Hull Kr Win Derby To Close On League Leaders' Shield

Betfred Super League

Hull KR (4) 18

Tries: Booth, Litten, Broadbent, Davies Goal: Mourgue

Hull FC (0) 4

Try: Briscoe

Hull KR are connected nan brink of winning nan League Leaders' Shield aft defeating metropolis rivals Hull FC successful a ferocious section derby.

Tries from Noah Booth, Jez Litten and Jack Broadbent sent Rovers into a 14-point lead and though Tom Briscoe's precocious people gave nan visitors immoderate hope, Tom Davies wrapped up an 18-4 victory.

A sixth consecutive derby triumph for Rovers intends it would return an improbable group of results successful nan last 2 rounds of fixtures to forestall them finishing apical of Super League aft 27 games.

Willie Peters' broadside would request to suffer some of their remaining fixtures against Wakefield and Warrington, while second-placed Wigan would request to hit Castleford and Leeds - arsenic good arsenic overturning a points quality that is presently 113 points successful Hull KR's favour.

After winning nan Challenge Cup for nan first clip since 1980 successful June, a 2nd trophy of nan play is almost wrong their grasp.

As for Hull FC, conclusion leaves them a constituent down sixth-placed Wakefield, who inhabit nan last play-off spot.

The only points of an aggravated first half came courtesy of Booth's effort successful nan corner, though Hull KR could person led by much astatine nan interval.

Arthur Mourgue missed each 3 of his kicks astatine goal, including 2 presentable punishment chances, while Mikey Lewis' length-of-the-field people was ruled retired for a knock-on aft a agelong reappraisal by nan video referee.

The visitors could person gone complete themselves instantly aft nan determination to norm retired Lewis' effort, but Zak Hardaker was incapable to cleanly stitchery a grubber footwear a mates of yards distant from nan effort line.

Hull KR capitalised instantly connected Yusuf Aydin's yellowish paper for a vulnerable tackle soon aft nan break erstwhile hooker Litten, who signed a caller statement pinch Rovers earlier successful nan week, dived complete from dummy half underneath nan posts.

Home skipper Elliot Minchella was sent to nan misdeed bin erstwhile he made enarthrosis interaction pinch Lewis Martin's caput - pinch possibly only a precocious alteration of guidance and a flimsy gaffe from Martin redeeming nan Rovers guardant from much terrible punishment.

Broadbent touched down moreover though Rovers were a subordinate ray and Briscoe's effort proved only a consolation for Hull FC arsenic Davies dived complete successful nan area to extremity immoderate hopes of a fightback.

Hull KR: Mourgue; Davies, Hiku, Broadbent, Booth; Lewis, May; Whitbread, Litten, Waerea-Hargreaves, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.

Interchanges: Luckley, Tanginoa, Doro, Leyland.

Hull FC: L Kemp; Briscoe, Rapana, Litten, Martin; Cust, Sezer; Ashworth, Bourouh, Watts, Hardaker, Lane, Aydin.

Interchanges: Fash, Gardiner, Laidlaw, C Kemp.

Referee: Liam Moore.