Match Report – Warrington 12 – 32 Hull K R

Hull KR take a 32-12 victory over Warrington Wolves in their Challenge Cup semi-final; Robins were forced to ride out a rocky period either side of half-time; two tries each for Joe Burgess and James Batchelor saw them ease home; Hull KR meet Wigan in Wembley Stadium final on May 30

Hull KR sealed their third Wembley appearance in four years after a five-try show saw off Warrington and earned a 32-12 win for Willie Peters’ men in their Betfred Challenge Cup semi-final in Doncaster.

Three second-half efforts effectively confirmed victory for Rovers in a much more straightforward replay of last year’s nerve-jangling final in London, when Mikey Lewis’ last-ditch kick ended a 40-year barren spell for the red-and-white half of Humberside.

Twelve months on Rovers are world champions and treble winners, and despite being forced to ride out a rocky period either side of half-time, two tries each for Joe Burgess and James Batchelor saw them ease home to secure their first Wembley clash with Wigan later this month.

If Lewis was integral to their late charge it was his half-back partner Tyrone May who was at the centre of Rovers’ lightning start, as they started befitting of a side who had rustled up over 40 points in five of their last six matches.

May dispatched Batchelor through a gap to open the scoring in the third minute, and after Lewis converted it should have got worse for Wire, with only a combination of Josh Thewlis and Josh Smith preventing Burgess from barging over in the corner.

Warrington ought to have made them pay in the subsequent period in which they dominated territory but found the door to a second try firmly latched on both flanks.

Instead, it was Rovers who pushed a step closer to Wembley when Oliver Gildart darted over just before the hour after May’s pass following a successful Captain’s Challenge for a Warrington knock-on.

Martin kicked Rovers into three-score territory after Sneyd was penalised for a push, and Rovers sealed it in gleeful fashion seven minutes from time when Warrington failed to gather Lewis’s high kick and Burgess somersaulted over for his second.

Sam Stone ran onto Matty Ashton’s bobbling kick to score a consolation try in the closing stages. But Batchelor still had time to score his second with Martin putting the gloss on a convincing win.

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