Magic Mikey Lewis, St Helens injury blows, selection questions and Hull KR v St Helens talking points

Hull KR head off to Wembley on the back of a comfortable 34-4 win over St Helens at Craven Park.

Mikey Lewis and Jack Broadbent both notched braces with Peta Hiku and Elliot Minchella touching down on a night that underlined just why the Robins are top of the Super League table.

Here’s our verdict.

Rovers roll on to Wembley

With the arch of Wembley looming large on the horizon, this clash was a test of Rovers’ mentality. It would have been easy for them to take their foot of the gas a little and ease themselves into the big week ahead without exerting too much energy, but Willie Peters’ side were never going to do that.

Hull KR were right at it from the very start against the Saints with their intensity and commitment there in abundance for all to see. The Robins started explosively with Jack Broadbent touching down early and they never relented.

Peta Hiku took advantage of some soft defence from Deon Cross to get over shortly after and when Cross was sent to the sin bin, Rovers really took their opportunity to squeeze the life out of Saints with their efforts ensuring they were able to finish the first half with three tries from Broadbent, Mikey Lewis and Elliot Minchella.

The game was won by the interval in truth but Rovers kept up the ante and Lewis found a second with just under 20 minutes remaining, slipping through the line with ease.

Lewis in ominous form 

If you’re only as good as your last game, Lewis is heading to Wembley as arguably the most lethal man in Super League. The half-back ripped St Helens open on numerous occasions and nearly every time it led to a try, with the visitors just unable to handle his threat with the ball in hand or from the boot.

If he can replicate that performance on the biggest stage next week, it’s no exaggeration to say Hull KR will blow Warrington Wolves away. He didn’t win this game single handedly, but he had a hand in at least four of KR’s tries, including the couple he scored, obviously.

Peters’ selection

The expectation was that Willie Peters would rest a handful of the men that would be key next week at Wembley against the Saints. He resisted the urge, though, with Dean Hadley the only man to be given the night off on Friday.

Hadley has played a lot of minutes of late and the rest certainly made sense for him to ensure he is fresh for the challenge of the Wolves. The same argument could have been made for the likes of Jack Broadbent and James Batchelor, but both men played with the former scoring the opening try of the night.

The comfortable nature of the first half allowed Peters to wrap some of his big hitters up in cotton wool later in the game such as Tyrone May, Sauaso Sue and Batchelor.

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St Helens inconsistency

St Helens came into this game on the back of two comfortable wins over Catalans Dragons and Huddersfield Giants. They were lauded on the back of those results as Paul Wellens’ side put some credit in the bank.

The performance at Craven Park fell well short of the standards they’ve set over the last couple of weeks, though, as they failed to compete against the league leaders. Rovers were good but they didn’t need to be at their best to beat Saints, who offered simply nothing in attack, committed far too many errors and were found wanting all too often in defence.

The Saints have Salford twice after cup final week and they’ll rack up big scores on both occasions, but upcoming clashes with Leeds Rhinos and Hull FC promise to be a stern test of their credentials.

Saints injury woes

Saints were dealt a blow towards the end of the first half when Jack Welsby was withdrawn from the action with a knee injury. The full-back was arguably Saints’ biggest creative threat during his time on the field, but he got up gingerly from a Mikey Lewis hit and was hooked shortly after.

St Helens were carrying Harry Robertson on the bench, but the loss of Welsby rocked them towards the end of the first half as Lewis and Minchella touched down.

With 20 minutes to go, Lewis Murphy could be seen leaving the field with what looked like a hamstring injury, sustained in the act of trying to score.