With three weeks to go before the two sides meet again in the Carnegie Challenge Cup Crusaders coach John Dixon will be hoping for an improvement from his side which made a bright start but then fell away and still looking for their first top-flight victory.
The engage Super League new boys caused Rovers plenty of problems in the opening half and their 12th-minute lead came as little surprise when Matty Smith and Marshall Chalk combined to send in the supporting Peter Lupton, with Josh Hannay adding the conversion.
It took Rovers nine minutes to level things when Kris Welham jolted the ball loose in a tackle and fended off three desperate tackle attempts as he raced in to score. Michael Dobson converted.
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Hull KR 48 Celtic Crusaders 18
Hull KR 48 Celtic Crusaders 18
