15 Jun: SL: Hull Kingston Rovers v Warrington Wolves KO 3pm

[John Drake]

Discuss Hull Kingston Rovers v Warrington Wolves here.

[fieldofclothofgold]

Wire by 8 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

HKR by 6.

[Cheshire Setter]

I'm sure Smith will have them fired up for this one.

Mamo back for Wire, but HKR will have the cup loss as motivation and also the desperation after London and Leeds both winning last week.

Close but a win by one score for HKR.

[Lowdesert]

2 hours ago, Cheshire Setter said:

I'm sure Smith will have them fired up for this one.

Mamo back for Wire, but HKR will have the cup loss as motivation and also the desperation after London and Leeds both winning last week.

Close but a win by one score for HKR.

The ground will be heavy after a week of rain over here, so I expect an error fest from both sides.  Especially affecting kicking given that Clawson still toe kicks conversion attempts.

[Davo5]

Clark & Philbin rested by Wire.

[Cheshire Setter]

1 hour ago, Davo5 said:

Clark & Philbin rested by Wire.

Which Clark? 

EDIT: My bad - just seen it’s Darryl and that Walker is in the squad.

[Lowdesert]

Seems Will Dagger is living up to his name.  Criticising Sheens heavily in the press, because he didn’t give him enough game time and wasn’t strict enough.  

Amazing criticism of a man of integrity.  Maybe Dagger would have done better with Tony Fisher as coach and his big stick.

[Cheshire Setter]

I don’t know much about Dagger but I think if he’d been patient enough at Wire he might have been Ratchford’s understudy and got four months worth of full back experience to prove his worth.   As it stands Thewlis will be the new fullback poster boy (if we ease him in slowly).

Tony Smith has worked with Dagger at Warrington though, and he seems to be able to get the most out of certain problem children (eg Briers) and ship out those who can’t fall into line (eg Gleeson).

[ELBOWSEYE]

21 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:

I don’t know much about Dagger but I think if he’d been patient enough at Wire he might have been Ratchford’s understudy and got four months worth of full back experience to prove his worth.   As it stands Thewlis will be the new fullback poster boy (if we ease him in slowly).

Tony Smith has worked with Dagger at Warrington though, and he seems to be able to get the most out of certain problem children (eg Briers) and ship out those who can’t fall into line (eg Gleeson).

Thewlis will only play the odd game in the next 18 months,  plenty of players have been let go and done alright ,dagger and shaw were both juniors. Smith didnt think they would make the next level. Its always a  judgement call.

[Cheshire Setter]

10 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

Smith didnt think they would make the next level. Its always a  judgement call.

It’ll be interesting to see how he goes if Smith is prepared to give him a chance at HKR.   Quinlan you would think would be first choice.

[DimmestStar]

Rovers have 3 returning (Quinlan, Garbutt & Lee) and 4 from last week unavailable (Linnett, Lannon, Addy & Maria).

Antoni Maria has exceeded expectations for us he has been very good but now recalled by Catalans at least he will boost their depleted line up against London.

Tony Smith has had a week in charge now and I think we are going to see a really fired up Rovers. Whether that will be enough to topple a superior Warrington team time will tell.

[Old Frightful]

First blood to Rervers, Shaw pen.

2-0 and Wire kick out on the full.

[MZH]

Sounds like Rovers have dominated so far, just not quite found the killer plays to turn it into points.

[Old Frightful]

Goodwin gets the game's first try.

Rervers 2 Wire 6.

[MZH]

As is often the case when teams fail to turn dominance into points, they find themselves behind.

2-6

[Old Frightful]

Patten pen.

Rervers 2 Wire 8.

[Old Frightful]

Rervers reduce the deficit through a Shaw penalty.

Rervers 4 Wire 8.

Arf tarm.

[Just Browny]

Sounds a horror of a game, not a brain among them.

[Old Frightful]

Conditions have suddenly become somewhat inclement at the start of the 2nd arf.

[Old Frightful]

Murdoch Masila has just sidestepped Craig Hall.

Worth the admission on its own I'd have thought.

[Old Frightful]

Both sides have plenty of errors in them at the moment.

[deluded pom?]

1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:

Murdoch Masila has just sidestepped Craig Hall.

Worth the admission on its own I'd have thought.

I'd expect BMM to simply run over the top of CH. Good to see him add some variety to his game.

[Old Frightful]

Daryl Clarke off with head assessment.

Nick Pinkney suggesting he's faking it.

[Old Frightful]

Rervers score their first try through Mose Masoe.

Biff behind the posts.

Rervers 10 Wire 8.