It was a huge weekend for Super League with big games Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves in the play-off race and the jostling for positions in the top six but the big game was always going to be the clash between Hull KR and Hull FC in the Hull derby with huge ramifications for the play-off race.
It was Hull FC who came away with the all important win thanks to a brilliant brace of Adam Swift tries which came either side of a try for Ligi Sao in a vital win for the Black and Whites.
A big game but not always a great game and that was the opinion of Hull FC coach Tony Smith.
Danny Houghton revealed after the game that Smith had expressed his displeasure at the first 40.
When asked about this on Sky Sports, Smith reiterated it and also underlined his opposition for the six again rule saying it encourages cheating: “I just told them what I thought of that first half. I wouldn’t broadcast it.
“I just don’t think it was great by either team to be honest.
“And look I am really not a fan of the six agains. It encourages people to flop on and stay in tackles and you start to get used to play the balls to the point that you don’t use the six agains.
“I think it spoils the game personally.”
However, he did praise his side’s second half display: “I just thought we played more direct and we had to today because we weren’t going to be able to play off the back of any fast play the balls unless we created things ourselves and we had to fight for that.
“I think our first set in the second half probably set the tone. They came back and responded pretty well and they realised that that was what they had to do and that was that.”
When asked about the club’s play-off hopes, he said:
“We will just keep plugging away. We all make predictions, some get them right and wrong. We will just have to see.”
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