2021 Hull Kingston Rovers season

2021 Hull Kingston Rovers season
Team information
CEO	Neil Hudgell
Head Coach	Tony Smith
Stadium	KCOM Craven Park Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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In the 2021 rugby league season, Hull Kingston Rovers competed in Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup. They were coached by Tony Smith.

Results

Super League

Main article: 2021 Super League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification [a]
1	Catalans Dragons (L)	23	19	0	4	688	398	172.9	38	82.61	Semi-final
2	St. Helens (C)	21	16	0	5	548	229	239.3	32	76.19
3	Warrington Wolves	21	15	1	5	588	354	166.1	31	73.81	Elimination Semi-finals
4	Wigan Warriors	25	15	0	10	387	385	100.5	30	60.00
5	Leeds Rhinos	24	13	0	11	556	440	126.4	26	54.17
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	20	10	0	10	497	458	108.5	20	50.00
7	Castleford Tigers	23	11	0	12	437	552	79.2	22	47.83
8	Hull FC	21	8	1	12	409	476	85.9	17	40.48
9	Huddersfield Giants	24	9	0	15	460	516	89.1	18	37.50
10	Wakefield Trinity	24	9	0	15	482	548	88.0	18	37.50
11	Salford Red Devils	22	7	0	15	402	584	68.8	14	31.82
12	Leigh Centurions (R)	22	2	0	20	356	870	40.9	4	9.09	Relegated to the Championship

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

Super League results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
27 March	1	Catalans Dragons	N	Emerald Headingley	L	28–29			— [a]	RLP
1 April	2	St Helens	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	0–25			— [a]	RLP
16 April	3	Huddersfield Giants	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	25–24			— [a]	RLP
23 April	4	Leeds Rhinos	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–6			— [a]	RLP
1 May	5	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	26–50			— [a]	RLP
17 May	6	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	26–22			3,600	RLP
23 May	7	Wakefield Trinity	A	Mobile Rocket Stadium	L	12–28			4,000	RLP
30 May	8	Leigh Centurions	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	40–16			4,000	RLP
11 June	9	Salford Red Devils	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	40–4			4,000	RLP
18 June	10	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	W	18–8			5,018	RLP
24 July	13	Catalans Dragons	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	30–32				RLP
2 August	17	Catalans Dragons	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	16–23			6,347	RLP
8 August	18	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	34–28			2,541	RLP
13 August	19	Wigan Warriors	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–14			6,230	RLP
21 August	20	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	L	22–23			15,000	RLP
26 August	21	Wakefield Trinity	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	18–25				RLP
30 August	22	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	L	28–40			3,652	RLP
5 September	23	Leigh Centurions	N	St James' Park	W	44–6			25,762	RLP
11 September	24	Castleford Tigers	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–19				RLP
17 September	25	Leeds Rhinos	A	Emerald Headingley	L	12–36				RLP

Play-offs

Play-off results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
24 September	Eliminators	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	19–0				RLP
30 September	Semi-finals	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	10–28			11,530	RLP

Team bracket

	Eliminators					Semi-finals					Grand Final
						1	Catalans Dragons	28
	3	Warrington Wolves	0			6	Hull Kingston Rovers	10
	6	Hull Kingston Rovers	19								1	Catalans Dragons	10
											2	St Helens	12
						2	St Helens	36
	4	Wigan Warriors	0			5	Leeds Rhinos	8
	5	Leeds Rhinos	8

Source:Rugby League Project

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2021 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
9 April	3	Castleford Tigers	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	32–33	Abdull, Kenny-Dowall, Parcell, Quinlan, Ryan, Vete	Abdull (2), Lewis (2)	— [a] [b]	RLP

Squad

Hull Kingston Rovers 2021 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Adam Quinlan – FB 2 Ben Crooks – WG, CE 3 Greg Minikin – CE, WG 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall – CE, WG 5 Ryan Hall – WG 7 Jordan Abdull – SH, SO, LF (GK) 8 Albert Vete – PR 9 Matt Parcell – HK 10 Korbin Sims – PR, LF 11 Brad Takairangi – SR, CE 12 Kane Linnett – SR, CE 13 Dean Hadley – LF, HK 14 Jez Litten – HK		15 George Lawler – LF, PR, SR 16 George King – LF, PR 17 Elliot Minchella – SR 18 Matty Storton – SR, LF 19 Will Dagger – FB, WG (GK) 20 Mikey Lewis – SH, SO 21 Owen Harrison – SR, LF 23 Ethan Ryan – WG 24 Joe Keyes – SO, SH 25 Rowan Milnes – SO, SH 26 Will Maher – PR 27 Luis Johnson – PR		28 Muizz Mustapha – PR 29 Anesu Mudoti – PR 30 Will Tate – WG, FB 31 Thomas Whur – PR 32 Charlie Cavanaugh – HK 33 Jimmy Keinhorst – CE				Head coach Tony Smith Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker Updated: 21 February 2021 Source(s): 2021 Squad Numbers

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Notes

1. Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Broadcast on Our League

References

1. Rugby League Project

External links

• Official website
• Hull KR Junior Robins
• Hull KR history