2022 Hull Kingston Rovers season

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 losses to Wigan Warriors and 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 Win L 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

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

Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
19 February	2	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

W Win L 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

References

External links

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