RESULTS & FIXTURES
SAM TOMKINS held his nerve to stick the boot into brother Joel and earn Catalans’ first away win of the season.
The Dragons full-back was facing his elder sibling for the first time since they went their separate ways from boyhood club Wigan.
Joel looked set to earn the family bragging rights when his superb 49th-minute try put Hull KR two scores in front.
But the visitors hit back with three tries, the last of which Tomkins converted from out wide despite the boos that followed him all afternoon. It provided the perfect response to the French side’s 46-0 home defeat to Salford eight days ago.
Catalans coach Steve McNamara said: “We were completely embarrassed as a club by that. We knew we had to find some sort of response.
“We lost Sam Moa and Greg Bird to concussion in the first half not to return, and Benjamin Jullien as soon as he came on with a shoulder injury.
“They were tough conditions but it shows what it meant to the group. Sam is a big-game player. It was a clutch kick from a big-moment player.”
After a forgettable first half ended 2-2 as Craig Hall and Tomkins traded penalties, the game burst into life after the restart. Weller Hauraki strode through a big hole and Joel Tomkins beat his brother to put the home side 10 points ahead.
Catalans were level as Brayden Williame twisted his way over and Lucas Albert supported a Samisoni Langi break, before Hall raced 90 metres for the Robins after intercepting on his own line.
He missed the difficult conversion from out wide and it proved crucial as Langi kicked for Lewis Tierney to touch down and Sam Tomkins stepped up with his pressure conversion.
Rovers boss Tim Sheens said: “We didn’t have enough big men and ran out of numbers and steam. It was brave in many aspects of the game but we did a couple of silly things.
“The tries were the same, they just kicked more goals, that last Tomkins one buried us.” EMIRATES FA CUP
Quarter-final MILLWALL (0) 2 BRIGHTON (0) 2 Pearce 70 Locadia 88 O’Brien 79 March 90 17,137
(AET, Brighton won 5-4 on pens)
PREMIER LEAGUE EVERTON (0) 2 CHELSEA (0) 0 Richarlison 49 39,356 Sigurdsson 72
FULHAM (0) 1 LIVERPOOL (1) 2 Babel 74 Mane 26 25,043 Milner pen 81
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP DUNDEE (0) 0 CELTIC (0) 1 7,608 Edouard 90 WOMEN’S FA CUP
Aston Villa 0 West Ham 1 Durham 0 Chelsea 1
Man City 3 Liverpool 0 Reading 3 Man Utd 2 (AET)
FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Lewes 2 Millwall 0
BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE CASTLEFORD (12) 24 SALFORD (4) 20 T: Massey T: Bibby 2 Rankin Turgut Eden Lussick Sene-Lefao G: Lussick 2 G: Rankin 4
HULL KR (2) 16 CATALANS (2) 18 T: Hauraki T: Wiliame Tomkins Albert Hall Tierney G: Hall 2 G: Tomkins 3
BETFRED CHAMPIONSHIP DEWSBURY (2) 13 SHEFFIELD (0) 16 LEIGH (30) 46 ROCHDALE (0) 6 SWINTON (8) 12 F’ERSTONE (18) 24 TORONTO (28) 34 BATLEY (6) 12 WIDNES (18) 25 BRADFORD (14) 20 YORK (20) 38 HALIFAX (10) 16 CHALLENGE CUP
3rd Round WORKINGTON (16) 22 SIDDAL (0) 0 T: Rooke
Penkywicz
Scholey, Wilkes
G: Scholey 2
Forber
PREMIERSHIP CUP
Final
N’HAMPTON (17) 23 SARACENS (9) 9 T: Harrison P: Malins 3 Wood, Tuala
C: Grayson.
P: Grayson
Francis
1ST TEST, Dehradun
Ireland 172 (Murtagh 54) & 288 (Balbirnie 82, O’Brien 56, Rashid 5-82) v Afghanistan 314 (Zurmatai 98, Shahidi 61, Afghan 67) & 29-1
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, Sawgrass, Florida, Final Round (USA unless stated, par 72) 272 R McIlroy (NIrl) 67 65 70 70 273 J Furyk (USA) 71 64 71 67 274 E Pepperell (Eng) 72 68 68 66, J Vegas (Ven) 72 69 67 66 EUROPEAN TOUR KENYA OPEN, Nairobi, Final Round (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71) 268 G Migliozzi (Spa) 67 68 64 69 269 A Arnaus (Spa) 66 68 65 70, J Harding (Rsa) 70 65 68 66, L De Jager (Rsa) 64 66 70 69 270 G Bhullar (Ind) 65 70 66 69
GIBRALTAR OPEN, Quarter-Finals
R Day (Wal) bt D Gilbert (Eng) 4-2, S Bingham (Eng) bt Z Yuelong (Chn) 4-0, Y Sijun (Chn) bt R Milkins (Eng) 4-3, L Ning (Chn) bt T Pengfei (Chn) 4-3 Semi-Finals
S Bingham (Eng) bt Y Sijun (Chn) 4-0, R Day (Wal) bt L Ning (Chn) 4-2
Final
S Bingham (Eng) bt R Day (Wal) 4-1
PLAYERS CHANPIONSHIP 8, Wigan, Semi-finals
R van Barneveld (Hol) bt K Brown (Eng) 7-6, A Lewis (Eng) bt J Clayton (Wal) 7-1
Final
A Lewis (Eng) bt R van Barneveld (Hol) 8-3
NBA
New York Knicks 124 LA Lakers 123, Miami Heat 93 Charlotte Hornets 75
BBL
Plymouth Raiders 67 London Lions 93 Glasgow Rocks 92 Worcester Wolves 79, Manchester Giants 75 Leicester Riders 73, Cheshire Phoenix 80 Sheffield Sharks 73