| Warrington (6) 21 |
| Tries: McGuire, Currie, Ashton Goals: Ratchford 4 Drop-goal: Williams |
| Hull KR (12) 14 |
| Tries: Opacic, Linnett Goals: Lewis 3 |
Warrington Wolves left it late to seal a comeback win against Hull KR and maintain their lead at the top of the Super League table.
The visitors raced ahead with two tries in six minutes as Tom Opacic and Kane Linnett crossed but Josh McGuire cut down the deficit just before the break.
Ben Currie levelled things up at 12-12 soon into the second half.
Mikey Lewis and Stefan Ratchford exchanged penalty kicks before Matty Ashton ran in a late winner for Wire.
The result means that Warrington’s lead at the top of the Super League table stretches to four points by virtue of Wigan’s defeat by Leeds, while KR are third and level on points with the Cherry and Whites.
Hull KR went into a deserving lead courtesy of Opacic and Linnett’s tries, with the hosts stunned by the Robins’ double early on.
But McGuire made amends to get the hosts off the mark before the break, with Currie’s try getting them back on level terms.
The game grew more cagey with Lewis and Ratchford’s kicking eventually levelling things up at 14-14, with Lewis hitting the post and missing the chance to send KR ahead.
But Ashton dived in at the corner and George Williams kicked a late drop-goal to rescue victory for the hosts.
Warrington: Thewlis; Russell, Mata’utia, Ratchford, Ashton; Williams, Drinkwater; Bullock, Walker, Vaughan, Currie, McGuire, Harrison.
Interchanges: Dufty, D Clark, Kasiano, Philbin; Green.
Hull KR: Ryan; Kenny-Dowall, Opacic, C Hall, R Hall; Lewis, Litten; Hadley, Parcell, King, Batchelor, Linnett, Minchella.
Interchanges: Sue, Kennedy, Wood, Luckley; Storton.
Referee: Ben Thaler.
