WHILE pleased with his Hull KR team’s response to their Challenge Cup heartache from the previous weekend, coach Willie Peters is still seeking further improvements from his players.
Sunday’s 64-14 thrashing of London Broncos lifted the Robins up to fourth in the Super League standings, but Peters says their chances of going even higher will require better defence. The victory moved Peters’ side to within two points of leading St Helens, Wigan – who beat them in the previous weekend’s semi-final – and Warrington.
“We did make changes again, but we need to be able to adapt when we do make changes,” said Peters. “I’m not happy with the 14 points that we leaked in. “There were changes, but we need to handle it better especially defensively. We’re a defensive team, our focus is defence first, there’s no doubt about that. “We’ve gone away from being that team, we’ve been leaking 20-odd points in. The second half was not good enough, I don’t believe we’re where we want to get to.
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