Hull KR roared to their tenth straight win in all competitions as they demolished sorry Castleford with a 48-0 shut-out at The Jungle.
The all-conquering Betfred Tremendous League leaders ran in 9 tries and will have had loads extra as they picked up the place they left off from final week’s equally emphatic 68-6 win over Catalans.
Rovers’ newest mammoth victory underscored their completely dominant marketing campaign and more and more makes August’s journey to Wigan appear to be a straight shoot-out for this season’s League Leaders’ Defend.
Full-back Arthur Mourgue as soon as once more led the scoring charts with a try to six profitable kicks because the feeble hosts singularly did not construct on final week’s morale-boosting win at Hull FC.
It took Rovers simply 4 minutes to get again within the groove, the spectacular Tyrone Could discovering a niche for Jack Broadbent, and the pair mixed to despatched Noah Sales space flying over within the nook for the second quickly after.
Final week’s celebrations proved a distant reminiscence for Danny McGuire’s males, who may summon virtually nothing to hassle the Rovers rearguard in a rock-solid first interval.
Davies spilled an opportunity of a 3rd after crossing within the nook, however made amends simply earlier than the half-hour when he zoomed over to take the guests additional clear.
Castleford had a uncommon likelihood when Josh Simm discovered area on the best however he was quickly closed down and a subsequent goal-line drop-out got here for nothing.
Noah Sales space touches down within the nook for the primary of his two scores
Mikey Lewis scampered half the size of the sector to floor the ball however was hauled again by a profitable Captain’s Problem after Jez Litten was dominated to have ripped the ball from the hosts’ grasp.
Mourgue took his private tally for the primary half to eight after getting on the tip of a sweeping transfer out proper and after one other completely one-sided 40 minutes, Castleford may contemplate themselves lucky to solely path by 20.
The hosts’ tough evening was summed up quickly after the re-start when Innes Senior launched into a mazy run from deep in his personal half to nearby of the Rovers try-line, earlier than discovering Zac Cini who duly dropped the ball over the try-line.
Jai Whitbread pounced on Broadbent’s bobbling go to attain Rovers’ sixth, and Sales space curled in for a sixth after Senior spilled a excessive kick, because the guests continued their cruel assault.
Sales space turned supplier with a neat go inside for Peta Hiku to ease in, Davies went over for his second, and Broadbent dropped over with an outstanding catch from Lewis’ kick to finish the rout.
“I’m really happy with it off the back of Wembley,” mentioned Hull KR head coach Willie Peters. “Going into Catalans at home was a bit of a celebration, and people were saying this was going to be a banana-skin game for us.
“No matter what we might performed, this was a brand new recreation for us, we had a plan, and the boys executed it from begin to end. Like all video games it wasn’t good, however it was one other actually robust efficiency.”
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