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Thursday 3rd September 2020
Hull Kingston Rovers 34 Wigan Warriors 18
Headingley, Leeds (Switched from Craven Park, Hull due to Covid-19 Restrictions)
Betfred Super League 25 - Round 11 of 20
Kick Off 6:00pm

-	Wigan				-	Hull KR
6	Bevan French				19	Will Dagger		G2
21	Dom Manfredi				23	Ethan Ryan
1	Zak Hardaker		G3		3	Shaun Kenny-Dowall
4	Oliver Gildart				4	Kane Linnett
23	Jake Bibby				5	Greg Minikin	T3
28	Harry Smith	T			7	Jordan Abdull		G
31	Jackson Hastings	T			20	Mikey Lewis		G2
20	Liam Byrne				11	Weller Hauraki
9	Sam Powell	T			18	Jez Litten
14	Ben Flower				15	George Lawler
11	Willie Isa				28	Matty Storton
12	Liam Farrell				13	Dean Hadley	T
17	Oliver Partington				27	Elliott Minchella	T2
Interchange:
15	Joe Greenwood				12	Harvey Livett
22	Mitch Clark				16	Daniel Murray
32	Amir Bourouh				24	Joe Keyes
33	Joe Shorrocks				32	Nathaniel Peteru

               

Report:	I thought Wigan started well on the front foot for the first 15 minutes of this game but after that it was a sorry show with Hull KR more than deserving the victory. Wigan just didn't look in this game physically or mentally and it was just an off night all round. Response is key to what to fully make of this. That good start had seen a lovely short ball by Harry Smith send Sam Powell over on 9 minutes for 6-0 after Hardaker converted. But things turned quickly on 17 minutes when the limited game time of Ben Flower and Oliver Partington began to show up a little around the marker position. They are not quite set as first and second marker and Litten goes past them before a weak tackle from Liam Byrne sees the break finished by Elliott Minchella under the sticks. Two more tries followed within six minutes. A poor lazy forward pass by Jackson Hastings gifted easy territory and just quick hands left got Greg Minikin over for 10-6, kick missed. Then more tired marker play from Flower got Jordan Abdull away and it was a great offload to be fair that got Minchella over for his second. Conversion meant Wigan had gone from 6-0 up to 16-6 down in 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Wigan though seemed to recover well when Harry Smith found Isa and then got the return pass to go over for 16-12 on 26 minutes. It looked like that would carry till half time and I think both coaches would have been happy to go in at 16-12 but Rovers found another try with just 31 seconds remaining. Another soft effort to concede, finished by Minikin and compounded by Will Dagger kicking sideline extras for 22-12 at the break. Most disappointing for Wigan was the fact they lost this game within six minutes of the restart after conceding two more soft tries to first Dean Hadley and then Minikin completing a hat-trick. Dagger converting the first for 32-12. So having conceded three tries in 4:24 earlier in the game, Wigan had conceded three more tries 6:10. These were collapses that Wigan were suffering early in 2019 and it all goes down to poor control around the ruck. That was the damage being done and when you've players lacking game time and needing to get fit without reserve action its difficult to infiltrate that into the squad. Whether it was all done too much at once is a question but despite this loss it may well prove later to have been the best thing to do. Squad will be important down the line. Wigan though still had 32 minutes to go but a comeback never ever looked on, Wigan always looking well defeated. In fact 32-12 held for a full 24 minutes before Wigan found a consolation effort through a close range Jackson Hastings try. Even that had come against 12 men following a sin bin to Shaun Kenny-Dowall. Hull KR wrapped up their deserved win with a late penalty goal to Jordan Abdull completing a 34-18 victory.
Scoring:	08:41 Hull KR 00 Wigan 04 Try: Sam Powell Hull KR 00 Wigan 06 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (1/1) 18:06 Hull KR 04 Wigan 06 Try: Elliott Minchella Hull KR 06 Wigan 06 Conversion: Mikey Lewis (1/1) 20:01 Hull KR 10 Wigan 06 Try: Greg Minikin Hull KR 10 Wigan 06 Missed Conv: Mikey Lewis (1/2) 22:30 Hull KR 14 Wigan 06 Try: Elliott Minchella (2) Hull KR 16 Wigan 06 Conversion: Mikey Lewis (2/3) 25:55 Hull KR 16 Wigan 10 Try: Harry Smith Hull KR 16 Wigan 12 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (2/2) 39:29 Hull KR 20 Wigan 12 Try: Greg Minikin (2) Hull KR 22 Wigan 12 Conversion: Will Dagger (1/1) Half` Time Hull Kingston Rovers 22 Wigan Warriors 12 42:08 Hull KR 26 Wigan 12 Try: Dean Hadley Hull KR 28 Wigan 12 Conversion: Will Dagger (2/2) 45:39 Hull KR 32 Wigan 12 Try: Greg Minikin (3) Hull KR 32 Wigan 12 Conversion: Will Dagger (2/3) 70:12 Hull KR Sin Bin Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Professional Foul) 70:32 Hull KR 32 Wigan 16 Try: Jackson Hastings Hull KR 32 Wigan 18 Conversion: Zak Hardaker (3/3) 77:16 Hull KR 34 Wigan 18 Penalty Goal: Jordan Abdull (1/1) Full Time Hull Kingston Rovers 34 Wigan Warriors 18
Referee:	Tom Grant
Attendance:	0 (No Fans in Attendance due to Covid-19 Restrictions)
Note:	Played as part of a double header at Leeds due to Covid-19 Restrictions.. This match was originally meant to be Round 19 of 29 in original fixture list and played on Sunday 28th June 2020.

Betfred Super League 25 - Round 11 Results

Thu 3 Sep	Hull KR 34 Wigan 18 (at Leeds)	0
Thu 3 Sep	Salford 30 Castleford 37 (at Leeds)	0
Fri 4 Sep	Huddersfield 6 St Helens 54 (at Leeds)	0
Fri 4 Sep	Warrington 37 Hull FC 12 (at Leeds)	0
Postponed	Wakefield v Leeds (at Leeds)

2020 Betfred Super League 25 Table - After This Round

-	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	St Helens	10	7	0	3	282	115	+167	14
2	Warrington Wolves	10	7	0	3	216	122	+94	14
3	Wigan Warriors	10	7	0	3	239	170	+69	14
4	Catalan Dragons	7	5	0	2	216	141	+75	10
5	Leeds Rhinos	8	5	0	3	201	162	+39	10
6	Castleford Tigers	10	5	0	5	203	204	-1	10
7	Huddersfield Giants	9	4	0	5	150	209	-59	8
8	Hull FC	10	4	0	6	206	279	-73	8
9	Salford Red Devils	9	2	0	7	166	253	-87	4
10	Wakefield Trinity	8	2	0	6	115	226	-111	4
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	9	2	0	7	146	259	-113	4
Top 4 Qualify for Play Offs / No Relegation