Champs KR bank on core of reliant Robins

HULL KR are confident familiarity will breed success once again this season as the 2025 treble winners set their sights on building a Super League dynasty.

- BY JAMES SMAILES

Club owner Neil Hudgell and CEO Paul Lakin have both spoken openly about driving the Robins to the next level in establishing them as the dominant force in the British game, with the players buying in to that objective under back-to-back coach of the year Willie Peters.

Among them is forward Dean Hadley, KR’s longest-serving player alongside hooker and fellow Hull-born star Jez Litten.

Hadley has seen the incredible growth in East Hull and the rise of the Robins, playing a key role as one of the most underrated players by those outside of Hull KR and one of the most important with his ability to play anywhere across the pack.

The 33-year-old will line up for his eighth season at Craven Park with a familiar family around him, with the majority of KR’s Grand Final-winning team ready to go again.