{"id":443323,"date":"2026-02-24T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443323\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:24:09","slug":"hull-krs-major-selection-call-while-dean-hadley-fitness-verdict-awaited-for-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443323\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR’s major selection call while Dean Hadley fitness verdict awaited for Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our predicted 17 for Hull KR’s Las Vegas showdown.\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Broadbent could be given a starting opportunity for Hull KR in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Having been crowned world club champions following their epic 30-24 triumph over NRL heavyweights the Brisbane Broncos, the Robins are now determined to kick-start their Super League campaign on the global stage in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Willie Peters\u2019 all-conquering Rovers have headed Stateside to join the NRL\u2019s Sin City extravaganza, where they will take on Leeds Rhinos at the 65,000-capacity Allegiant Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

They are set to do so without full-back Arthur Mourgue, who was forced off during the first half of last week\u2019s World Club Challenge showdown with a shoulder injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His withdrawal prompted a reshuffle, with Mikey Lewis switching to full-back, Jez Litten moving into the halves and interchange hooker Karl Lawton entering the fray.<\/p>\n

However, Hull KR<\/a> are likely to want to retain their established halves partnership of Lewis and Tyrone May, leaving several options to fill the vacant full-back berth.<\/p>\n

The leading candidate appears to be Jack Broadbent, who travelled with the squad from Hull to Las Vegas on Sunday. The 25-year-old played an influential role in Rovers\u2019 treble-winning 2025 campaign, making 30 appearances and scoring 17 tries.<\/p>\n

Eight of those outings came at full-back, alongside spells at centre, on the wing and off the bench. Broadbent would represent a natural replacement for France international Mourgue, having demonstrated his versatility and quality throughout a hugely successful season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, influential back-rower Dean Hadley has also made the trip and will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness<\/a> after suffering a suspected fractured eye socket in his courageous display against Brisbane.<\/p>\n

That said, selecting him would carry obvious risk given the nature of the injury. With Mourgue\u2019s absence also removing a goal-kicking option, Rhyse Martin could be promoted to the starting back-row. The Papua New Guinea international came off the bench at the MKM Stadium last week and assumed kicking duties.<\/p>\n

Such a move would create a vacancy on the interchange bench. After being elevated from 18th man to the starting line-up against York following Hadley\u2019s late withdrawal with a rib injury, Jack Brown could be in line for another opportunity in the entertainment capital of the world.<\/p>\n

Livewire hooker Jez Litten also overcame illness to put in a player-of-the-match performance against Michael Maguire’s Broncos, and will be fit to feature this weekend in Vegas.<\/p>\n

Hull KR\u2019s predicted 17<\/p>\n

Starting 13: Jack Broadbent, Tom Davies, Peta Hiku, Oliver Gildart, Joe Burgess, Mikey Lewis, Tyrone May, Sauaso Sue, Jez Litten, Tom Amone, Rhyse Martin, James Batchelor, Elliot Minchella.<\/p>\n

Bench: Sam Luckley, Jai Whitbread, Karl Lawton, Jack Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our predicted 17 for Hull KR’s Las Vegas showdown. Jack Broadbent could be given a starting opportunity for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20372,5903,20370,161165,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-443323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-hull-kr","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-rugby-league-las-vegas","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}