Hull Kingston Rovers star man Mikey Lewis impressed a cushty win at Catalans Dragons to finish the Tremendous League leaders’ two-match shedding streak.
The reigning Man of Metal scored two tries and made one among Jack Broadbent’s two to make sure the Robins opened up a four-point lead on the prime of the desk, following a shock home defeat for second-placed Wigan Warriors earlier on Saturday.
Lewis suffered a head harm within the defeat in opposition to Leeds Rhinos after which missed the reverse at Leigh Leopards, however he returned to offer form and technique to Willie Peters’ aspect.
Joe Burgess added one other two tries and Catalans, who discovered it arduous to interrupt by way of a strong Rovers rearguard, might solely reply with a comfort from Romain Navarrete.
These back-to-back defeats weren’t all in regards to the absence of Lewis, because the Robins have been additionally sloppy defensively, conceding extra factors in these two video games than that they had within the earlier seven.
That had clearly additionally been labored on, though the Dragons – who’ve received one among their final 10 video games in all competitions – have been poor in assault and contributed to their very own downfall with some unhealthy errors.
Tyrone Could bounced out of a weak deal with to slide the ball to Broadbent for the opening attempt, and Peta Hiku fumbled a easy catch from Lewis’ exact lobbed kick because the Robins laid siege to the house group’s line.
Lewis confirmed him do it as he raced on to Sam Luckley’s offload to attain, and two video critiques denied him a primary half hat-trick. The primary noticed Broadbent had knocked on earlier than releasing Lewis and the second observed the stand-off had dropped the ball as he touched down.
The league leaders made positive within the second half.
Burgess raced clear from a move by Broadbent, who grabbed his second from one other slick Lewis move.
Catalans discovered some reduction as Alrix da Costa’s kick was pounced on by Navarrete, however the French aspect fell aside within the closing phases, with two wayward Cesar Rouge passes gifting tries to their opponents.
Lewis capitalised on the primary, kicking the ball forward and sprinting away to make it 17 tries for the season, and Burgess picked up the opposite to spherical off a win that retains the Robins favourites to win the League Leaders Defend.
