# 2020 Hull Kingston Rovers season

This article details the Hull Kingston Rovers's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

## Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss
* All fixtures are subject to change

### Challenge Cup

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 15 March, 15:00 | 5 | Leigh Centurions | H | KCOM Craven Park | W | 22–19 | Linnett, Kenny Dowall, Dagger, Rawsthorne | Lewis (3) | | — | |
| 18 September 2020, 20:15 | 6 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 18–48 | Ellis (2), Litten | Ellis (3) | 0 | BBC One | |

### Regular season

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 2 February, 19:45 | 1 | Wakefield Trinity | H | KCOM Craven Park | W | 30–12 | Crooks (4), Brierley, Minikin | Ellis (3) | 8,492 | — | Report |
| 7 February, 19:45 | 2 | Hull FC | A | KCOM Stadium | L | 12–25 | Livett, Quinlan, Crooks | Ellis (2) | 19,599 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 14 February, 19:45 | 3 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Headingley | L | 10–52 | Minikin, Abdull | Brierley | 11,057 | — | |
| 21 February, 19:45 | 4 | Huddersfield Giants | H | KCOM Craven Park | L | 4–22 | Crooks | — | 7,350 | — | |
| 27 February, 19:45 | 5 | Castleford Tigers | H | KCOM Craven Park | L | 8–28 | Crooks | Brierley (2) | 7,464 | Sky Sports | |
| 8 March, 15:00 | 6 | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 16–30 | Ryan, Minikin, Brierley | Brierley (2) | 11,511 | — | |
| 8 August 2020, 18:30 | 8 | Warrington Wolves | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 10–40 | Crooks, Quinlan | Brierley | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 30 August 2020, 13:00 | 10 | St Helens | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 18–32 | Quinlan, Ryan, Parcell | Ellis (3) | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 3 September 2020, 18:00 | 11 | Wigan Warriors | A | Emerald Headingley | W | 34–18 | Minchella (2), Minikin (3), Hadley | Lewis (2), Dagger (2), Abdull | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 11 September 2020, 18:00 | 12 | St Helens | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 20–21 | Hadley, Kenny-Dowall, Ryan | Dagger (4) | 0 | Sky Sports | |

### Challenge Cup

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| TBC | 5 | Leigh Centurions | H | KCOM Craven Park | | | | | | | |

## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Wigan Warriors (L) | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 408 | 278 | 146.8 | 26 | 76.47 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | St Helens (C) | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 469 | 195 | 240.5 | 24 | 70.59 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 204 | 178.9 | 24 | 70.59 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 376 | 259 | 145.2 | 16 | 61.54 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 369 | 390 | 94.6 | 20 | 58.82 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 6 | Hull F.C. | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 436 | 92.9 | 18 | 52.94 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 7 | Huddersfield Giants | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 318 | 367 | 86.6 | 14 | 38.89 | |
| 8 | Castleford Tigers | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 328 | 379 | 86.5 | 12 | 37.50 | |
| 9 | Salford Red Devils | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 354 | 469 | 75.5 | 16 | 44.44 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 324 | 503 | 64.4 | 10 | 26.32 | |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 290 | 526 | 55.1 | 6 | 17.65 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 all games will resume behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
* ↑ "Match Played behind closed doors
* 1 2 3 Match played behind closed doors
* ↑ After golden-point extra time
* ↑ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).

## Player statistics

| # | Player | Position | Tries | Goals | DG | Points | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
| 1 | Adam Quinlan | Fullback | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Crooks | Wing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Shaun Kenny Dowall | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kane Linnett | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Greg Minikin | Wing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jordan Abdull | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Robbie Mulhern | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Matt Parcell | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Weller Hauraki | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Harvey Livett | Second-row | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Dean Hadley | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mitch Garbutt | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | George Lawler | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniel Murray | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kyle Trout | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jez Litten | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Will Dagger | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mikey Lewis | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Owen Harrison | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nick Rawsthorne | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ethan Ryan | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Joe Keyes | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Matty Gee | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Will Maher | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Elliott Minchella | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Matthew Storton | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Anesuu Mudoti | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jamie Ellis | Scrum-half | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryan Brierley | Scrum-half | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |

## Coaching team

| Staff name | Position | Previous club |
| Tony Smith | Head coach | Warrington Wolves |
| James Webster | Assistant coach | Balmain Tigers, Widnes Vikings |
| David Hodgson | Assistant coach | Halifax, Wigan Warriors, Salford City Reds |
| Jamie Elkaleh | Performance coach | Salford City Reds, Warrington Wolves |
| Shane Carney | Head of Strength & Conditioning | Hull F.C. |
| Dan Ramsden | Head of physiotherapy | Bradford Bulls |
| Alan Fellows | Kit Man | |
| Sue Thompson | Player Welfare Manager | |

### Past coaches

* Bryn Knowelden 1952–1955
* Colin Hutton 1957–1970
* Johnny Whiteley 1970–1972
* Harry Poole 1975–1977
* Roger Millward 1977–1991
* George Fairbairn 1991–1994
* Steve Crooks 1994–1997
* Dave Harrison 1997–2000
* Gary Wilkinson 2000–2002
* Steve Linnane 2002–2004
* Martin Hall 2003–2004
* Mal Reilly 2003–2004
* Harvey Howard 2004–2005
* Justin Morgan 2005–2011
* Craig Sandercock 2012–2014
* Chris Chester 2014–2016
* James Webster 2016–2017
* Tim Sheens 2017-2019

## 2020 transfers
### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Years signed | Date |
| Kyle Trout | Dewsbury Rams | 1 years | August 2019 |
| Jordan Abdull | London Broncos | 2 years | September 2019 |
| Harvey Livett | Warrington Wolves | Season Long Loan | September 2019 |
| Ethan Ryan | Bradford Bulls | 2 years | September 2019 |
| Matty Gee | London Broncos | 1 year | October 2019 |
| Joe Keyes | Bradford Bulls | 3 years | October 2019 |
| Rowan Milnes | Bradford Bulls | 3 years | October 2019 |
| Elliott Minchella | Bradford Bulls | 3 Years | October 2019 |
| Anesu Mudoti | Bradford Bulls | 3 Years | October 2019 |
| Nick Rawsthorne | Toronto Wolfpack | 2 years | October 2019 |
| Matthew Storton | Bradford Bulls | 3 Years | October 2019 |
| Matt Parcell | Leeds Rhinos | 1 year | October 2019 |
| Ryan Brierley | Toronto Wolfpack | 1 Year | December 2019 |
| Jamie Ellis | Castleford Tigers | 1 Year | December 2019 |

### Losses

| Player | Signed for | Contract | Date |
| Chris Atkin | Salford Red Devils | 1 year | September 2019 |
| James Greenwood | Salford Red Devils | 1 year | September 2019 |
| Ryan Lannon | Salford Red Devils | 1 year | October 2019 |
| Joel Tomkins | Catalans Dragons | 2 years | October 2019 |
| Josh Drinkwater | Catalans Dragons | 2 Years | October 2019 |
| Craig Hall | Featherstone Rovers | 1 Year | October 2019 |
| Lee Jewitt | Barrow Raiders | 1 year | October 2019 |
| Will Oakes | Dewsbury Rams | Season Loan | November 2019 |
| Danny Addy | Workington Town | 1 Year | December 2018 |
| Shaun Lunt | Batley Bulldogs | N/A | December 2019 |
| Ryan Shaw | Yorkshire Carnegie | N/A | December 2019 |
| Danny McGuire | Retired | N/A | N/A |