Hull KR beat Brisbane to win World Club Challenge

February 20, 2026 No Comments

Hull KR beat Brisbane to win World Club ChallengeImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tom Amone got Hull KR off to a great start just seven minutes into his debut ByStuart BrennanBBC Sport EnglandPublished14 minutes ago53 Comments

World Club Challenge

Hull KR (18) 30

Tries: Amone, Minchella, Burgess, Gildart, Hiku Goals: Mourgue 2, Martin 3

Brisbane (4) 24

Tries: Shibasaki 2 Carrigan, Mariner, Staggs Goals: Reynolds 2

Hull Kingston Rovers withstood a ferocious second-half fightback by NRL winners Brisbane Broncos to triumph in the World Club Challenge.

The reigning Super League champions, who recovered from the brink of extinction in the past 25 years to win the domestic treble, shocked the Australian side in an astonishing first half.

Mikey Lewis’ kicking game forced a series of errors from the Broncos and tries from debutant Tom Amone, Elliot Minchella, Joe Burgess, Oliver Gildart and Peta Hiku opened up a 30-4 lead, with Gehamat Shibasaki conjuring the only reply.

Broncos, who came from behind three times in the NRL finals series last year to eventually take the title, then scored four tries in 16 minutes through Patrick Carrigan, Deine Mariner, Shibasaki again and Kotoni Staggs as the 24,000 fans inside the MKM Stadium looked on in growing disbelief.

In a tense finale, the exhausted Robins somehow held out to become only the sixth English club to win the competition since it became a regular feature in 1987.

More to follow.

Hull KR: Mourgue; Davies, Hiku, Gildart, Burgess; Lewis, May; Sue, Litten, Amone, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.

Interchanges: Luckley, Whitbread, Martin, Lawton.

Brisbane: Walsh; Karapani, Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner; Mam, Reynolds; Jensen, Paix, Haas, Gosiewski, Riki, Carrigan.

Interchanges: Hunt, Willison, Talty, Tawha.

Referee: Liam Moore.