Hull KR boss Tony Smith addresses 'dreadful' display and admits to failed Kane Linnett risk

Hull KR boss Tony Smith has provided an injury update and verdict on his side's disappointing 25-4 Challenge Cup semi-final defeat to Huddersfield. The Robins boss saw his side stutter to defeat as their attack misfired once again, resulting int a resounding defeat at the hands of the Giants.

The Rovers boss stated that his side wasn't clinical enough and found it hard to break Huddersfield down, which resulted in plenty of errors to make matters worse.

"I thought our first 10 mins was dreadful," Smith said. "We talked about building the game, and all we did was over push and overplay. So it was disappointing for sure.

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"We've built games better during our winning streak, and we needed to do that against Huddersfield. They are so organised in the way they play. We defended sets on end in our own area, and we ran out of legs, skill and intent. We were chasing the game.

"Huddersfield had poor patches, but we couldn't capitalise. We didn't throw anything at them until the final few minutes of the first half. we'd have loved to have got the final, but it just wasn't to be."

There was also bad news on the injury front as Kane Linnett only featured for 15 minutes, as Smith reported the update many people expected.

"I took a risk on Kane. I'm not blaming him, Kano, unfortunately, he has ruptured his bicep, and that's a shame. It's no longer or shorter in recovery, which he will start from now.

"We had every intention to play the way we play, we always do, I thought we were more energetic in training, and that didn't show. It doesn't matter how much energy we had. We started so poorly. Some of our errors were not like I'd seen before from our boys."

Alongside Kane Linnett,