2007 Hull Kingston Rovers season

Hull Kingston Rovers 2007 season
Super League XII Rank	11th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Fourth round
2007 record	Wins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scored	For: 491; against: 723
Team information
Chairman	Neil Hudgell
Head coach	Justin Morgan
Captain	James Webster
Stadium	Craven Park
Avg. attendance	7,160
Top scorers
Tries	Luke Dyer (13)
Goals	Paul Cooke (36)
Points	Paul Cooke (78) [1]
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In 2007, Hull Kingston Rovers, competing in their 126th season of rugby league, played in their first Super League season after promotion from National League One in 2006. Hull Kingston Rovers also competed in the 2007 Challenge Cup.

Super League

Main article: Super League XII

Fixtures

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Pos.	Report
10 February, 16:00	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	Craven Park	W	14–9	Murrell, Cockayne	Morton (2/2 + 1 pen.)	7,154	4th	[2]
18 February, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	W	17–10	Murrell, Cockayne	Morton (2/2 + 2 pen.) Drop-goals: Webster	7,700	2nd	[3]
25 February, 15:00	Harlequins RL	H	Craven Park	L	10–26	Dyer, Smith	Morton (1/2)	7,056	2nd	[4]
2 March, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	A	JJB Stadium	W	26–16	Ford (2), Fisher, Dyer, Morton	Morton (3/6 + 1 pen.)	15,178	3rd	[5]
10 March, 18:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Craven Park	W	22–20	Webster, Dyer, Bauer	Morton (3/3 + 2 pen.)	8,086	4th	[6]
18 March, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–30	J. Netherton, Ford	Morton (2/2)	10,030	7th	[7]
23 March, 20:00	St Helens R.F.C.	A	Knowsley Road	L	14–42	Steel, Ford, Morton	Morton (1/2), Murrell (0/1)	10,523	7th	[8]
6 April, 15:00	Catalans Dragons	H	Craven Park	L	20–34	Gene, Ford, Murrell, Dyer	Morton (2/4)	6,701	9th	[9]
9 April, 12:30 (Easter Monday) [a]	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	14–22	Dyer, Tangata-Toa, Bauer	Murrell (1/3)	23,002	10th	[10]
15 April, 15:00	Bradford Bulls	A	Grattan Stadium	L	22–52	Steel, Gene, Tangata-Toa, Dyer	Murrell (3/4)	10,881	10th	[11]
22 April, 15:00	Salford City Reds	H	Craven Park	L	24–28	Gannon, O'Neill, Lennon, Goddard, Bauer	Morton (2/5)	6,299	11th	[12]
27 April, 20:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	Craven Park	L	16–28	Bauer, Gene	Cooke (2/2 + 2 pen.)	6,597	11th	[13]
5 May, 17:00 (Millennium Magic)	Hull F.C.	N	Millennium Stadium	W	14–10	Aizue, Cockayne	Cooke (2/2 + 1 pen.)	32,384	11th	[14]
18 May, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	A	JJB Stadium	W	12–10	Dyer, Hardman	Cooke (2/2)	13,538	10th	[15]
27 May, 15:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Craven Park	L	10–18	J. Netherton	Cooke (1/1 + 2 pen.)	7,731	11th	[16]
3 June, 18:00	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Belle Vue	L	15–30	Dyer, Ford, Hardman	Cooke (1/1) Drop-goals: Cooke	6,107	11th	[17]
17 June, 15:00	St Helens	H	Craven Park	L	0–40			7,011	11th	[18]
30 June, 13:30	Harlequins RL	A	Twickenham Stoop	L	18–23	Tandy, Lennon, Chester	Cooke (3/3)	3,278	11th	[19]
8 July, 13:00 [b]	Hull F.C.	H	Craven Park	L	20–30	Dyer, Tangata-Toa, O'Neill, Lovegrove	Cooke (2/4)	9,035	11th	[22]
14 July, 18:00 (BST)	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	22–20	Lennon, Gene, Hardman, O'Neill	Lennon (3/4)	7,830	11th	[23]
22 July, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	H	Craven Park	L	20–60	Hardman, Fisher, Aizue, Morton	Lennon (2/4)	6,640	10th	[24]
3 August, 20:00	Salford City Reds	A	The Willows	W	30–24	O'Neill (2), Cooke, Lennon, Dyer	Cooke (5/7)	7,165	10th	[25]
12 August, 15:00	Bradford Bulls	H	Craven Park	L	10–28	Goddard, Fisher	Cooke (1/1)	6,695	11th	[26]
17 August, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	L	18–34	Lovegrove, Dyer, Tandy	Cooke (3/3)	17,389	11th	[27]
2 September, 12:30	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	W	42–6	Dyer (2), Lovegrove (2), J. Netherton, Lennon, Webster, Gene	Cooke (5/8)	23,004	11th	[28]
9 September, 15:00	Wigan Warriors	H	Craven Park	L	24–40	Welham, Lovegrove, Murrell, Bauer, Morrison	Lennon (2/2), Cooke (0/3)	7,370	10th	[29]
15 September, 19:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	Craven Park	W	25–24	Ben Fisher (2), Vella, Chester	Cooke (4/4) Drop-goals: Cooke	6,700	11th	[30]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (L)	27	19	0	8	783	422	+361	38	Semifinal
2	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	18	1	8	747	487	+260	37
3	Bradford Bulls	27	17	1	9	778	560	+218	33 [c]	Elimination semifinal
4	Hull F.C.	27	14	2	11	573	553	+20	30
5	Huddersfield Giants	27	13	1	13	638	543	+95	27
6	Wigan Warriors	27	15	1	11	621	527	+94	27 [d]
7	Warrington Wolves	27	13	0	14	693	736	−43	26
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	11	1	15	596	714	−118	23
9	Harlequins	27	10	3	14	495	636	−141	23
10	Catalans Dragons	27	10	1	16	570	685	−115	21
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	0	17	491	723	−232	20
12	Salford City Reds (R)	27	6	1	20	475	874	−399	13	Relegation to National League One

