Hull KR Beat Huddersfield For Very First Super League Win
ByAdam Lanigan
BBC Sport England
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Huddersfield (0) 6
Try: Flanagan Goal: Russell
Hull KR (16) 32
Tries: Gildart, Davies 2, Burgess, Lewis 2 Goals: Lewis, Martin 3
Champions Hull KR travelled to their very first league win of 2026 as they dispatched winless Huddersfield Giants.
After two defeats to start their project, the Robins went ahead early and never ever looked likely to relinquish the 2 points.
Oliver Gildart, Tom Davies and Joe Burgess scored attempts in the first half before 2 from star man Mikey Lewis after the break and another from Davies completed the job.
Hull KR's success takes them as much as 12th, above Huddersfield, who sunk to the bottom of the table after a 4th consecutive loss.
The depleted Giants handled just one second-half try through skilled young full-back George Flanagan Jr as they look set for another season of struggle.
In 2015's treble winners have included the World Club title this season with their accomplishment over Brisbane Broncos last month, however that sandwiched succeeding league beats.
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 video game, bottom of the table and currently 8 points adrift of early leaders Wigan Warriors.
But Gildart's shot inside three minutes got them up and running at the Accu Stadium. Jez Litten faltered with a shot begging, however quickly after, winger Davies produced a wise surface in the corner.
Huddersfield finished 10th last year however started that project with 10 straight beats and they have actually started this one on the incorrect foot too.
That was evident in handling errors 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 shot of the video game soon into the 2nd period with a trademark individual effort as he danced and dummied his way over after selecting the ball up just inside the Huddersfield half.
The Giants ultimately got on the scoreboard when Flanagan brilliantly caught high kick and touched down, but it came at a cost as the full-back, the scorer of 5 of his side's 8 Super League tries in 2026, hurt himself on landing.
And it was just a momentary blip for the Robins as Davies rounded off a slick handling relocation and Lewis grabbed the last try, accelerating his method over.
But as Super League takes a break for a week, these two sides will resume action next Saturday as they reunite at the exact same ground in the last-16 of the Challenge Cup (15:00 GMT).
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Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson told BBC Radio Leeds:
"Our effort at the minute is mega. We have actually got numerous males missing, a lot experience.
"I can't question our effort, the effort is great. But when you are missing out on that quality, you have actually got to be really great with the ball and at the minute we're coughing up method excessive ball and making things way too tough for ourselves.
"I think we completed at 65% in the first half. It doesn't matter which side you're playing versus, when you quit that much ball, tiredness will embed in and it'll return to bite you."
"We wished to narrow our focus to our defence and completing hard.
"I thought our defence was really good today. That was an area we wished to tighten up and we did that.
"It wasn't perfect, we have actually got some work to do but it was a step in the ideal 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 )