2010 Hull Kingston Rovers season

Hull Kingston Rovers 2010 season
Super League XV Rank	7th
Play-off result	Preliminary semi-finals
Challenge Cup	Fourth round
2010 record	Wins: 14; draws: 1; losses: 13
Points scored	For: 653; against: 632
Team information
Chairman	Neil Hudgell
Head coach	Justin Morgan
Captain	Mick Vella
Stadium	Craven Park
Avg. attendance	8,207
Top scorers
Tries	Peter Fox (19)
Goals	Michael Dobson (112)
Points	Michael Dobson (275) [1]
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In 2010, Hull Kingston Rovers, competing in their 128th season of rugby league, played in their fourth Super League season as well as in the 2010 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
16 January; 15:00	York City Knights	A	Huntington Stadium	L	6–28	Hardcastle	Dee	444	[2]
17 January; 15:00	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	16–28	Colbon, Newton, I'anson	Dobson (2/3)	16,204	[3]
23 January, 15:00	Doncaster R.L.F.C.	A	Keepmoat Stadium	L	16–32			260
24 January, 15:00	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	L	24–32			3,570
28 January, 20:00	Bradford Bulls	H	Craven Park	L	16–18	Cooke, I'Anson, Welham	Dobson (2/3)		[4]

Super League

Main article: Super League XV

Fixtures

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Pos.	Report
7 February, 15:00	Salford City Reds	H	Craven Park	W	30–12	Fox (2), Webster, Dobson, Newton	Dobson (5/5)	9,123	8th	[5]
12 February, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	6–32	Fisher	Dobson (1/1)	12,429	8th	[6]
21 February, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	Craven Park	L	0–30			7,575	9th	[7]
27 February, 18:15	Castleford Tigers	A	PROBIZ Colliseum	W	24–20	Murrell, Dobson, Cockayne, Watts	Dobson (4/4)	6,855	9th	[8]
7 March, 15:00	St. Helens	H	Craven Park	W	28–24	Colbon (3), Galea, Fisher	Dobson (4/5)	8,202	9th	[9]
12 March, 20:00	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	Craven Park	L	18–31	Colbon, Webster, Murrell	Dobson (3/3)	8,004	9th	[10]
19 March, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	W	17–10	Colbon, Fox, Briscoe	Dobson (2/4) Drop-goals: Dobson	15,201	7th	[11]
27 March, 19:30 (GMT)	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	10–16	Webster, Welham	Dobson (1/2)	6,513	8th	[12]
2 April, 12:45 (Good Friday)	Hull F.C.	H	Craven Park	L	10–16	Cockayne, Welham	Dobson (2/2 + 1 pen.)	10,089	8th	[13]
5 April, 14:00	Harlequins RL	A	Twickenham Stoop	W	52–12	Welham (4), Galea (2), Cooke, Dobson, Lovegrove	Dobson (8/9)	2,819	8th	[14]
11 April, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	H	Craven Park	W	36–16	Fox (2), Welham, Cockayne, Briscoe, Cooke	Dobson (6/7)	8,452	7th	[15]
25 April, 15:00	Bradford Bulls	A	Grattan Stadium	L	4–40	Cockayne	Dobson (0/1)	9,234	8th	[16]
2 May, 20:00 (Magic Weekend)	St Helens	N	Murrayfield Stadium	L	0–54			25,401	9th	[17]
16 May, 15:00	Crusaders RL	H	Craven Park	W	54–10	Dobson (3), Newton (2), Cockayne, Watts, Welham	Dobson (9/9)	7,273	8th	[18]
21 May, 20:00	St Helens	A	GPW Recruitment Stadium	L	12–68	Welham, Newton	Dobson (2/2)	9,458	8th	[19]
6 June, 15:00	Catalans Dragons	H	Craven Park	W	24–6	Galea, Welham, Murrell, Dobson	Dobson (4/4)	7,102	8th	[20]
11 June, 20:00	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	16–35	Welham, Ratu, Fisher	Dobson (2/3)	9,216	8th	[21]
20 June, 15:00	Harlequins RL	H	Craven Park	W	42–6	Newton (2), Dobson (2), Briscoe, Wheeldon, Clinton	Dobson (7/7)	7,612	7th	[22]
25 June, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	D	16–16	Murrell, Newton	Dobson (2/2 + 2 pen.)	6,304	7th	[23]
4 July, 15:30	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Hearwell Stadium	W	46–14	Fox (2), Wheeldon (2), Dobson, Newton, Welham	Dobson (7/7 + 2 pen.)	6,218	6th	[24]
9 July, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Craven Park	W	25–6	Galea, Fisher, Fox, Cockayne	Dobson (4/4) Drop-goals: Dobson	8,048	6th	[25]
15 July, 17:45	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	16–20	Charnley, Newton, Watts	Dobson (2/3)	20,079	7th	[26]
24 July, 17:15	Bradford Bulls	H	Craven Park	W	49–24	Fox (3), Newton (2), Briscoe (2), Latus, Clinton	Dobson (6/9) Drop-goals: Dobson	7,854	7th	[27]
1 August, 15:00	Castleford Tigers	H	Craven Park	W	28–26	Charnley (3), Briscoe	Dobson (4/4 + 2 pen.)	8,104	7th	[28]
15 August, 15:00	Salford City Reds	A	The Willows	W	44–18	Briscoe (2), Newton (2), Colbon, Charnley, Murrell, Dobson	Dobson (6/6)	4,111	7th	[29]
22 August, 15:00	Wigan Warriors	H	Craven Park	L	18–38	Murrell, Cooke, Lovegrove	Dobson (3/3)	9,250	7th	[30]
4 September, 18:45	Crusaders RL	A	Racecourse Ground	L	24–30	Fox, Briscoe, Welham, Galea	Dobson (4/4)	5,137	7th	[31]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L, C)	27	22	0	5	922	411	+511	44	Play-offs
2	St Helens	27	20	0	7	946	547	+399	40
3	Warrington Wolves	27	20	0	7	885	488	+397	40
4	Leeds Rhinos	27	17	1	9	725	561	+164	35
5	Huddersfield Giants	27	16	1	10	758	439	+319	33
6	Hull F.C.	27	16	0	11	569	584	−15	32
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	14	1	12	653	632	+21	29
8	Celtic Crusaders	27	12	0	15	547	732	−185	24
9	Castleford Tigers	27	11	0	16	648	766	−118	22
10	Bradford Bulls	27	9	1	17	528	728	−200	19
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	9	0	18	539	741	−202	18
12	Salford City Reds	27	8	0	19	448	857	−409	16
13	Harlequins	27	7	0	20	494	838	−344	14
14	Catalans Dragons	27	6	0	21	409	747	−338	12

