{"id":405333,"date":"2025-09-07T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405333\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:30:14","slug":"hull-kr-star-misses-the-derby-with-absence-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405333\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR star misses the derby with absence explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winger is an unexpected omission.<\/p>\n

13:30, 07 Sep 2025Updated 13:55, 07 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"JoeJoe Burgess was the try-scoring hero in Hull KR’s hard-fought win over St Helens.<\/p>\n

Hull KR are without Joe Burgess for the derby. The winger, one of Willie Peters’ star performers this year, has not been named in the side, with youngster Noah Booth given a chance to impress in his absence.<\/p>\n

All Out Rugby League<\/a> has learned that Burgess felt a tightness during the captain’s run session and as a result, he has not been risked for the game, with Peters instead opting to give Booth his latest opportunity.<\/p>\n

It leaves Rovers without five regular first-teamers, with Burgess joining Oliver Gildart, Sauaso Sue, Rhyse Martin and Micky McIlorum all unavailable for selection today. However, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves returns, replacing the suspended Martin.<\/p>\n

Hull FC<\/a> have made three changes to their side – with the Kemp twins, Lloyd and Callum, set to feature in Super League for the first time together. Lloyd is named in the starting line-up, while Callum is on the interchange.<\/p>\n

The other change is Will Gardiner. The trio replace Herman Ese\u2019ese, Ed Chamberlain, and Harvey Barron, who all drop out due to injury.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Liam Watts starts after passing his fitness tests this week. However, Sam Eseh has failed his with the prop still out with a hamstring injury. He joins Ese\u2019ese, Chamberlain, and Barron on the sidelines, with Will Pryce, John Asiata, Jed Cartwright, Ligi Sao, Liam Knight, Will Hutchinson and Roman Dawson all injured.<\/p>\n

Hull KR<\/a> : 35. Arthur Mourgue; 2. Tom Davies, 3. Peta Hiku, 18. Jack Broadbent, 36. Noah Booth; 6. Mikey Lewis, 7. Tyrone May; 16. Jai Whitbread, 9. Jez Litten, 10. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves; 11. Dean Hadley, 12. James Batchelor, 13. Elliot Minchella. Subs: 15. Sam Luckley, 20. Kelepi Tanginoa, 24. Eribe Doro, 25. Bill Leyland. 18th Man: 21. Jack Brown<\/p>\n

Hull FC: 34. Lloyd Kemp; 5. Tom Briscoe, 1. Jordan Rapana, 20. Davy Litten, 22. Lewis Martin; 14. Cade Cust, 7. Aidan Sezer; 17. Jack Ashworth, 9. Amir Bourouh, 41. Liam Watts; 3. Zak Hardaker, 12. Jordan Lane; 16. Yusuf Aydin Subs: 19. Brad Fash, 21. Will Gardiner, 27. Matty Laidlaw, 30. Callum Kemp. 18th Man: 23. Logan Moy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winger is an unexpected omission. 13:30, 07 Sep 2025Updated 13:55, 07 Sep 2025 Joe Burgess was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[115424,112834,4151,6531,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-405333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-hull-fc","9":"tag-hull-kr","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-rugby-league","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115163262729143326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}