| Hull KR (6) 12 |
| Tries: Batchelor, Corridor Objectives: Schneider 2 |
| Salford (0) 0 |
Hull KR booked their Tremendous League play-off place with victory over a Salford facet who should win their last recreation to have a hope of becoming a member of them.
Rovers had the perfect of a bruising first 40, because of James Batchelor’s scamper over after a break involving Brad Schneider and Tom Opacic.
Matt Parcell and Mikey Lewis did not floor cleanly, maintaining tensions excessive for KR as Salford rallied.
Ryan Corridor crossed late to make sure Willie Peters’ facet had been within the high six.
As befitting a recreation between two play-off hopefuls, this was ferocious fare at instances, with defensive zeal prompting a string of thunderous hits.
Having misplaced within the Problem Cup last, reaching the play-offs is one other big tick within the field of head coach Peters following his arrival on the membership final winter.
He has given the Robins an opportunity of silverware on two fronts, and will end increased than fifth in the event that they get the right combination of outcomes, with Leigh enjoying Wigan on the ultimate weekend, when his facet tackle already-relegated Wakefield.
Schneider will likely be a Penrith participant subsequent season however once more proved his value to the Robins, bewitching the defence with a dummy which led to Batchelor cruising over.
Corridor confirmed his energy to bash over late on, in a recreation the place the chilly, moist circumstances proved the enemy of dealing with and either side made errors.
Salford reported an outbreak of a virus this week which ran by way of their squad, and will have been forgiven for feeling the tempo provided that drain on their power.
They compelled drop-outs and loved area place in patches however had been unable to execute the performs to interrupt down the defence, largely right down to Hull KR’s glorious edge defence.
Ryan Brierley made an enormous cowl sort out to cease a breakaway Mikey Lewis within the first 40, whereas on the different finish of the dimensions, King Vuniyayawa’s brick-wall cease on Jack Walker off-the-ball resulted in a yellow card.
Brierley additionally made an enormous contribution to halt Lewis within the second interval, however within the occasion, they had been saved scoreless and should now beat Catalans and hope Warrington slip up at Huddersfield subsequent Friday to have any likelihood of constructing it to the knockout phases.
Hull KR: Walker; Senior, Opacic, Kenny-Dowall, Corridor; Lewis, Schneider; Hadley, Parcell, King, Batchelor, Linnett, Minchella
Interchanges: Abdull, Sue, Kennedy, Luckley [Storton]
Salford: Brierley; Sio, Cross, Lafai, Burgess; Croft, Sneyd; Hellewell, Ackers, Ormondroyd, Watkins, Stone, Partington
Interchanges: Vuniyayawa, Atkin, Addy, Bourouh [Dixon]
Referee: Liam Moore.