The two sides will meet again this week in the Challenge Cup.
Oliver Gildart celebrates Hull KR’s win over Huddersfield Giants.
Hull KR head coach Willie Peters hailed a “step in the right direction” after his side finally kick-started their Super League campaign with a 32-6 win over Huddersfield Giants – and now they are preparing to return to the Accu Stadium in the Challenge Cup.
The defending champions grabbed their first victory of the new season after a chaotic start to the year that has included the World Club Challenge and the showcase event in Las Vegas.
Rovers ran in six tries against the injury-hit Giants, who will be without 14 players when the sides meet again this week in the Challenge Cup in West Yorkshire.
Peters said: “We wanted to compete hard and we wanted our defence to improve – and I thought we did that.
“The area I enjoyed most was the defence. They scored a try from a kick – not from shape or coming straight through the middle of us again.
“We’ll look at that, but overall I thought we scrambled really well for each other.
“It’s a step in the right direction. We’ve still got work to do and we’ll keep working hard.”
The two Super League sides clash again on Saturday in the fourth round of the prestigious Challenge Cup competition, with Peters insisting his team have often thrived in “do-or-die” matches – having won all major trophies across 2025.
He added: “We’ll have a look at team selection and work out what we think.
“When a team is doing a job, more often than not you stick with it. But it depends on who you’re playing, the style you want to go with and individual performances as well.
“It’s going to be a different challenge – a do-or-die game – and we’ve liked that in the past and reacted well.
“We’ll have to make sure we prepare well to perform.”
Utility forward Karl Lawton meanwhile has copped a three-match ban for dangerous contact on Huddersfield’s Matty English, receiving a Grade E from the RFL’s match review panel.