2022 Hull Kingston Rovers season

2022 Hull Kingston Rovers season
Super League Rank	8th
Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
Team information
CEO	Neil Hudgell
Head Coach	Tony Smith (until 4 July 2022) Danny McGuire (from 4 July 2022)
Stadium	KCOM Craven Park Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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In the 2022 rugby league season, Hull Kingston Rovers competed in Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup. They were coached by Tony Smith until 4 July 2022 and Danny McGuire from 4 July 2022 onwards.

Season review

On 11 February, Hull Kingston Rovers began their Super League campaign with a loss to Wigan Warriors, followed a week later by a defeat at Huddersfield Giants. ^{[1] [2]} The first win came in Round 3 at home to Castleford Tigers. ^[3] The most successful period of the season came in April with a 34–10 win over Castleford in the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup and a run of four consecutive league wins that placed them in the top half of the table. ^{[4] [5]} In May, the Challenge Cup campaign came to an end with a 25–4 loss to Huddersfield in the semi-finals. ^[6] A poor mid-season included a run of three league losses ^[7] followed by a further run of four defeats culminating with a 34–28 loss to Hull F.C. at the Magic Weekend. ^[8] Hopes of a play-off place were kept alive in July with back-to-back wins over Wakefield Trinity and Warrington Wolves, ^{[9] [10]} but a number of losses followed so that, even with a 38–28 win over Wigan in the penultimate round, Hull KR could no longer qualify and their season ended with a 36–4 away over local rivals Hull F.C. ^{[11] [12]}

Results

Pre-season friendlies

W WinL Loss

Pre-season results

Date	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
21 January	Dewsbury Rams	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	60–12				[13] [14]
30 January	Huddersfield Giants	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	24–18				[13] [15]

Super League

Main article: 2022 Super League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (C, L)	27	21	0	6	674	374	+300	42	Advance to semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	19	0	8	818	483	+335	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	17	1	9	613	497	+116	35	Advance to elimination finals
4	Catalans Dragons	27	16	0	11	539	513	+26	32
5	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	1	12	577	528	+49	29
6	Salford Red Devils	27	14	0	13	700	602	+98	28
7	Castleford Tigers	27	13	0	14	544	620	−76	26
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	12	0	15	498	608	−110	24
9	Hull FC	27	11	0	16	508	675	−167	22
10	Wakefield Trinity	27	10	0	17	497	648	−151	20
11	Warrington Wolves	27	9	0	18	568	664	−96	18
12	Toulouse Olympique (R)	27	5	0	22	421	745	−324	10	Relegated to the Championship

Source:
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield winners; (R) Relegated

