A special celebration is being put on in Hull city centre to mark Hull KR reaching the Challenge Cup final.

The Robins will be taking part in their first Challenge Cup final for 29 years this Saturday when they run out to play Yorkshire rivals Leeds Rhinos at Wembley.


To mark their success, Hull City Council will be putting on a celebratory event- win or lose- on Bank Holiday Monday.

The event, in Queen Victoria Square, Hull city centre, will start from 1pm, with KR's pitch-side announcer Neil Rudd announcing the team onto the stage alongside a range of music and entertainment.

Councillor Stephen Brady, leader of Hull City Council and a big KR fan, said

Let's not get paranoid.

There was an event planned had we won in 2013. Maybe the club didn't want anything held otherwise.

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if they win then fair enough but to celebrate losing?

imagine if it happened to us in 2013 - was there anything remotely worth celebrating about our performance that day? think the players would be a bit embarrassed as well tbh

I remember welcoming and cheering the lads home a cpl of times outside darleys despite losing in the 80s its what we did!

It's the Hull taxpayer I feel sorry for, times of austerity and all that.

Did the hcc organise it ?

Not got a problem if they win

Shut up you moaning gits - I was there in 2005 for the exact same thing! Let em have their day - I actually want them to win - They deserve some success, hell theyve had to wait long enough for it but the fans deserve it - Theyre Hull folk just like us!

Why would anyone begrudge a civic reception when they win the cup? It's the unlikely scenario of losing and having a council-funded/organised event that's odd. Did we have a civic event in 2008 or 2013, or did City have one after losing in the FA Cup? I can't recall one but happy to be proven wrong. Either way I believe their name is on the cup (said this after they beat Wigan) so it's well deserved.

Seb your post just sums you up to a tee ... Your a tw@ of the highest order , any one wanting them to win is not an FC fan plain and simple

Let's get this straight for anyone for the hard of understanding .... If Kr WIN the cup then of course they should and would deserve a big parade

It's only once every 30 years or so, what's the problem?

Calm down, no one said otherwise.

The council aren't showing any favouratism. We could have had a reception for losing in 2013 but the club only wanted one in the event of a win.

.... and City didn't want one, win or lose.

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