Travis Burns: Debut win can be Hull KR's turning point
TRAVIS Burns believes his winning Hull KR debut could prove to be a turning point in their season.
Burns made his first outing for the Robins as they handed Warrington a surprise 26-12 defeat at MS3 Craven Park.
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Travis Burns celebrates the Alex Brown try that sealed Hull KR's win over Warrington.
Playing a big part in the victory alongside Michael Dobson in the halves, the 29-year-old admits he felt under pressure to deliver a second win of the season.
But after lifting the Robins into the top eight, the stand-off feels it can act as a catalyst.
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Burns told the Mail: “Hopefully, we can point to this game later in the season and say this was the turning point. It was a must-win game.
“We have a quality team here and we are not getting ahead of ourselves.
“Warrington were missing some quality players, but I thought we defended very well.
“The forwards were really good considering they’d taken a lot of flak in the week about not standing up.
“Our attack was a bit patchy at times but it will come. We are only going to improve.”
After a dark chapter which saw him banned for 12 games, the former Penrith Panther admitted the pressure was on him to help his team-mates beat Warrington.
A first-minute penalty was his only blemish and the usually laid back Aussie was relieved just to be back playing.
“I’m not normally a player to get nervous and feel the pressure, but coming off some losses and the fans expecting so much from me I did feel it in the week,” he added.
“I wasn’t happy conceding a penalty with my first act but the pleasing thing was for us to defend the line the way we did.
“I’ve tried to calm my game down and not get in trouble with referees.
“I was a bit rusty and my lungs were blowing, but it’s my first game in a long time and it’s a relief to get it off my shoulders.
“We now have a tough road trip to face a London side which beat Salford, who beat us last week, and we know that if we’re not on our game, we’ll get rolled over.”
5 Comments
by HCAFCscarb
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 5:41PM
“Slammas folly, are you insane ?
How come you have a Different user name everyday .?
You need to worry about the thousands of pounds FC now need to find to make up for the money you won't be sponging from the Allams anymore.
Have you got your share of the new pitch money ?
£400,000
IF I had the misfortune to you, I would be more worried about FC going bust”
by abnormalnorm
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 1:24PM
“Eddy the only laugh is Hull FC.
Everyone is laughing at them apart from you, because you are so obsessed with Rovers you haven't got a clue whats going on at your joke of a club.”
by cibbb
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 11:36AM
“The introdution of Burns hopefully means we have more options instead of just targeting Dobson on the 4th or 5th. Options left and right should open up some defences from here on in.
Great debut after such a long lay off.”
by kevsguitar
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 10:24AM
“Travis was very impressive and a lot more involved in the general organisation of things than our previous 6's in super league. My next point isn't a concern but more a hope - he was lacking pace off the mark on Sunday but that is surely down to the fact he hasn't played for 6 months! Extra sprint training required Travis - lols.”
by shunterone
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 7:58AM
“For the first time this season we seemed organised and that can only be down to travis,who seemed to be directing traffic from the start.Dobbo is not a leader of men whereas travis is and I do believe if it wasn't for the ban at the start of the season he would have been our captain.Great performance sunday,but the real test is to reproduce it against london on saturday.Onwards and upwards.!”