Main game this weekend will be the two full time squads playing each other:
Shaun Lunt insists
Hull KR won't have it easy at London Broncos this weekend, despite strolling to victory in the capital in last season's Qualifiers.
The Robins humbled the Broncos 58-18 towards the end of last season but Lunt, KR's skipper, suggests the one-sided scoreline is an unfair reflection on the intensity of the match.
Aiming to build on last Sunday's Championship opening win against Bradford Bulls, Lunt is wary of a revitalised Broncos outfit in 2017 under Andrew Henderson – and is keeping a close eye on former KR team-mate Kieran Dixon, who has returned down south following his Robins release.
"There's three or four teams up there that will want the top spot, us being one of them.
"I've known Hendo for a good part of ten years now, and I learned from him when he was a hooker at Castleford and I was just learning my trade.
"He's a champion bloke and he's got together a good squad. They have strengthened well and they're going to have a better chance this year, they'll be looking at that middle 8s come the end of it."
While Lunt is looking forward to testing himself against Henderson's new-look side, he's also excited to be coming up against a former team-mate in Dixon.
"I get on really well with Kieran, he's a champion bloke. He had some great times with us and ones he'd want to forget but on his day, he's brilliant," added Lunt.
"Look at Wakefield away last year, he was dropped then came back and scored a hat-trick. That showed what a good player he can be on his day.
"He'll thrive on that 3G surface in London. He's back home with his daughter and he'll find his love again for the game. He'll kick on from there. I wish him all the best. He puts a smile on everyone's face, that's for sure."
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