Hull KR’s Jimmy Keinhorst strikes in final seconds to break Hull FC hearts

01 February 2019 09:53
• Hull KR 18-16 Hull FC• Hull’s wait for a win extends to seven months after derby lossThe new Super League season may be only hours old, but there is already a fascinating story developing at Hull FC. With the opening round not even finished yet, it would be an overexaggeration to suggest there is any kind of pressure building this early into the season – but Hull’s lengthy wait for a competitive victory goes on following the most remarkable of finishes in a cauldron of emotion by the banks of the River Humber.It is over seven months since Lee Radford’s side won a competitive fixture, dating all the way back to their victory over Widnes last June. Since then, Hull ended 2018 with a run of 11 consecutive league defeats, a sequence that stretched to 12 here – but how close they came to ending that run. With seconds remaining, Bureta Faraimo’s try looked as though it would be enough to secure victory for the visitors before, in the final play of the game, Jimmy Keinhorst marked his Hull KR debut with a last-gasp try to deny Hull and ensure it would be Rovers, not their cross-city rivals, who started 2019 with a win. Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian