Hull KR Beat Huddersfield For Very First Super League Win
ByAdam Lanigan
BBC Sport England
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Huddersfield (0) 6
Try: Flanagan Goal: Russell
Hull KR (16) 32
Tries: Gildart, Davies 2, Burgess, Lewis 2 Goals: Lewis, Martin 3
Champions Hull KR travelled to their first league win of 2026 as they dispatched winless Huddersfield Giants.
After two defeats to start their campaign, the Robins proceeded early and never looked most likely to relinquish the two points.
Oliver Gildart, Tom Davies and Joe Burgess scored tries in the very first half before 2 from star male Mikey Lewis after the break and another from Davies finished the task.
Hull KR's success takes them as much as 12th, above Huddersfield, who sunk to the bottom of the table after a fourth consecutive loss.
The depleted Giants handled just one second-half shot through talented young full-back George Flanagan Jr as they look set for another season of battle.
Last year's treble winners have actually added the World Club title this season with their accomplishment over Brisbane Broncos last month, however that sandwiched succeeding league defeats.
The shock loss to newcomers York Knights and the 58-6 hammering by Leeds Rhinos in Las Vegas have actually left them playing catch-up in Super League and they started this video game, bottom of the table and currently 8 points adrift of early leaders Wigan Warriors.
But Gildart's try inside three minutes got them up and running at the Accu Stadium. Jez Litten dropped the ball with a try begging, but shortly after, winger Davies produced a clever finish in the corner.
Huddersfield ended up 10th in 2015 however started that project with 10 straight defeats and they have started this one on the incorrect foot as well.
That appeared in handling errors within their own half, which handed the ball to their opponents and from Tyrone May's miss-pass, Burgess strolled one in.
Lewis scored the shot of the video game quickly into the second duration with a hallmark specific effort as he danced and dummied his method over after selecting the ball up just inside the Huddersfield half.
The Giants ultimately got on the scoreboard when Flanagan remarkably caught Tui Lolohea's high kick and touched down, however it came at an expense as the full-back, the scorer of five of his side's eight Super League tries in 2026, hurt himself on landing.
And it was just a short-lived blip for the Robins as Davies settled a slick handling relocation and Lewis the final try, accelerating his method over.
But as Super League takes a break for a week, these 2 sides will resume action next Saturday as they meet again at the exact same ground in the last-16 of the Challenge Cup (15:00 GMT).
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Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson told BBC Radio Leeds:
"Our effort at the moment is mega. We've got many guys missing out on, so much experience.
"I can't question our effort, the effort is great. But when you are missing out on that quality, you have actually got to be actually excellent with the ball and at the minute we're coughing up way excessive ball and making things way too challenging for ourselves.
"I believe we completed at 65% in the first half. It does not matter which side you're betting, when you provide up that much ball, fatigue will embed in and it'll return to bite you."
"We desired to narrow our focus to our defence and competing hard.
"I thought our defence was actually good today. That was a location we wished to tighten up and we did that.
"It wasn't perfect, we have actually got some work to do but it was an action in the best direction."
Huddersfield: Flanagan; Zenon, Gagai, Milne, Carr; Lolohea, Russell; Patolo, Rush, T Burgess, O'Donnell, Billington, English.
Interchanges: Powell, Rogers, King, Cozza.
Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, J Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Hadley, Lawton, Batchelor, Minchella.
Interchanges: Amone, Luckley, Whitbread, Martin.
Sin-bin: Lawton (64 )