Morgan not down on his Robins

Hull KR coach Justin Morgan still found a few reasons to be cheerful despite seeing his side suffer a 38-16 loss at home to Huddersfield.

The Robins suffered a fifth defeat in seven Engage Super League outings in 2011 as they conceded seven tries against the high-flying Giants.

Kris Welham crossed twice for Rovers, his first try giving the hosts an early 6-0 lead in a game that was held up at half time by a floodlight failure.

The visitors ran in three tries in the final 10 minutes and Morgan felt the final scoreline was not a fair reflection on the game as a whole.

Good feeling

“I thought there was a lot of improvement on the last couple of weeks,” he said.

“With 12 or 15 minutes to go I had a good feeling about going on with the game and I don’t think the final score demonstrated the effort and closeness of the game.

“We made some strides forward. The desire was there but defensively we have to come up with some better decisions.

“You’ve got to give credit to Huddersfield. When they make a line break, they generally capitalise and score some points. They’re one of the form teams of Super League.”

Opposite number Nathan Brown felt Huddersfield “looked too good” for Hull KR – but only once they had knuckled down to the task in hand.

“I thought we started maybe with the wrong mindset of trying to score points from the start of the game,” he said.

“Once we knuckled down in that second half, I thought we looked too good for them.”

Both Danny Brough, who crossed twice as he contributed 16 points in total, and rookie winger Jermaine McGillvary, who scored his sixth try in as many games, were both picked out for special praise by Brown.

Good job

“It was the best game I’ve seen Jerry play,” the Australian said of McGillvary. “His concentration for 80 minutes was terrific.

“He thinks of himself as a Super League player and I think everyone will probably agree. He’s doing a really good job.

“Danny played some great stuff. He and Kevin Brown were pretty strong in the second half. As a whole, we’re happy to come here and get the points.”

Both teams were forced into an anxious wait during the break while efforts were made to repair a floodlight failure at New Craven Park.

“It was great that they got the lights back on for a couple of reasons,” added Brown.

“I was confident we would win the game and secondly when do you play a catch-up game when you’ve Easter coming and both clubs are planning on a decent Cup run?”