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 cruised to their very first league win of 2026 as they dispatched winless Huddersfield Giants.


After 2 defeats to begin their campaign, the Robins went on early and never ever looked likely to give up the two points.


Oliver Gildart, Tom Davies and Joe Burgess scored tries in the first half before two from Mikey Lewis after the break and another from Davies completed the job.


Hull KR's victory takes them approximately 12th, above Huddersfield, who sunk to the bottom of the table after a 4th consecutive loss.


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


Last year's treble winners have actually included the World Club title this season with their accomplishment over Brisbane Broncos last month, but that sandwiched succeeding league beats.


The shock loss to newbies 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 started this video game, bottom of the table and already eight points adrift of early leaders Wigan Warriors.


But Gildart's try inside 3 minutes got them up and running at the Accu Stadium. Jez Litten dropped the ball with a try pleading, but quickly after, winger Davies produced a smart finish in the corner.


Huddersfield finished 10th last year however began that campaign with 10 straight defeats and they have actually started this one on the incorrect foot too.


That appeared in handling errors within their own half, which handed the ball to their challengers and from Tyrone May's miss-pass, Burgess walked one in.


Lewis scored the try of the game soon into the 2nd duration with a trademark individual effort as he danced and dummied his method over after picking the ball up simply inside the Huddersfield half.


The Giants ultimately got on the scoreboard when Flanagan remarkably captured Tui Lolohea's high kick and touched down, however it came at a cost as the full-back, the scorer of five of his side's 8 Super League attempts in 2026, hurt himself on landing.


And it was only a momentary blip for the Robins as Davies settled a slick handling relocation and Lewis grabbed the final try, accelerating his method over.


But as Super League takes a break for a week, these 2 sides will resume action next Saturday as they meet again at the 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've got many men missing out on, a lot experience.


"I can't question our effort, the effort is terrific. But when you are missing out on that quality, you've got to be actually excellent with the ball and at the moment we're spending way too much ball and making things way too challenging for ourselves.


"I believe we completed at 65% in the first half. It doesn't matter which side you're playing versus, when you give up that much ball, tiredness will set in and it'll come back to bite you."


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


"I thought our defence was truly good today. That was an area we wanted to tighten up and we did that.


"It wasn't ideal, we have actually got some work to do but it was a step in the right 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 )