Hull KR cannot rely on past achievements, warns Willie Peters
Willie Peters has stressed that Hull KR cannot rely on past achievements as they look to get their Super League title defence back on track.
After recovering from a challenging start with nine straight wins, the off-colour Robins are now in danger of dropping out of the play-off places.
Peters has told his team that previous triumphs will count for little in the run-in unless they reproduce the standards that brought them success.
"Your confidence has got to come from now," said the Australian ahead of Saturday's trip to fellow top-six hopefuls Warrington Wolves.
"Of course, you can talk about what we've done in the past but that only lasts so long. It's important that they look at what they can do going forward.
"All I'm worried about is what the players did today and what they'll do going forward. Nothing else matters in the past.
"What I'm really looking forward to is seeing which players stand up this week and what they deliver after last week's performance (against Wakefield Trinity)."
Rovers have lost three of their six Super League games since their heavy Challenge Cup final defeat to Wigan Warriors, raising fresh questions about their title credentials.
Peters insists his side must embrace the scrutiny that comes with success rather than shy away from it.
"If people doubt you in rugby league, sport or life in general, you need to have some sort of resilience about you," he added.
"Not many people enjoy negative things being said about you but it's all part of sport.
"It's our four walls and where we think we're at. We're pretty honest. We know where we want to get to and are certainly not there yet.
"There's a gap between the teams at the top at the moment compared to the next tier so we've got some work to do.
"I know what this team and club are about. It's taken us to some great places in the past.
"You never want to go away from who you are and what you're about. That's all I want us to do for the remainder of the year and see where we are at the back end. We've got to give ourselves a chance by being us."