Grand Final mistakes KR must fix if they are to win the treble

WHAT LESSONS ROVERS HAVE TO LEARN FROM 2024

- By MATT SHAW

Bevan French scores a try for Wigan against Hull KR in last season's Grand Final

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On Saturday, Hull KR will return to the Old Trafford for the Super League Grand Final.

They get another crack at Wigan Warriors, the side that defeated them last season and denied them silverware on all fronts in 2024.

This time, the roles are reversed. The Robins are looking to complete the treble, and ensure Wigan end the year with no silverware.

Last year’s final was decided by fine margins. This one will most likely be the same. But the Robins have specific areas where they can look to improve that could well be the difference.

Here, we take a look at them.

The early stages of last year’s final were a battle for field position and territory. It ws a bruising battle, error-free and relentless.

But the Robins won that battle in the opening quarter. Wigan’s players appeared to be fatiguing as KR started to make tackle busts and then ramped up defensively.

The key player for Wigan in that period was one of their smallest, Harry Smith. The halfback kicked them out of trouble time and again, either getting great height on his kicks that slowed Rovers down, or finding the floor or touch.