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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aaron Bower at Craven Park

Hull KR close in on ending 40-year trophy drought after crushing Salford

Hull KR's Jack Broadbent scores his side's fourth try of the game against Salford
Hull KR's Jack Broadbent scores his side's fourth try of the game against Salford. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

That noise you have been hearing over the past few weeks, which only seems to be getting louder? It is the noise of the tectonic plates in Super League beginning to shift from one side of the Pennines to the other.

For the last six or seven years, it has been Wigan and St Helens who have held the Super League title with a vice-like grip. There have been contenders, challengers even: but when the chips are down, it is usually the Warriors or the Saints holding the trophy aloft at Old Trafford every October.

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