction."


Huddersfield: Flanagan; Zenon, Gagai, Milne, Carr; Lolohea, Russell; Patolo, Rush, T Burgess, O'Donnell, Billington, English.


Interchanges: Powell, Rogers, King, Cozza.


Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, J Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Hadley, Lawton, Batchelor, Minchella.


Interchanges: Amone, Luckley, Whitbread, Martin.


Sin-bin: Lawton (64 )