As it happened… The Robins fall to defeat at St. Helens.

The Robins fell to a 28-6 defeat at St. Helens. Here's as it happened...

The 21-man Squads:

Starting line ups:

KICK OFF: Rowan Milnes will get the game underway via the left boot!

Let's go boys! 👊

1' FORWARD PASS! Saints take in a bouncing ball but the final pass was forward!

The Robins now making ground upfield!

5' Penalty to Saints. The Robins are pinged for offside after a deep kick into St. Helens territory. KR now defending on their own line after the restart.

6' HELD UP! Roby is held up under the sticks and KR force the turnover. Great defensive work from King and Litten. KR get the six again on the first tackle as they look to get going in attack but Saints are stifling the Robins' attack.

9' Saints are pinged for offside but following a ball steal after the restart St. Helens are back in possession.

11' Penalty to Saints. Lomax slips on his back and his caught high by Hall on the way down. Knowles now takes the drive in from the restart but he's met firmly by Kennedy on the Robins' 20!

13' Scrum to Saints. KR spill Welsby's kick on the last and it's repeat possession for the hosts on our line.

14' GREAT DEFENCE! Makinson is thrown into touch after trying to fly over in the corner. Huge play from the Robins as Ryan takes the first run in, followed by Kennedy and King!

17' ERROR SAINTS! SKD drops the ball early in the set but the skipper follows up with a huge try-saving tackle on Welsby who spills the ball forward!

18' Knock on. Ryan fumbles the ball after the tackle and Saints are back on the Robins' line.

19' Penalty to Saints. Frustration from the hosts as KR keep them out but St. Helens get the penalty for an offside.

21' KNOCK ON! Welsby can't take in Mikey Lewis' kick and the Robins will get a set on the Saints' 20!

Sam Luckley also joins the field replacing Rhys Kennedy.

24' GLDO! Lewis stabs a grubber through for SKD but Percival reaches it first and KR force the drop out! Lewis takes it in from the restart before Milnes steps off his left foot and moves the ball towards the posts.

25' Turnover. Lewis loses possession going for the end of set kick and the Robins now look to keep Saints' contained in their own half from the restart. Still 0-0.

28' Knock on. Lomax pins Lewis in the corner with a kick across the greasy surface before the fullback fumbles over the ball. St. Helens have the scrum on KR's 30 as Storton comes on for King.

30' Penalty to Saints. Litten and Hadley fly into contact and Delaney is caught high. Percival signals for the two.

Percival converts. (1/1)

St. Helens 2 - 0 Hull KR

34' PENALTY! Ethan Ryan is caught high and KR tap it on their own 40 to get the new set started. Luckley offloads the ball to Litten as KR spread it to the left looking for a gap.

35' CLOSE! Schneider grubbers through for Ryan but the winger can't take it in. KR turn the ball over 5 out from Saints' line.

37' Try for St. Helens. After a KR error sweeping up Saints' kick, Mata'utia crosses for the hosts.

Makinson misses. (0/1)

St. Helens 6 - 0 Hull KR

Half time: A kick is deflected by the Saints' man and the hooter goes. The Robins trail 6-0 at half time.

The boys are back out for the second-half! Let's go!

41' St. Helens kick us off as Hall and Hadley take the first two runs of the second half. Litten now through half a gap gets KR to Saints' 30!

44' SKD spills Milnes' kick on the last and KR are back defending. Welsby looks for a gap down the Robins' left edge and KR are outnumbered on the short side.

46' Try for Saints. Makinson takes advantage of an overlap on the Robins' left edge to touch down and St. Helens open the scoring in the second half.

Percival converts. (2/2)

St. Helens 12 - 0 Hull KR

47' Hall wraps up Lomax from the restart as KR look to contain Saints' in their half. Parcell is on for Litten at hooker.

49' Try for Saints. Lewis spills the ball in contact and Mbye races away to cross for St. Helens.

Percival converts. (3/3)

St. Helens 18 - 0 Hull KR

51' Close. The Robins work a nice move down the right edge with Opacic dropping the ball off to Ryan into space but the final pass from Ethan is forward.

53' Penalty to Saints. Incident off the ball from KR in the build up to Lomax's chance and St. Helens have the ball back.

54' Try for Saints. Makinson crosses in the corner for St. Helens on the back of the penalty.

Percival misses. (3/4)

St. Helens 22 - 0 Hull KR

55' Deep kick from Milnes and Linnett comes up with the ball after an error from Saints! King and Kennedy come on for Luckley and Storton in backplay.

56' GLDO! Milnes' grubber forces the drop-out from Saints giving KR back to back sets on St Helens' line. King drives it from deep into Saints' 40 followed up by Kennedy!

59' Penalty for Saints. Kennedy catches Norman high and St. Helens want the two.

Percival converts. (4/5)

St. Helens 24 - 0 Hull KR

62' TRYYYYYYYYYY! Tom Opacic steps and finds Mikey Lewis who races through, dinks it over for Ethan Ryan who takes it in, then finds Mikey again with the offload to score! Great try from the Robins.

Schneider adds the two! (1/1)

St. Helens 24 - 6 Hull KR

66' GLDO. Ryan is knocked behind his own line by Saints and the Robins concede the drop-out.

69' Close. Schneider kicks through for the ball to bounce back to him but the halfback can't get the final pass away to Parcell for the hooker to race and score.

72' Defence from the Robins. The ball is sprayed to Makinson on the last but the winger can't take it in as KR push him towards the touchline. SKD and Linnett now taking the ball in to get KR moving. Luckley comes on for Kennedy after the tackle.

77' Try for Saints. Ben Davies is now over for St. Helens as the pressure on the Robins' line breaks.

Percival misses. (4/6)

St. Helens 28 - 6 Hull KR

Full Time: The ball goes dead and the hooter goes. Hull KR go down 28-6 against the Saints