In-form Hull KR score eight tries to thump Toulouse
Elliot Minchella got Hull KR's game off to the perfect start with his first Super League try of the season
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Toulouse (0) 0
Hull KR (18) 46
Tries: Minchella, Martin, Hadley, Burgess 2, Litten, Hiku, Whitbread Goals: Lewis, Martin 6
Reigning Super League champions Hull KR cruised to an emphatic 46-0 victory at Toulouse to secure a fourth successive win.
Skipper Elliot Minchella ran in from Jez Litten's pass to give the Robins an early lead before Rhyse Martin and Dean Hadley added to their advantage shortly before the break.
The away side stretched the lead after the interval through scores from Joe Burgess and Litten.
Peta Hiku marked his contract extension with a long‑range intercept try, before Jai Whitbread and Joe Burgess, with his second, completed the scoring.
The result was a sixth straight Super League defeat for Toulouse, who had started the year with two wins.
Hull KR's victory moved them up to sixth in the table, while Toulouse dropped to second from bottom.
Robins finding form after slow start
This was a markedly different trip to France compared to the one the Robins had last month.
A 26-20 defeat at Catalans left them with one win and three defeats from their opening four Super League games, after winning the treble in 2025.
However, they clicked into gear after that reverse and totally outclassed Toulouse.
Minchella put them in front nine minutes in and was denied a quickfire second when the video referee overturned the on-field decision of a try after he failed to ground the ball.
The home side dug in for 20 minutes and forced the Robins into a goalline drop-out but never really troubled the tryline, and Martin's score after an error from Olly Ashall-Bott was added to by Hadley to make it 18-0 at the break.
Burgess went over from Oliver Gildart's pass and Litten scored after Mikey Lewis broke through the Toulouse line to make it 30-0.
Hiku, who extended his contract until the end of next season earlier this week, grabbed an impressive intercept try after he cut out a pass 30 metres from his own line, and Lewis teed up Whitbread with some quality footwork.
Burgess wrapped up the win with his 12th try of the season.
The Robins visit Bradford Bulls next Saturday, while Toulouse are next in action at York Knights on Thursday when they will be looking for a first Super League win since 24 February.
'We took away their threats' - reaction
Hull KR head coach Willie Peters told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I'm really proud of that performance.
"It was 6-0 there for a while and we had a try disallowed, but what I liked is we didn't get frustrated by that and we found a way to get through that period.
[One keeping Toulouse to nil] "That's the best part. We haven't had one this year so it was nice to get our first. They're a really good attacking team but we kept them away for long periods and took away their threats.
"It was great to have Minnie (Elliot Minchella) back, he provides a lot of energy and leadership."
Peters: 'Really proud of that performance'
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott; Pons, Polselli, Rennie, Ulberg; Rouge, Lacans; Belmas, Hands, Butler, Jussaume, Stefani, Marion.
Interchanges: Rodriguez, Chan, Roumanos, Wallace.
Hull KR: Broadbent; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.
Interchanges: Whitbread, Martin, Dezaria, Leyland.
Referee: Aaron Moore.
