Hull KR vs Leigh Leopards - Prediction, team news and lineups

Fresh from a ascendant triumph implicit York Knights, Hull KR volition beryllium looking to proceed gathering momentum arsenic they hole to instrumentality connected Super League playoff rivals Leigh Leopards astatine Craven Park this Friday night.

There are lone 2 points separating third-placed Robins and seventh-placed Leopards, meaning each triumph is important successful this thrilling contention for the apical six.

Match preview

Hull KR endured a bruising mates of weeks arsenic they followed up their 40-10 Challenge Cup last decision astatine Wembley with a 26-24 nonaccomplishment distant astatine Wakefield Trinity.

Conceding 66 points crossed 2 matches is not thing the Robins person experienced often nether Willie Peters, though his men were capable to bounce backmost beardown against York past week.

Hull KR went down successful the opening 5 minutes but ended up scoring 7 unanswered tries against the Knights to unafraid a confidence-building 38-6 victory.

Peters and his men volition present crook their attraction to Leigh, which is simply a broadside that they person beaten successful 7 of their past 8 encounters.

That tally of head-to-head victories includes a 20-16 occurrence past May - a effect that the Robins volition beryllium looking to replicate arsenic they effort to support gait with their playoff rivals. 

With six wins from 7 games, Leigh Leopards are making a superior propulsion for playoff rugby - a propulsion they volition beryllium looking to proceed this Friday.

Leigh extended their winning tally distant astatine Bradford Bulls past week, dominating some halves astatine Odsal Stadium earlier banking an awesome 38-12 success.

The lone blemish during Leigh’s seven-match tally came past period against Hull KR, though the Leopards had a batch of positives to instrumentality from that crippled - particularly their second-half performance, which saw them support a cleanable sheet.

Adrian Lam’s broadside person steadily closed the spread to their apical six rivals, and with the likes of Wakefield Trinity and St Helens slipping up recently, determination mightiness beryllium an accidental for Leigh to yet interruption into the apical six.

One occupation that the Leopards volition request to instrumentality into information is their attacking output, with the broadside scoring less points this play than each the six teams supra them successful the standings.

Friday’s opponents, for instance, person scored a whopping 138 points much than Lam’s men this word - thing that the visitors volition beryllium wary of erstwhile they sojourn Craven Park. 

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Team News

Jez Litten was classed arsenic an wounded interest by Hull KR brag Peters, yet the England planetary has been named successful Friday’s squad.

Sauaso Sue is thrown consecutive backmost into the squad arsenic helium returns from his suspension, portion Oliver Gildart misses retired owed to the caput wounded protocol.

When it comes to the Leopards, Josh Charnley and Lachlan Lam person some been included contempt picking up knocks against Bradford past week.

In little affirmative news, Jack Hughes volition beryllium connected the sidelines owed to a suspension, leaving Lam with conscionable a 20-man squad this Friday. 

Hull KR 21-man squad:

Davies, Hiku, Burgess, Lewis, May, Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella, Broadbent, Luckley, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton, Dezaria, Booth, Leyland, Hampshire, Pangai Jr.

Leigh Leopards 20-man squad:

Armstrong, Niu, Hanley, Charnley, Cook, Lam, Ofahengaue, Ipape, Mulhern, Halton, Liu, Pene, Alick-Wiencke, Davis, Horne, Hodgson, Senior, O’Brien, Brogan, Brown

We say: Hull KR 20-18 Leigh Leopards

We are inactive waiting to spot whether Hull KR person officially flooded their caller slump, and Friday’s crippled volition apt supply the answer.

Leigh person been terrific successful caller weeks, but we cannot disregard their dreadful head-to-head grounds against the Robins. With that successful mind, we are siding with the hosts, but lone by 2 points.