'Effort was there' for Wolves' Wembley trial run

WILLIE Peters felt his Hull KR team needed to dig deep to beat Warrington in their Challenge Cup final dress rehearsal on Friday.

- By ANDY HAMPSON

The Super League leaders triumphed 31-12 to land a psychological blow on the Wolves a fortnight before their Wembley date.

Yet despite scoring five tries in the first hour at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Rovers led only by two scores at 24-12 as Warrington rallied and Peters was relieved to hang on.

“Warrington didn’t go away, they kept going,” said Peters, whose side are now four points clear at the top of the table.

“If they'd got a try late it would have got pretty scary. We knew they wouldn’t give up.

“They had a lot of experienced players out but they certainly showed up for 80 (minutes).