Really excellent from Rovers tonight, the sheer quality of the likes of Masoe, Mulhern and Lunt simply too much for Catalans to handle. This without Heff, Quinlan, Addy, Donaldson so as previously stated top 8 certainly looks a good bet with top 6 a clear possibility. And the commitment to full salary cap still to come. To roll Catalans big forwards over with ease must be especially pleasing for TS although not a spectacle for the neutral due to how one sided it was.
With a run of softer games coming up we could well be cemented in the 6-8 by the time we face Saints at home.

A much needed win to get us off the mark and another step in the right direction. Very pleased.

Catalans were poor, but credit to Rovers for putting pressure on them. I thought our defence was excellent in the first half. Our tacklers seemed to be left on the floor a lot in the second half, but we generally to coped okay - the loss of Ailton won’t have helped them, I suppose.

Gutsy effort and good game management from the halfbacks. Should do their confidence some good from 1 to 17. Excellent from Lunt and Dagger looked pretty good for an 18-year old. And Tickle not bad for an old ‘un.

If I'd posted that you'd all accuse me of taking the peez







I'm sure you're pleased with the win but any decent side would have put 30 points on rovers and 60 on catalans. 2 really poor sides IMO

Breathe a sigh of relief that your board didn't appoint macnamara when they binned the ginner one or you'd be languishing in the championship right now

What do you think about 'rubbish' Danny Tickle (according to some Rovers fans on here) scoring for you ? Should have been disallowed I reckon, because he's old & crap !!

A very welcome 2 points on a bitterly cold night. I thought we defended well, Salter got a well deserved MOTM award built around his defensive game.

Catalans were even worse than thier middle 8’s visit last year, Mcbanana is really stamping his class all over them!

With 8 players still out injured ( and no cries about an injury crisis!) we at least have a foothold in the competition. Sheens reckons Greenwood, Scruton, Donaldson and Johnson are all close to returning.

You can't talk about injuries when Hull are doing it tough missing a winger

Good result Rovers, though Catalan were terrible. Thought everybody played well, but would like to see more from Carney, and is it just me or are Atkins kicks not deep enough?

Indeed, let’s not mention them and definitely don’t create a 7 page thread on the subject.

I await the day when we actually get some credit it's always the other team were poor Catalans weren't great but I think a lot of that was down to how well we harassed them this team seems to have a lot of energy Mose put a good stint in tonight Salter deserved MOM Mulhearn gets better every week

Fully deserved your win, every team has a squad of players, is it your fault the replacements were part of a losing team. Catalans looked OK last 20 minutes, but to little, too late.

Agreed mate, Hull would have beaten Catalans 80-10, you are that good. Didn't you lot lose at at home to my rubbish team Leigh last season, I'll think you find that you did. !


It was hardly a 'mistake ridden' game, why were both sides so bad ? It was just a typical Super League game, physical, but a bit boring. How different would have the mighty 'black & whites' have performed love ?

Terrible match for the neutral. Far too many words from both sides (both forces and unforced). Catalans will struggle to get in the 8 and think kr will struggle

Its good to get a win and 2 points on the board but lets not kid ourselves.... It was far from excellent. We played an extremely poor French team that look destined to be wooden spooners. We emerged from the game with only an Handful of players coming away with any credibility, notably Lunt, Salter and Atkin. I watched back when I got home and it was as bad on TV as it was in real time. The media bumped on about Dagger but IMO he is a way of been the same level as Quinlan or even Marsh at FB!!!! He failed to pouch a few kicks, was beaten in a foot race for their try and didn't look very good positionally, not slating the kid completely as he does have potential but against a decent team this year he will be out of his depth. A spell at York may do him the world of good.

Salter must play the next game even if Heff is fit, he made our right edge look defensively strong for the first time in a long time.

2 points is 2 points though so lets beat Salford now

Ha ha ha

Games are scrappy beging of the season it’s about winning ugly I thought agenst a big cats team in defence we did well and with players out and recruitment ongoing I’m sure when we get players back and bring players in we will finish 7th or 8th If not higher then build for next year we have some good younger guys at the club that’s will only get better.

28 errors would suggest it was a "mistake ridden".

This is the hull kr board, not the leigh or Hull FC one so keep on topic

Good, honest post but ultimately the only thing that matters is winning games. These are the ones you really need to win and you did.

The salford game will be interesting as they looked much better against wakey than I thought they would and fronted up really well against their big pack but seemingly struggled against wigan's more expansive game so maybe that's the way to go

Error ridden. Yes it was a bit. Sharks vs Wigan was far better wasn't it. Just the 29 errors in that classic.
Anyway level on points with the sharks now.
Looking forward to seeing St. George. Got my abacus ready.

although some baiting by good old JTP, there is some validity in his points. The game was not a classic and we made way too many errors, especially in the first half.

However, i couldn't care less. All we needed to do was get the monkey of our backs in terms of a win, now that pressure is off we can be a bit more expansive. Game management was excellent.

We certainly have the desire to battle out games - and that for me is an excellent starting point.

Our strength in depth is good, we had 8 missing last night but the 17 was still strong. Cats had a few out and the people coming in were not up to scratch like ours were, so that bodes well. Our skill and strike level will improve with players like quinlan, heff, scrutes, donno, lawler, vaivai coming back in.

Stand outs for me were Masoe, salter, tickle did a big stint for first game works very hard although lacks a bit of yardage going forward and i thought minns looked dangerous every time he had the ball evading the first defender. Also, Jewitt is a beast.

Overall got the be satisfied.

We controlled the second half very well. They never looked like getting in the game because we didn't let them.
Dagger organised the defence well. Improved under the kick and looked a threat. Didn't over try when under pressure with the ball.
Mead outruns most humans. He's very quick. It was a good debut for an 18 year old pivot.
Masoe had a very good game.

No player during last night's error strewn low quality game managed to get close to a mind boggling 5 errors which the superstar Jake Conner managed against Wigan.

Back to Your board Jake.

Why mention the Hull game? It was certainly not a classic and with many errors as you say. Last night was an awful game, but you got the points which is what is important.

Id start the season a month later if it was up to me the first months games are always rubbish

Agree but they can not fit it all in

Why are you on here luv ? Rovers won, but you couldn't resist a 'dig' could you ? BLESS xx