| Hull KR (4) 10 |
| Tries: Parcell, Storton Goal: Coote |
| Huddersfield (10) 38 |
| Tries: Cudjoe 3, Yates, Leutele, Pryce, McGillvary Goals: Pryce 5 |
Leroy Cudjoe claimed a hat-trick as Huddersfield Giants came from behind to thrash Hull KR for their sixth straight Super League win.
Matt Parcell gave Rovers a second-minute lead before the Giants stormed back with seven unanswered tries.
Veteran centre Cudjoe grabbed three of them, with Luke Yates, Ricky Leutele and Will Pryce also going over.
Jermaine McGillvary completed the rout with his 200th Huddersfield try before Matty Storton’s consolation score.
The Robins were on the front foot straight from kick-off and went in front from their opening set when a Mikey Lewis grubber kick deflected into the path of Parcell, who finished clinically.
Although Frankie Halton’s effort soon afterwards was controversially ruled out by video referee Tom Grant, Rovers’ courageous defending enabled them to hold that advantage until the half-hour mark.
But Owen Trout’s drive and a kick from Tui Lolohea then set up Cudjoe to cross the line and, although the centre appeared to have fumbled, Grant confirmed the score after a replay.
Pryce’s conversion put the Giants ahead – and his kick before half-time then produced an awkward bounce that Jimmy Keinhorst could only claw straight to Cudjoe, who gratefully gobbled up his second.
That gave Huddersfield a 10-4 half-time lead and they immediately increased it after the turnaround, stunning the home side with two tries inside the first three minutes.
Rovers came unstuck after a short kick-off, with Yates intercepting and galloping clear to score before another break handed Leutele the opportunity to cross the line for the Giants’ fourth try.
It got worse for the demoralised Robins, with McGillvary setting up Cudjoe to complete his treble before Pryce supplemented five successful kicks with a try of his own.
McGillvary then raced through a gap in the Rovers defence to bring up his double century and many of the home supporters had already departed by the time Storton scored with a solo effort three minutes from the final hooter.
Hull KR: Coote, Ryan, Crooks, Kenny-Dowall, Hall, Lewis, Milnes, King, Parcell, Storton, Halton, Hadley, Minchella.
Interchanges: Vete, Litten, Keinhorst, Richards.
Huddersfield: Lolohea, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Leutele, Senior, Russell, Pryce, Wilson, Levi, Lawrence, McQueen, Jones, English.
Interchanges: Yates, Greenwood, Golding, Trout.
Referee: C. Kendall.
