2017 Hull Kingston Rovers season

The 2017 season was Hull Kingston Rovers' first and only consecutive season playing in England's second division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the 2017 RFL Championship, securing immediate promotion back to the Super League, and the 2017 Challenge Cup.

Following the sacking of head coach Chris Chester during the 2016 season, Hull Kingston Rovers announced in September 2016 that former Australia national rugby league team and Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens would be the club's head coach from the 2017 season onwards. Preseason friendlies

Date and timeVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport 8 January; 15:00 Hull F.C. A KCOM Stadium 40–16 Quinlan, Ellis, Addy, Hodgson, Heffernan, Oakes, Milton (7/7) Unknown 20 January, 14:30 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Rugby Stadium 4–30 (0/1) Unknown

Championship

Fixtures

Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendancePos.Report 5 February, 15:00 Round 1 Bradford Bulls H Craven Park 54–24 Heffernan (2), Scruton (2), Donaldson, Shaw, Greenwood, Ellis, Quinlan Ellis (9/9) 3rd 12 February, 15:00 Round 2 London Broncos A Trailfinders Sports Ground 28–22 Abdull, Ellis, Moss, Heffernan, Shaw Ellis (4/5) 3rd 19 February, 15:00 Round 3 Rochdale Hornets A Spotland Stadium 28–18 Minns (2), Moss, Heffernan, Lunt Ellis (4/5) 2,012 1st 26 February, 15:00 Round 4 Oldham R.L.F.C. H Craven Park 48–0 Minns (2), Lunt, Donaldson, Scruton, Abdull, Ellis, Moss Ellis (8/8) 1st 5 March, 15:00 Round 5 Sheffield Eagles H Craven Park 50–10 Donaldson (2), Cockayne, Heffernan, Minns, Quinlan, Clarkson, Abdull Ellis (8/8 + 1 pen.) 1st 12 March, 15:00 Round 6 Dewsbury Rams A Crown Flatt 48–6 Heffernan (2), Lunt, Greenwood, Blair, Mulhern, Donaldson, Horne Ellis (8/8) 2,477 1st 26 March, 15:00 Round 7 Halifax Panthers H Craven Park 28–14 Blair, Greenwood, Abdull, Moss Ellis (4/4 + 2 pen.) 1st 2 April, 15:00 Round 8 Batley Bulldogs H Craven Park 50–16 Shaw (2), Salter (2), Moss, Heffernan, Minns, Clarkson, Donaldson Ellis (7/9) 1st 9 April, 15:00 Round 9 Swinton Lions A Heywood Road 52–18 Donaldson (3), Hodgson, Abdull, Ellis, Dockar-Clay, Oakes, Scruton, Shaw Ellis (6/10) 1st 14 April, 15:00 Round 10 Featherstone Rovers H Craven Park 30–22 Quinlan, Clarkson, Cockayne, Shaw, Hodgson, Blair Ellis (3/6) 1st 17 April, 15:00 (BST) Round 11 Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Argelès 6–14 Heffernan Dockar-Clay (1/1) 1st 30 April, 15:00 Round 12 Rochdale Hornets H Craven Park 24–16 Lawler, Shaw, Lunt, Kavanagh Ellis (4/4) 1st 7 May, 15:00 Round 13 Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant 68–4 Shaw (3), Heffernan (2), Dockar-Clay (2), Butler-Fleming (2), Mulhern, Abdull, Ellis, Ellis (10/12) 1st 21 May, 15:00 Round 14 Swinton Lions H Craven Park 42–18 Shaw (3), Abdull (2), Wardill, Heffernan Dockar-Clay (7/7) 1st 27 May, 19:00(Summer Bash) Round 15 Bradford Bulls N Bloomfield Road 20–19 Heffernan (2), Abdull Ellis (3/3 + 1 pen.) 11,557 1st 4 June, 15:00 Round 16 Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road 20–20 Shaw, Abdull, Moss, Ellis Ellis (2/4) 1st 11 June, 15:00 Round 17 Oldham R.L.F.C. A Bower Fold 32–24 Wardill (2), Shaw (2), Lunt, Abdull Ellis (4/6) 1st 18 June, 15:00 Round 18 Dewsbury Rams H Craven Park 64–11 Shaw (3), Heffernan (2), Salter (2), Ellis, Cockayne, Abdull, Cator, Addy Ellis (8/12) 1st 25 June, 15:00 Round 19 Sheffield Eagles A Belle Vue 40–18 Carney (2), Clarkson, Butler-Fleming, Scruton, Shaw, Lunt, Dockar-Clay Ellis (4/8) 1st 2 July, 15:00 Round 20 London Broncos H Craven Park 40–22 Moss (2), Jewitt, Heffernan, Addy, Dockar-Clay, Mulhern Ellis (6/7) 1st 9 July, 15:00 Round 21 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium 42–10 Addy (3), Butler-Fleming, Carney, Clarkson, Mulhern Ellis (7/7) 1st 16 July, 15:00 Round 22 Toulouse Olympique H Craven Park 30–31 Addy, Lunt, Quinlan, Clarkson, Butler-Fleming Ellis (5/5) 1st 23 July, 15:00 Round 23 Halifax R.L.F.C. A The Shay 6–28 Moss Ellis (1/1) 1st

