Hull KR beat Huddersfield for first Super League win

Betfred Super League

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 cruised to their first league win of 2026 as they dispatched winless Huddersfield Giants.

After two defeats to start their campaign, the Robins went ahead early and never looked likely to relinquish the two points.

Oliver Gildart, Tom Davies and Joe Burgess scored tries in the first half before two from star man Mikey Lewis after the break and another from Davies completed the job.

Hull KR's victory takes them up to 12th, above Huddersfield, who sunk to the bottom of the table after a fourth consecutive loss.

The depleted Giants managed just one second-half try through talented young full-back George Flanagan Jr as they look set for another season of struggle.

Last year's treble winners have added the World Club title this season with their triumph over Brisbane Broncos last month, but that sandwiched successive league defeats.

The shock loss to newcomers York Knights and the 58-6 hammering by Leeds Rhinos in Las Vegas have left them playing catch-up in Super League and they started this game, bottom of the table and already eight 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 smart finish in the corner.

Huddersfield finished 10th last year but began that campaign with 10 straight defeats and they have started this one on the wrong foot as well.

That was evident in handling errors within their own half, which handed the ball to their opponents and from Tyrone May's miss-pass, Burgess walked one in.

Lewis scored the try of the game shortly into the second period with a trademark individual effort as he danced and dummied his way over after picking the ball up just inside the Huddersfield half.

The Giants eventually got on the scoreboard when Flanagan brilliantly caught Tui Lolohea's high kick and touched down, but it came at a cost as the full-back, the scorer of five of his side's eight Super League tries in 2026, injured himself on landing.

And it was only a temporary blip for the Robins as Davies rounded off a slick handling move and Lewis grabbed the final try, accelerating his way over.

But as Super League takes a break for a week, these two sides will resume action next Saturday as they meet again at the same ground in the last-16 of the Challenge Cup (15:00 GMT).

Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson told BBC Radio Leeds:

"Our effort at the moment is mega. We've got so many men missing, so much experience.

"I can't question our effort, the effort is great. But when you are missing that quality, you've got to be really good with the ball and at the moment we're coughing up way too much ball and making things way too difficult for ourselves.

"I think we completed at 65% in the first half. It doesn't matter which side you're playing against, when you give up that much ball, fatigue will set in and it'll come back to bite you."

Hull KR head coach Willie Peters told BBC Radio Humberside:

"We wanted to narrow our focus to our defence and competing hard.

"I thought our defence was really good today. That was an area we wanted to tighten up and we did that.

"It wasn't perfect, we've got some work to do but it was a step in the right 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)

Referee: Tom Grant.