Not this year

By Chris O'Brien
April 4 2009

The Celtic Crusaders crashed out of the Challenge Cup at their first hurdle with another hefty defeat at Hull Kingston Rovers. Cru were beaten five tries to one as John Dixon's men, missing a handful of first-team regulars, crashed to yet another defeat. Around twenty loyal Cru supporters made the long trip to Humberside as the hosts ran out 32-6 winners.

It's going to be a long hard season. Dreams of a Cup run to compliment the scrap at the wrong end of the Super League table were dashed on Friday evening as Hull KR cruised to a 32-6 victory.

The Robins led by twelve points at the interval thanks to tries from Kris Welham and Clint Newton. Daniel Fitzhenry extended their advantage soon after the re-start - but Tangata-Toa, playing against his former club, gave the tiny band of loyal travelling fans a glimmer of hope as his score and Josh Hannay's conversion cut the deficit to twelve points.

As the clock ticked down, Cru wasted a superb opportunity to get themselves back into contention as they failed to take advantage of an excellent attacking position soon after Tangata's score. KR were boosted and late tries from Liam Colbon and Jake Webster sealed their spot in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.

Gutted.

The Wembley dream is over before it ever really got going. We now face the long hard slog of the league campaign and Monday's much-anticipated clash with rivals Harlequins provides a genuine opportunity for the club to bag its first ever top flight win.

Full Time - Hull Kingston Rovers 32-6 Celtic Crusaders
Attendance - 7,104

New Craven Pain for the Celtic Crusaders

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40:20
04/04/2009 15:55

Harlequins will not be a push over and the elusive win could have to wait until the visit if Salford I fear...

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stevec
06/04/2009 00:20

40-20 you must be a Man U fan, too used to success; we always knew this season would be bl***y hard!

I do think we were unlucky to play Salford too early and if we played them today would me looking at 2 points, bit wins are going to me hard fight this year. We lack strength in depth so are suffering right now but the wins will come I am convinced.

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40:20
07/04/2009 19:02

If we played salford now I'd be looking for more than two points

But losing is a habit....

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