Injury concern, Wigan pressure, Sam Luckley and Hull KR v Wakefield Trinity talking points

Hull KR moved six points clear at the top of the Super League as they beat Wakefield Trinity 34-10 at Craven Park.

Here’s a look at just a few of the talking points to emerge from the contest.

KR come good

Rovers started so strongly in the summer evening sunshine, pushing Wakefield back, dominating the arm wrestle and forcing errors from their visitors but they couldn’t capitalise with a Mikey Lewis effort being ruled out for offload. And, despite scoring the first try of the game through Tom Davies, they found themselves trailing as the half-time hooter approached for the first time in over a month of Super League action.

Joe Burgess ensured they went in at the break ahead, though, and that try set the tone for a second half which KR managed to flex their muscles and gain a bit of breathing space as Mikey Lewis touched down and Davies went over twice to complete a hat-trick.

It wasn’t always pretty from the Robins and they had to spend 10 minutes without the creative threat of Lewis following a sin-bin for a professional foul.

Peta Hiku got over with 10 minutes remaining to round off yet another win.

Wakefield credit

Trinity may have been on the end of what turned out to be a heavy scoreline, but that doesn’t do them justice one bit. The Trin asked questions of KR throughout the contest, they found openings and they were clinical in good ball in the first half.

Wakefield can’t have advanced deep into KR territory more than four occasions in the first half but they came away with two tries and saw another disallowed. Tom Johnstone and Corey Hall were the scorers, with the latter taking a huge amount of joy in scoring against his former club, where he hardly got a look in.

After beating Wigan last time out and pushing KR, it’s clear Wakefield are a threat in this play-off picture.

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Luckley impact

Rovers were losing when Sam Luckley entered the fray but the big man got KR moving in the right direction immediately with a big carry that laid the platform for Joe Burgess to touch down. His leg drive allowed Mikey Lewis to show a change of pace that opened up the overlap on the edge for Burgess and a few minutes later he got KR rolling once more with a smart offload.

He was on the field when Rovers scored two tries at the start of the second half, too. He’s been an unsung hero at times for KR, but he instrumental in getting Hull KR back on the right foot against the side from West Yorkshire.

Trueman concern

Jake Trueman has been through the wringer during his short spell with Wakefield so far. The stand-off has been blighted with injuries and that’s prevented him from building up a head of steam under Daryl Powell, and he leaves east Hull with what looks like another injury concern.

The former Hull FC man was one of Wakefield’s best in what was a strong first half, and got himself a try assist with his fine lofted cut out pass finding Tom Johnstone in space. However, he was a notable absentee in the second half after being replaced by Josh Rourke at the break due to what looks to be a shoulder injury.

Over to Wigan

Hull KR are now six points clear at the top of the table after defeating Wigan’s conquerors from last week. The league table will stay like that until the Cherry and Whites kick off on Saturday night against Castleford Tigers and the pressure will be on Matt Peet’s side.

Wigan were subpar against Huddersfield Giants a fortnight ago and they were second best last week against Wakefield as well. They know they need to bounce back then just to keep themselves in with a shout of winning the League Leaders’ Shield.