WATCH: How Tony Smith courted new Hull KR recruit Shaun Kenny-Dowall with a long-distance relationship

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Nov 2019, 06:00 BST
THE messages from Shaun Kenny-Dowall, in Australia, to Hull KR head coach Tony Smith thousands of miles away, had become regular and identical: “Good luck, this week.”

The former New Zealand international had long since agreed to join KR from Newcastle Knights for 2020 but nothing could be sealed until the Robins had secured their Super League safety.

As everyone knows, the club’s fraught battle to avoid relegation went on and on until finally being confirmed on that tense and dramatic final September night of regular round action.

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