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

Play-offs

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 September; 18:00	Qualifying/Elimination playoffs	Hull FC	A	KC Stadium	W	21–4	Fox, Fisher, Welham	Dobson (3/3 + 1 pen.) Drop-goals: Murrell	17,669	[32]
17 September, 20:00	Preliminary semi-finals	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	18–42	Fox (2), Cockayne	Dobson (3/3)	11,133	[33]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2010 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
18 April; 13:45	Round 4	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	12–40	Webster, Briscoe	Dobson	7,241	[34]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Matt Cook	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	September 2009 [35]
Josh Hodgson	Hull F.C.	2 Years	September 2009 [36]
Michael Ratu	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	September 2009 [37]
Joel Clinton	Brisbane Broncos	2 Years	February 2010 [38]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Kyle Bibb	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	End of loan	August 2009
Ryan Esders	Harlequins RL	1 Year	September 2009 [39]
Makali Aizue	Halifax	2 Years	September 2009 [40]
Nick Fozzard	St Helens		September 2009 [41]
Stanley Gene	Halifax	1 Year + 1 Year	October 2009 [42]
Daniel Fitzhenry	Wests Tigers	1 Year	October 2009 [43]

Loans

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Josh Charnley	Wigan Warriors	1 month loan	July 2010 [44]

Squad

2010 Hull Kingston Rovers squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Shaun Briscoe – FB 2 Peter Fox – WG 3 Kris Welham – CE 4 Jake Webster – CE 5 Liam Colbon – WG 6 Paul Cooke – SO 7 Michael Dobson – SH 8 Scott Wheeldon – PR 9 Ben Fisher – HK 10 Michael Vella (c) – PR 11 Clint Newton – SR 12 Ben Galea – SR		13 Scott Murrell – LF, HK 14 Chev Walker – CE 15 Matt Cook – SR 16 Jason Netherton – SR 17 Josh Hodgson – HK 18 Ben Cockayne – FB 19 Rhys Lovegrove – PR 21 Chaz I'Anson – SH 22 Michael Ratu – CE 23 Scott Taylor – SR 24 Liam Watts – FB, PR		25 Richard Beaumont – PR 26 Frankie Mariano – WG 27 Scott Spaven – SR 28 Jack Latus – WG 29 Sam Latus – WG 30 Joel Clinton – PR				Head coach Justin Morgan Assistant coach Chris Chester Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

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