Table

The Qualifiers

Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendancePos.Report 6 August, 15:00 Q1 Halifax Panthers H Craven Park 26–22 Moss (2), Marsh, Lawler, Scruton Ellis (3/5) 7,706 12 August, 15:15 Q2 Leigh Centurions A Leigh Sports Village 20–16 Lunt (2), Shaw Ellis (3/3 + 1 pen.) 5,335 20 August, 15:00 Q3 London Broncos H Craven Park 35–30 Shaw (2), Addy, Moss, Mulhern Ellis (5/5 + 2 pen.)Drop-goals: Atkin 7,235 3 September, 15:00 Q4 Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road 30–18 Shaw, Addy, Ellis, Minns, Heffernan Ellis (4/5) 4,583 9 September, 15:15 Q5 Widnes Vikings H Craven Park 12–6 Minns, Shaw Ellis (2/2) 8,227 15 September, 20:00 Q6 Catalans Dragons H Craven Park 19–20 Oakes, Cockayne, Lawler Dockar-Clay (2/2), Atkin (1/1)Drop-goals: Atkin 7,405 23 September, 15:00 Q7 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium 46–24 Oakes (2), Shaw (2) Ellis (4/4) 10,466

Table

Challenge Cup

Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport 19 March; 15:00 Round 4 Sheffield Eagles H Craven Park 48–10 Lunt (2), Minns, Quinlan, Blair, Cockayne, Ellis, Greenwood Ellis (8/8) 3,408 22 April; 15:00 Round 5 Leigh Centurions A Leigh Sports Village 23–10 Shaw (2), Lawler, Greenwood Ellis (3/4)Drop-goals: Ellis 9,152 12 May; 20:00 Round 6 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium 14–24 Lunt (2) Ellis (2/2 + 1 pen.) 11,163

Transfers Gains Player Club Contract Date Nick Scruton Wakefield Trinity Wildcats October 2016 Danny Addy Bradford Bulls 1 Year + 2 Years October 2016 Mitch Clark Bradford Bulls 1 Year + 2 Years October 2016 Jake Butler-Fleming Wentworthville Magpies 1 Year December 2016 Adam Quinlan St George Illawarra Dragons 2 Years December 2016 George Milton Doncaster R.L.F.C. 2017 David Hodgson Retirement January 2017 Kieren Moss Bradford Bulls 1 Year January 2017 Ben Kavanagh Bradford Bulls 2 Years January 2017 Josh Johnson Redcliffe Dolphins 1 Year March 2017 Zach Dockar-Clay Penrith Panthers March 2017 Justin Carney Salford Red Devils 1 Year May 2017 Lee Jewitt Townsville Blackhawks 1 Years June 2017 Chris Atkin Swinton Lions End of season July 2017 Mose Masoe St Helens R.F.C. End of season July 2017

Losses Player Club Contract Date John Boudebza N/A Contract voided October 2016 Terry Campese N/A Contract voided October 2016 Josh Mantellato N/A Contract voided October 2016 Dave Thompson Leigh Centurions 2 Years October 2016 James Green Leigh Centurions 2 Years October 2016 Iain Thornley Catalans Dragons 2 Years October 2016 Adam Walker St Helens R.F.C. 2 Years October 2016 Ken Sio Newcastle Knights 2 Years October 2016 Kieran Dixon London Broncos 2 Years November 2016 Albert Kelly Hull F.C. 1 Year November 2016 Mitchell Allgood Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 Year December 2016 Dane Tilse N/A Retirement January 2017 Kevin Larroyer Castleford Tigers 1 Year February 2017

Loans Player Club Loan period Date Jordan Abdull Hull F.C. Season-long November 2016 Jamie Ellis Huddersfield Giants Season-long November 2016 Andrew Heffernan Penrith Panthers Season-long December 2016

Squad

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