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Following this fixture, the Easter derby was moved to its traditional Good Friday slot.
2. Hull Kingston Rovers were fined £7,500 and made to pay legal costs following a post-full time pitch invasion that resulted in four arrests and Hull FC Centre Kirk Yeaman being headbutted. ^{[20] [21]}
3. Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches.
4. Wigan deducted 4 points for salary cap breaches.

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2007 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
31 March; 15:00	Round 4	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	10–38	Tangata-Toa, K. Netherton	Morton (1/2)	4,523	[31]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Luke Dyer	Castleford Tigers		2006 [32]
Danny Ward	Castleford Tigers		2006 [32]
Andreas Bauer			2006 [32]
Jim Gannon	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	October 2006 [33]
Mark O'Neill	Leeds Rhinos	1 Year	October 2006 [33]
Michael Vella	Parramatta Eels	3 Years	October 2006 [34]
Stanley Gene	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	November 2006 [35]
Matty Brooks	Bradford Bulls	1 Year	November 2006 [36]
Pat Weisner	Harlequins RL	1 Year	November 2006 [32]
Chris Chester	Hull F.C.	2 Years	December 2006 [37]
Paul Cooke	Hull F.C.	31⁄2 Years	April 2007 [38] [a]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Dwayne Barker	Castleford Tigers	1 Year	2006 [32]
Damien Couturier	Leigh Centurions		2006 [40]
Andy Ellis	Barrow Raiders		2006 [32]
Phil Joseph	Halifax R.L.F.C.		2006 [32]
Gareth Price	Widnes Vikings		2006 [41]
Leroy Rivett	Leigh Centurions		2006 [32]
Jon Whittle	Featherstone Rovers		2006 [32]
Francis Stephenson	N/A	Retirement	2006 [32]
James Garmston	Doncaster Lakers	2 Years	October 2006 [42]
Michael Smith	Barrow Raiders		2007[ citation needed ]

Squad

2007 Hull Kingston Rovers Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ben Cockayne – FB 2 Jon Steel – WG 3 Jon Goddard – CE 4 Gareth Morton – CE (GK) 5 Byron Ford – WG 6 Scott Murrell – SO (GK) 7 James Webster (c) – SH 8 Makali Aizue – PR 9 Ben Fisher – HK 10 David Tangata-Toa – PR 11 Iain Morrison – SR 13 Tommy Gallagher – LF		14 Stanley Gene – UT 15 Jim Gannon – PR 16 Jason Netherton – SR 17 Mark O'Neill – SR 18 Danny Ward – PR 19 Matty Brooks – UT 20 Michael Vella – PR 21 Luke Dyer – WG 22 Andraes Bauer – CE 24 Ian Hardman 26 Dave Wilson – CE		27 Kirk Netherton – UT 28 Chris Chester – SR 30 Mark Lennon – UT (GK) 31 Paul Cooke – SO (GK) 32 Ryan Tandy – PR 33 Rhys Lovegrove				Head coach Justin Morgan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (gk) = Goal kicker

Notes

1. Cooke was found to have made an illegal approach to another club by an independent RFL tribunal and was handed a four-month playing ban in November 2007. ^[39]

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