Hull KR boss Willie Peters has laid out the three key things he wanted the club to achieve out of the club’s warm weather training camp in Tenerife.
The Robins are among the teams to travel to the Canary Islands this off-season, with the likes of Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity all having the same initiative as they prepare for the season ahead.
Defending all three titles will be no easy feat, but just as they start their trophy defences, they will have the opportunity to get their hands on another piece of silverware, as they face Brisbane Broncos in the World Club Challenge.
KR have looked to set up for the season ahead in the best way possible, and have done so by adding plenty of new faces to the side that can be used as quality depth.
Of all of the Rovers’ recruits, perhaps only Karl Lawton would be a starter for the team, but that doesn’t mean that each new addition doesn’t have a key role to play across the campaign.
Commenting on his new faces and how they have settled in, Peters gave an interview to the Hull KR YouTube Channel whilst they enjoy sunny Spain.
He said: “They’ve settled in really well. We’ve had to monitor [training] loads and things like that, [with players] coming from other clubs.
“We’ve found in the past if we step things up too early then you can have minor injuries, soft tissues that type of thing.
“But, they’re progressing well and most of them are now in full training and doing everything with the squad.”
Hull KR boss lays out “three pillars” that will make Tenerife trip a success
The Robins are by no means in the Canaries for a holiday, far from it. The club are currently training with boxer Tommy Coyle to help the squad prepare both physically and mentally.
It’s not something that is new to KR, either, with Coyle helping them out in prior pre-seasons, something that Peters really sees the value of.
He said: “Tommy plays a major part in preparing out players for the season, in terms of resilience and working together and problem solving.
“I think Tommy just brings something a little bit different. He’s an extremely passionate, caring person generally, but when it comes to sport and our sport, I don’t think it has anything on what he did.
“He certainly brings a lot of resilience to what our program is and he’s a massive part of what we do.”
Peters was also asked what he hopes to achieve in the trip away, and the boss laid out three key things that he thinks will set the squad up nicely for the season ahead.
“We’ve got three pillars of what we want to achieve,” he explained.
“Firstly, building stronger relationships. The squad’s been, together now for a few years, the majority of the squad, but you’ve always got to work on relationships and building relationships…
“The other one’s working hard, so that we’re mentally prepared mentally an physically for the demands of a Super League season. It’s no secret that we’ve got a difficult start to the season in terms of travel and the gamess will be like semi-final/final games. We need to make sure that we’re prepared accordingly…
“The last one is if the players go away and know their role, then they’ll be prepared for the season. That’s the most important. It was okay for them to not understand their role before they came to Tenerife, but they certainly need to know and understand the role by the time we get back home.”
