{"id":473318,"date":"2026-03-13T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/473318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:35:08","slug":"hull-kr-boss-makes-clear-point-about-pressure-before-huddersfield-giants-challenge-cup-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/473318\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR boss makes clear point about pressure before Huddersfield Giants Challenge Cup tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hull KR’s Challenge Cup title defence continues this weekend at Huddersfield Giants.\"Hull<\/p>\n

Hull KR head coach Willie Peters with the Challenge Cup at Sewell Group Craven Park.<\/p>\n

Head coach Willie Peters insists Hull KR feel no extra pressure as Challenge Cup holders ahead of their fourth round clash with Huddersfield Giants.<\/p>\n

The Robins ended a 40-year wait for major silverware last June with a dramatic 8-6 Wembley victory over Warrington Wolves. That triumph sparked a sensational campaign as Rovers went on to win the lot in a historic season for the East Hull club.<\/p>\n

Now their Challenge Cup defence continues this weekend with another trip to West Yorkshire. Hull KR<\/a> finally kick-started their Super League campaign with an emphatic 32-6 win over an injury-hit Huddersfield side last week.<\/p>\n

The reigning champions knew they would be the hunted this year after the successes of 2025, but Peters insists there\u2019s no added pressure on his side as title holders in the prestigious competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d he said. \u201cYou could say that about any game because we hold all the trophies at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a different pressure in terms of every team you play – no matter the competition – they\u2019re up for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople talk about us being hunted and all that, and every team that comes against us is gunning for us. We know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about controlling the areas we can and how we prepare and apply ourselves every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rovers controlled last week\u2019s Super League meeting at the Accu Stadium, running in six tries to claim their first points of the season.<\/p>\n

Peters has hinted he could shuffle his squad for Saturday\u2019s tie, while confirming Bill Leyland will replace the suspended Karl Lawton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Huddersfield boss Luke Robinson, meanwhile, is battling a mounting injury crisis with 15 players sidelined and another unavailable through being cup-tied<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Peters has warned his side not to expect an easy ride.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuddersfield will still put together a good team,\u201d he said. \u201cI know they\u2019re talking about a couple of young guys, but they\u2019ve still got experienced players in there as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got some big forwards too. They went with a big pack last week with plenty of experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were competitive from minute one to minute 79 last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what we\u2019re going to get, but we want to focus on us. That\u2019s been our attitude for a while because we need to get ourselves right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull KR’s Challenge Cup title defence continues this weekend at Huddersfield Giants. Hull KR head coach Willie Peters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20448,20372,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-473318","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-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473318","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=473318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}