Super League results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 February	1	Wigan Warriors	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	10–24	Lewis, Parcell	Abdull	9,044	RLP
19 February	2	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	L	12–26	Lewis, Takairangi	Abdull (2)	5,724	RLP
25 February	3	Castleford Tigers	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	26–10	Wood (2), Kenny-Dowall, Parcell, Takairangi	Abdull (3)	7,119	RLP
4 March	4	St Helens	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	8–42	Hall, Halton		7,256	RLP
11 March	5	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	26–16	Lewis 92), Minchella, Storton	Abdull (5)	3,950	RLP
18 March	6	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	10–18	Hall, Kenny-Dowall	Abdull	6,782	RLP
1 April	7	Warrington Wolves	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	34–18	Hall (2), Coote, Halton, Keinhorst, Lewis, Litten	Coote (3)	10,069	RLP
15 April	8	Hull KR	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	16–4	Coote (2), Hall	Coote (2)	10,300	RLP
18 April	9	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon	W	28–24	Hall (2), Abdull, King, Storton	Dagger (4)	6,180	RLP
23 April	10	Wakefield Trinity	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	32–10	Linnett (2), Ryan (2), Coote, Hall, Kenny-Dowall	Coote (2)	7,058	RLP
29 April	11	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	0–12			13,333	RLP
15 May	12	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	L	0–32			8,175	RLP
21 May	13	Catalans Dragons	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	8–20	Crooks	Coote (2)	7,199	RLP
5 June	14	Salford Red Devils	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	43–16	Coote (2), Crooks (2), Hall (2), Ryan	Coote (7 + FG)	7,023	RLP
12 June	15	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	18–26	Coote (2), Hall	Coote (3)	9,858	RLP
26 June	16	Huddersfield Giants	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	10–38	Parcell, Storton	Coote	7,050	RLP
2 July	17	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon	L	6–28	Vete	Dagger	3,441	RLP
10 July	18	Hull F.C.	N	St James' Park	L	28–34	Lewis (3), Keinhorst, Parcell, Wood	Coote (2)	25,333	RLP
17 July	19	Wakefield Trinity	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	15–10	Coote, Keinhorst, Ryan	Coote, Dagger (FG)	7,029	RLP
22 July	20	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	30–22	Crooks, Parcell, Royle, Ryan, Wood	Coote (4), Dagger	7,551	RLP
28 July	21	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	4–46	Ryan		11,032	RLP
4 August	22	Toulouse Olympique	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	22–16	Halton, Milnes, Minchella, Ryan	Milnes (3)	6,763	RLP
12 August	23	Leeds Rhinos	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	L	20–28	Hall, Linnett, Parcell, Wood	Wood (2)	8,028	RLP
19 August	24	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	12–38	Barley, Linnett, Tate		10,048	RLP
25 August	25	Wakefield Trinity	A	Be Well Support Stadium	L	6–18	Vete	Milnes	4,653	RLP
29 August	26	Wigan Warriors	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	38–28	Ryan (2), Fishwick, Hall, Sims, Storton, Tate	Milnes (5)	7,315	RLP
3 September	27	Hull FC	A	MKM Stadium	W	36–4	Hall, Milnes, Minchella, Ryan, Tate, Vete	Milnes (6)	16,999	RLP

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2022 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
26 March	6	Leigh Centurions	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	24–18	Halton, Lewis, Parcell, Storton	Dagger (3), Abdull	3,088	RLP
8 April	Quarter-final	Castleford Tigers	H	Sewell Group Craven Park	W	34–10	Minchella (2), Abdull, Hall, Milnes, Wood	Coote (5)	4,887	RLP
7 May	Semi-final	Huddersfield Giants	N	Elland Road	L	4–25	Kenny-Dowall		22,141	RLP

Squad

2022 Hull Kingston Rovers Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Lachlan Coote – FB 2 Ben Crooks – CE, WG 3 Brad Takairangi – CE 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall – CE 5 Ryan Hall – WG 6 Roger Millward (Jersey Retired) 7 Jordan Abdull – SH (GK) 8 Albert Vete – PR 9 Matt Parcell – HK 10 George King – PR 11 Dean Hadley – SR, LF 12 Kane Linnett – SR 13 Matty Storton – PR, SR, LF		14 Jez Litten – HK 15 Luis Johnson – SR 16 Korbin Sims – PR, LF 17 Elliot Minchella – LF 18 Jimmy Keinhorst – CE, SR, WG 19 Will Dagger – FB, SO (GK) 20 Mikey Lewis – SO, SH 21 Rowan Milnes – SO, SH 22 Will Maher – PR 23 Ethan Ryan – WG 24 Sam Wood – CE, WG, SR 25 Greg Richards – PR 26 Tom Garratt – PR		27 Frankie Halton – SR, LF 28 Will Tate – WG, FB 29 Phoenix Laulu-Togagae – FB 30 Charlie Cavanaugh – HK 31 Connor Moore – PR 32 Daniel Okoro – PR 33 Max Kirkbright – CE 34 Zach Fishwick – PR 36 Sam Royle – SR (Loan)				Head coach Danny McGuire (Interim) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker Updated: 21 July 2022 Source(s):

References

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External links

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