{"id":612768,"date":"2026-05-30T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612768\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:58:12","slug":"sauaso-sue-cherishing-new-hull-kr-moment-as-wembley-familiarity-holds-key-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612768\/","title":{"rendered":"Sauaso Sue cherishing new Hull KR moment as Wembley familiarity holds key advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

From famine to feast in remarkable fashion, Rovers are back at Wembley for the third time in four yearsJames Smailes<\/a> Head of All Out Rugby League and Yorkshire sport at Reach plc<\/p>\n

05:00, 30 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Hull<\/p>\n

Hull KR’s Sauaso Sue celebrates to the fans after his side win the Challenge Cup trophy.<\/p>\n

It can be easy when you develop a welcome habit of winning every trophy available, to not contemplate when the incredible ride will stop, or taking the time to pause and look out the window at what\u2019s happening around you.<\/p>\n

A disadvantage of youth perhaps and the advantage of experience is knowing just how precious these times are and how hard major finals are to come by. For some younger players in the Rovers squad, major finals are bread and butter stretching back to 2023, with KR in their third Challenge Cup final in four years, having played two Grand Finals and a World Club Challenge.<\/p>\n

From famine to feast in remarkable fashion, Rovers under the leadership of Willie Peters have become the current dominant force in the game. It\u2019s a great story to tell when careers have ended, a story of those glory days.<\/p>\n

For Sauaso \u2018Jesse\u2019 Sue, the past couple of years have been a glorious bookmark to a career of earning the hard yards for his teams, of so often going without the rewards that now befall him and his team-mates. In many ways it makes it all the sweeter. At the age of 34 and with these opportunities running out, it also makes ensuring the little moments are savoured, all the more important.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to make the most of every opportunity because these finals don\u2019t come easy, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d explains Sue. \u201cWe may have played in a few of these recently, but they never come easy, it takes a lot to get here.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou soak it up and take in every moment, cherish the moments as they come and make sure you have no regrets when you leave that field. I\u2019ll try take it all in.\u201d<\/p>\n

While a decision has been made privately on what\u2019s next for the out of contract forward, that will come after Wembley, for now the focus is on adding to the trophy haul.<\/p>\n

Rovers go into the game as favourites against Wigan Warriors, as they bid to hold onto the trophy they won last year against Warrington Wolves. Having that experience under their belts is important says Sue, if only for the fact he knows to expect to not be able to hear any of his team-mates at times in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the stadium is an advantage, knowing what to expect with the crowd and how loud it is going to be,\u201d adds Sue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crazy out there. Last year we couldn\u2019t even hear each other speaking, it was that loud. That is when the preparation comes in and knowing everyone\u2019s role and game plan, then it becomes second nature and you know where you need to be even when you\u2019re struggling to communicate that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need that noise though. There will be a time when we are blowing out of our arses and we need that energy from the crowd to get us through it. We fed off that last year and we will again.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Rovers win would be a unique double following Hull City<\/a> \u2019s play-off finals success last weekend, as Hull takes centre stage once again at the national stadium.<\/p>\n

Sue has enjoyed seeing the celebrations in recent days, with a reminder of what KR went through last year, but he\u2019s determined to make sure it\u2019s not a distraction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really good result from Hull City last week and the town is buzzing after that, we\u2019re buzzing for them too,\u201d said Sue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s important is we don\u2019t get sucked into that outside noise and we keep our focus on the job at hand. Willie has done a really good job of keeping us grounded, but you have to enjoy the little moments too and enjoy the build-up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From famine to feast in remarkable fashion, Rovers are back at Wembley for the third time in four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612769,"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-612768","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\/612768","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=612768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}