{"id":60261,"date":"2026-06-19T17:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-hull-kr-22-8-leigh-leopards-robins-claim-deserved-win\/19\/06\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:40:05","slug":"super-league-hull-kr-22-8-leigh-leopards-robins-claim-deserved-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-hull-kr-22-8-leigh-leopards-robins-claim-deserved-win\/19\/06\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League: Hull KR 22-8 Leigh Leopards &#8211; Robins claim deserved win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Betfred Super League<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Hull KR (10) 22<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tries:<\/b> Burgess, Hiku, Whitbread, Leyland <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Goals:<\/b> Martin 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Leigh (4) 8<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tries:<\/b> Alick-Wiencke, Hodgson<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Reigning Super League champions Hull KR battled to a deserved win over Leigh Leopards.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The home side took the lead through Joe Burgess&#8217; 17th try of the season and Peta Hiku&#8217;s score added to their advantage before Jacob Alick-Wiencke got the away side on the scoreboard to make it 10-4 at the break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Robins lost Burgess to what looked like a shoulder injury in the opening minutes of the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Further tries from Jai Whitbread and Bill Leyland moved the game away from the visitors to leave Bailey Hodgson&#8217;s late effort nothing more than a consolation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Victory moved Willie Peters&#8217; men two points behind second-placed Warrington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leigh, who had won their past three since losing to Rovers last month, remain seventh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">More to follow.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Hull KR:<\/b> Broadbent, Davies, Hiku, Martin, Burgess, Lewis, May, Sue, Lawton, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Interchanges:<\/i> Luckley, Whitbread, Leyland, Pangai Junior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Leigh:<\/b> Armstrong, Senior, Niu, Hanley, Hodgson, Cook, O&#8217;Brien, Ofahengaue, Ipape, Mulhern, Halton, Alick-Wiencke, Liu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Interchanges:<\/i> Brogan, Pene, Davis, Horne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Referee:<\/b> Chris Kendall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-league\/articles\/czrxv1x3l3zo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betfred Super League Hull KR (10) 22 Tries: Burgess, Hiku, Whitbread, Leyland Goals: Martin 3 Leigh (4) 8 Tries: Alick-Wiencke, Hodgson Reigning<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a 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