{"id":407582,"date":"2025-09-08T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407582\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:34:12","slug":"hull-kr-chief-rubs-off-second-trophy-claim-with-focus-on-wakefield-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407582\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR chief rubs off second trophy claim with focus on Wakefield improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Robins are on the brink of a second trophy of 2025.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2__AM10391.jpg\" alt=\"Hull KR celebrate Jez LItten's try against Hull FC.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Hull KR celebrate Jez LItten&#8217;s try against Hull FC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hull KR have all but won the League Leaders&#8217; Shield but Willie Peters is having none of it just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Victory over <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/hull-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hull FC<\/a> ensured Rovers, who won the Challenge Cup back in June, go into the final two rounds four points clear and with a points difference so superior only a freak set of results would see them miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But Peters insisted the focus remains on the next game as his side heads to Wakefield on Saturday, knowing they have a big task on their hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re aware that we&#8217;re in a position to win the League Leaders&#8217; Shield,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve said all along we want to go after every trophy available and we&#8217;re still in a position to go after that. We&#8217;ve a game next week; that&#8217;s the focus. We have to improve next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;If and when it happens, I&#8217;m more than happy to share my views. Next week is the focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Asked if they can celebrate a domestic double just yet, he said: &#8220;No. Not yet. I might have a beer after this but I&#8217;m not celebrating league leaders \u2013 not a chance in the world. It will be to settle the nerves and help me sleep tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The way Wigan are playing, there&#8217;s no doubt and we&#8217;re aware it&#8217;s not ours until we get the points. It&#8217;s a good thing in the sense of we need to keep sharp at this time of year. This week we play a team that is desperate to win to make the six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;What we did today won&#8217;t cut it next week. Honestly, I&#8217;m just focusing on that. If it&#8217;s next week, great; if it comes down to the last game, then that&#8217;s how we manage it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On his side&#8217;s performance, Peters said: &#8220;That&#8217;s exactly what we wanted to do today \u2013 win. It wasn&#8217;t pretty, it was very scrappy, derbies can be. But we needed to win and we got that. We move on and look to improve and we&#8217;ll have to do that against Wakefield at their place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I thought we got the first 20 minutes right in terms of line speed and building pressure. 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