The Giants made a dream start, opening up a 12-0 lead after 17 minutes, and after conceding four tries in the second quarter, hit back to tie the score at 22-22 early in the second half.

But their fragile defence cracked four more times in the last 27 minutes, with Rovers winger Peter Fox sparking the scoring spree with his second try of the match.

"A couple of individuals hurt us today," said Sharp, who is normally supportive of his players.

"They didn't have the best days and didn't handle some of the errors that they came up with and ultimately we paid the price for that."
Full-back Rod Jensen, in particular, had a game to forget after being exposed under the high ball and he was switched to the wing after half an hour.

"We're aware of the situation," added Sharp. "It might sound a bit crazy but we're encouraged that we're defending full sets.
"It's the kicks that we're conceding tries from which is something that we're working on.

"The full-back's job is to catch the ball. That's what he gets paid to do."

Rovers overcame a sluggish spell at the start of each half to ease their way to a comfortable victory.

"We're getting there, slowly but surely," said Justin Morgan. "Ball control is a bit of an issue but I'll put that down to the weather.

"Overall I thought it was a very convincing display. The slow start is a little bit of an issue but we stayed composed and our kicking game was very good."

Second row forward Ben Galea will go for hospital scans this week after going off with a knee injury.

Wakefield coach John Kear admitted he now has his eyes on the Challenge Cup after reaching the quarter-finals with a 58-6 win at Barrow.

"People have told me this week that the last time Wakefield beat Barrow in the cup, we went to Wembley," Kear said. "We don't just want to get there, we want to win it.

"I told my players the only way they could lose today was if they didn't have the right attitude. We prepared well and we were ruthless and relentless.

"This is step two of five, and we have our eye on the cup."
Kear praised the work of man of the match Matt Blaymire and Scott Grix and was delighted with the performance of youngsters Kyle Bibb and Jay Pitts.

"We have several players on the way back from injury and these performances mean I will have some serious thinking to do before I name the team to face Leeds on Friday," he added.

Leeds coach Brian McClennan hailed Great Britain captain Jamie Peacock after the Rhinos squeezed past Harlequins 36-26 at The Stoop.

The talismanic second-rower played the entire 80 minutes in blistering conditions and scored the crucial 77th-minute try which regained the lead for the world champions.

Quins had battled back from 24-4 down to lead 26-24 until Peacock crashed over before Danny McGuire sealed his hat-trick and the win in the dying seconds.

"Jamie Peacock was immense for us today," said a relieved McClennan.
"For such a big guy he did very well in the heat to stay on the pitch for the whole match and showed a lot of guts.

"It was a very close, tough game. Quins played really well and we're ecstatic that we're in the next round.

Bradford coach Steve McNamara was cautiously optimistic about the prospect of guiding his side to Challenge Cup glory after they marched into the quarter-finals with an eight-try demolition of Catalans.

The Bulls have not contested a Challenge Cup final since 2003, when they defeated arch-rivals Leeds in Cardiff, but on this evidence they look capable of going all the way.

They were given a helping hand when Dragons full-back Clint Greenshields was sent to the sin-bin in the fifth minute.
But the Bulls showed no mercy as they ran in four tries during the Australian's absence on the way to a 46-16 win.

McNamara - who saw wing Semi Tadulala claim a hat-trick to take his try tally to 14 in his last seven appearances - singled out man of the match Jamie Langley for particular praise.

"We are going to have to play really well to win any competition this year," said McNamara. "That's the crux of it and we aren't going to win any competition if we under-perform.

"But certainly it would be fantastic to get a little bit further in this competition and then see how we go from there.

"Deacs (Paul Deacon) was superb and can boss the game, especially when we are on the front foot in a game like that.

"But Jamie Langley was an excellent call for man of the match and the dry conditions certainly helped us.

"The sinbinning also helped us but we were very, very professional at the same time."

Oldham cruised into the quarter-finals of the Carnegie Challenge Cup with a comfortable 58-12 victory over First Division side Dewsbury Rams.

The Second Division side ran in 10 tries, seven of which came in a stunning second-half display.

Man-of-the-match second row Tommy Goulden led the way with four tries, there was a brace a piece for scrum-half James Coyle and centre Mick Nanyn while Lucas Onyango and Richard Mervill also crossed.

Nanyn capped a fine game by landing nine conversions from ten attempts for a personal haul of 26 points.

Pat Walker and Dominic Maloney replied with tries for Dewsbury, both converted by Walker.