Willie Peters explains why Hull KR lost to Leigh Leopards

Former Wigan Warriors star Willie Peters has emerged as an amazing appointment at Hull KR even though the Robins came short at Wembley against Leigh Leopards.

It will have been a difficult final for the Robins boss to watch. They started the game falling behind, found themselves in front 6-2 after a Jez Litten try. But they were soon behind and a man down as well.

They twice came back from behind and a Matt Parcell try sent the game to golden point extra time and at that point the Robins looked like the odds on winners.

Speaking after the game, Peters explained why they didn’t go on to win.

“I’m very proud of the players. I’m extremely proud of the players. We went through a lot in that game, and we didn’t handle that golden point all that well.

“We did, we have previously, but if you look at the 80 minutes and some things that sort of went against us at times, but we just hung in there, and it just proves and shows the fight in this team and the character in the side to keep going to the end there and lock it up, and then unfortunately we lose in golden points.

“So we had our joys a couple of times, didn’t we? But obviously this is hard to take. But really proud of the players.”

He underlined his pride speaking after the game as well:

“Yeah, absolutely, very, very proud, you can’t not. We spoke before the game, no regrets, don’t regret in terms of your individual performance and that’s around effort and competing. I thought all 17 players did that tonight.

“There’s no doubt we’re going to be disappointed and it’s a disappointed shed. Of course, we just lost a final but we also spoke about that we’ve got six, seven games to go in the Super League season and you can push and try and get to the finals and then see how we go off the back of that.”

Peters should be commended for what he has achieved at the club in 2023. They look like a team on the up and could soon develop into a top contender.

We can only hope this isn’t a set back for the Robins as they hope to grow into a truly special team in the Super League.