As the excitement built in a heavily regimented week of press events and build up, one phrase continually came out the mouths of the Hull FC players: “We owe them one”.

The memory of the season opener at Craven Park was still fresh, the image of Jimmy Keinhorst touching down with six seconds remaining was seared into the minds of the FC playing staff, coaches and fans.

As such, despite grinding out wins on the road against Salford Red Devils and Catalans Dragons, the Hull players pulled up at the KCOM Stadium in the Easter sunshine, only one game will have been on their minds and revenge in the coldest of manners was exactly what they served up.

It could have been very different had Tommy Lee’s try not been disallowed in the opening minutes for a double movement, but within a minute of that decision, Jake Connor was celebrating at the other end, for his only try in what was a sublime performance in Black and White.

Rovers fought back and made life difficult for the FC in the first half, matching up their middles and getting over through Keinhorst and Craig Hall, but it was Jack Logan who proved to be the difference before the interval, notching two tries in his first appearance at the KCOM Stadium since his return from Toronto Wolfpack.

Hull FC 56-12 Hull KR




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Logan has struggled for form over the last couple of seasons, but after doing well in games against Catalans and Salford, he appears to be playing at something close to his best at present and with Ratu Naulago waiting in the wings, it couldn’t have come at a better time.

However, it was in the second half when Hull FC really began to make hay and Mark Minichiello set the tone with a try inside two minutes of the restart.

Jake Connor opens the scoring for Hull FC in the derby with Hull KR at the KCOM Stadium

The heat of the battle had taken it out of Rovers, who began to look weary, but with the scent of blood in their nostrils, Hull stepped it up and added insult to injury by scoring five tries inside 14 second-half minutes in front of the North Stand decorated entirely in red and white.

It wasn’t just a victory that grabs the headlines for racking up a record breaking points tally, but it’s the type of result which launches seasons.

Hull hadn’t exactly struggled up until Good Friday and momentum had been starting to build, but if Lee Radford’s side are to be up there challenging for honours come the end of the campaign, as the current table suggests they will be, many will no doubt look to the derby thrashing as the one that really set them on their way.

The trip to St Helens looks to be the toughest possible fixture to go into and attempt to build on, but few will be taking Hull lightly after exacting retribution and underlining their play-off credentials in such devastating fashion.