2021 Hull Kingston Rovers season

2021 Hull Kingston Rovers season
2021 Hull Kingston Rovers season
Team information
CEO	Neil Hudgell
Head Coach	Tony Smith
Stadium	KCOM Craven Park; Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

In the 2021 rugby league season, Hull Kingston Rovers competed in Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup. They were coached by Tony Smith.

Results[edit]

Super League[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification^[a]
1	Catalans Dragons (L)	23	19	0	4	688	398	172.9	38	82.61	Semi-final
2	St. Helens (C)	21	16	0	5	548	229	239.3	32	76.19	Semi-final
3	Warrington Wolves	21	15	1	5	588	354	166.1	31	73.81	Elimination Semi-finals
4	Wigan Warriors	25	15	0	10	387	385	100.5	30	60.00
5	Leeds Rhinos	24	13	0	11	556	440	126.4	26	54.17
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	20	10	0	10	497	458	108.5	20	50.00
7	Castleford Tigers	23	11	0	12	437	552	79.2	22	47.83
8	Hull FC	21	8	1	12	409	476	85.9	17	40.48
9	Huddersfield Giants	24	9	0	15	460	516	89.1	18	37.50
10	Wakefield Trinity	24	9	0	15	482	548	88.0	18	37.50
11	Salford Red Devils	22	7	0	15	402	584	68.8	14	31.82
12	Leigh Centurions (R)	22	2	0	20	356	870	40.9	4	9.09	Relegated to the Championship

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

Super League results[edit]

W Win D Draw L Loss

Super League results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Attendance	Report
27 March	1	Catalans Dragons	N	Emerald Headingley	L	28–29	— ^[a]	RLP
1 April	2	St Helens	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	0–25	—^[a]	RLP
16 April	3	Huddersfield Giants	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	25–24	—^[a]	RLP
23 April	4	Leeds Rhinos	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–6	—^[a]	RLP
1 May	5	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	26–50	—^[a]	RLP
17 May	6	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	26–22	3,600	RLP
23 May	7	Wakefield Trinity	A	Mobile Rocket Stadium	L	12–28	4,000	RLP
30 May	8	Leigh Centurions	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	40–16	4,000	RLP
11 June	9	Salford Red Devils	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	40–4	4,000	RLP
18 June	10	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	W	18–8	5,018	RLP
24 July	13	Catalans Dragons	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	30–32		RLP
2 August	17	Catalans Dragons	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	16–23	6,347	RLP
8 August	18	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	34–28	2,541	RLP
13 August	19	Wigan Warriors	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–14	6,230	RLP
21 August	20	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	L	22–23	15,000	RLP
26 August	21	Wakefield Trinity	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	18–25		RLP
30 August	22	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	L	28–40	3,652	RLP
5 September	23	Leigh Centurions	N	St James' Park	W	44–6	25,762	RLP
11 September	24	Castleford Tigers	H	Hull College Craven Park	W	26–19		RLP
17 September	25	Leeds Rhinos	A	Emerald Headingley	L	12–36		RLP

Play-offs[edit]

Play-off results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
24 September	Eliminators	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	19–0				RLP
30 September	Semi-finals	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	10–28			11,530	RLP

Team bracket[edit]

Eliminators			Semi-finals			Grand Final

			1	Catalans Dragons	28
3	Warrington Wolves	0	6	Hull Kingston Rovers	10
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	19				1	Catalans Dragons	10
						2	St Helens	12
			2	St Helens	36
4	Wigan Warriors	0	5	Leeds Rhinos	8
5	Leeds Rhinos	8

Source:Rugby League Project

Challenge Cup[edit]

W Win L Loss

Challenge Cup results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
9 April	3	Castleford Tigers	H	Hull College Craven Park	L	32–33	Abdull, Kenny-Dowall, Parcell, Quinlan, Ryan, Vete	Abdull (2), Lewis (2)	—^[a]^[b]	RLP

Squad[edit]

Hull Kingston Rovers 2021 Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Adam Quinlan – FB 2 Ben Crooks – WG, CE 3 Greg Minikin – CE, WG 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall – CE, WG 5 Ryan Hall – WG 7 Jordan Abdull – SH, SO, LF (GK) 8 Albert Vete – PR 9 Matt Parcell – HK 10 Korbin Sims – PR, LF 11 Brad Takairangi – SR, CE 12 Kane Linnett – SR, CE 13 Dean Hadley – LF, HK 14 Jez Litten – HK		15 George Lawler – LF, PR, SR 16 George King – LF, PR 17 Elliot Minchella – SR 18 Matty Storton – SR, LF 19 Will Dagger – FB, WG (GK) 20 Mikey Lewis – SH, SO 21 Owen Harrison – SR, LF 23 Ethan Ryan – WG 24 Joe Keyes – SO, SH 25 Rowan Milnes – SO, SH 26 Will Maher – PR 27 Luis Johnson – PR		28 Muizz Mustapha – PR 29 Anesu Mudoti – PR 30 Will Tate – WG, FB 31 Thomas Whur – PR 32 Charlie Cavanaugh – HK 33 Jimmy Keinhorst – CE				Head coach Tony Smith Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker Updated: 21 February 2021 Source(s): 2021 Squad Numbers

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Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic
^ Broadcast on Our League

References[edit]

^ Rugby League Project

[1] Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

[Covid-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[OurLeague-3] Broadcast on Our League

[4] Rugby League Project

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v t e Hull Kingston Rovers
Founded in 1882 • Based in Kingston upon Hull, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players Coaches
Home grounds	Albert Street Anlaby Road Chalk Lane Hessle Road (2) Craven Street Ground The Boulevard Craven Park New Craven Park
Hall of Fame	Jonty Parkin Neil Fox Roger Millward
League	Super League
Championships (5)	1922–23 1924–25 1978–79 1983–84 1984–85
Challenge Cup (1)	1979–80
Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Culture	Hull Derby
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1897)