Hull KR<\/a> \u2019s 32-6 win over Huddersfield Giants, which marked the Robins\u2019 first victory of the Super League season.<\/p>\nThe forward was sent to the sin-bin for a cannonball tackle on Huddersfield\u2019s English during the contest, with the Giants forward subsequently forced from the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty straightforward. Karl did the wrong thing and he was aware of that straight afterwards,\u201d Peters said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was apologetic, and the person we need to think about here is Matty English and making sure he\u2019s okay. I believe he\u2019s going for scans, so I\u2019m not sure of the full extent of it yet. It wasn\u2019t good for Matty, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe accept the punishment and Karl will sit on the sidelines now. We know that type of tackle needs to be out of the game. There were a couple on the weekend, so we got what we deserved in that respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
The round four Super League clash marked Lawton\u2019s first Super League start since his move from the North Queensland Cowboys, with the Australian named in the back row.<\/p>\n
He has featured in every game for the Robins so far this season but will now begin serving his suspension with this weekend\u2019s Challenge Cup clash against Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019s frustrating for him and we\u2019ll all support him,\u201d Peters added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day, Karl knows he did the wrong thing. When he has that choice to make again, he\u2019ll make a better decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t do it intentionally to hurt Matty English, but he knows now that he made the wrong decision. In hindsight, he would have handled it differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike always, regardless of the situation, we\u2019ll support our players and make sure he\u2019s ready to go again in a few weeks\u2019 time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, fellow off-season recruit Declan Murphy is facing an extended spell on the sidelines due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n
The young full-back joined the club from Salford ahead of the 2026 season and is yet to make his official debut, though he did feature in a pre-season outing against Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n
Murphy now joins Arthur Mourgue in the treatment room, with the France international recently undergoing surgery on a pectoral injury sustained during the World Club Challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cDec is out for about eight weeks,\u201d Peters confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s another full-back. At the moment, they\u2019re the ones getting injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never want to see any player get injured. Some injuries you can prevent, but there are plenty you can\u2019t, and this was one of those – a knee injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s only young and has a lot to learn. He\u2019s still relatively new to the game, so it\u2019s an opportunity for him to stay involved, learn from the coaches and bring his own ideas and thoughts. That\u2019s important for his development.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obviously not ideal for Dec at this stage of his career, but it\u2019s an unfortunate part of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, all other players came through the recent win over Huddersfield without any major injury concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Willie Peters on Hull KR’s latest suspension blow and confirmation of a long-term injury. Hull KR head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20448,20372,5903,20370,101,20373,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-470858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-challenge-cup","tag-hull-kr","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-super-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470858","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=470858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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