ARE THE ROBINS HEADING FOR GLORY?
TALKING RUGBY LEAGUE
With
MARTYN SADLER
Editor
AFTER their hard-fought 10-6 victory against Wigan on Friday night, Hull KR now look certain to win the League Leaders’ Shield.
With five matches left to play, they are six points ahead of second-placed Wigan with a significantly superior points difference.
It would be astonishing if their form now collapsed and they didn’t win the Shield.
But of course the key question is whether they can go on to win the Grand Final.
Many Rugby League supporters, including the Robins’ fans and those fans who don’t support other clubs that will be in the play-offs, will be hoping they can. Many people who don’t support Wigan, St Helens or Leeds would like to see a new name on the Super League trophy.
At the end of the regular season it will be the 23rd time that the League Leaders’ Shield will have been presented, since it was first handed over to Bradford Bulls in 2003.
But how many of the previous 22 have gone on to win the Grand Final?