So long and thanks for all the fish.
Hornets take their turn in the Robins' firing line.
When the Hull KR Bulldozer calls by, it brings with it a certain inevitability. Like chicken pox, the school bully snaffling dinner money or being snapped by a speed camera, it'll be your turn eventually.

All you can do is bear your discomfort as stoically as possible, be eternally grateful that their graceless hordes have swelled your coffers then cast the experience to the back of your mind and get on with your life.

There's no doubt that Hull KR are a fast, clinical and professional outfit and Hornets, like pretty much every other team in NL1 this year, are willing grist as they continue to grind their way back out of the Rugby League Wilderness.

Indeed, it took just two minutes for the visitors to get underway. A Fisher 40/20 from their first possession set up good position for Ford to score wide out. A pointed reminder of Hornets' place in the foodchain.

Fisher repeated his 40/20 trick immediately - Mr Laughton and his touch judges taking a somewhat liberal view of the actual position of the kick. Morrison coughed the ball from the scrum; Hornets had their first possession after six minutes.

And good use thhey made of it. Working the ball upfield through strong drives from Matt Sturm and Rob ball, Hornets worked the ball well up the left flank where Matt 'Kingpin' Firth threaded Phil Hasty through the narrowest of gaps. Kev King converted to give Hornets a shock 6-4 lead that lasted all of seven minutes.

Equilibrium was restored when Hull KR exploited Hornets' propensity to switch off on the last tackle; Tangata-Toa the grateful recipient.

But Hornets took the game back to the Robins. Kev King missed a simple penalty shot that would have closed the gap; then Lee Doran was unable to gather an exquisite grubber from hasty that cannonned back off the post with the visitors' defence in disarray.

Having had enough, Hull KR moved up a gear; Aizue, Murrell and Joseph delivering a rapid combination to send the visitors in 28-6 up at the break. Hornets - players and fans alike - reeling; the visitors very happy. And good on 'em.

The second half looked eeriliy similar; a procession of Hull KR tries through a tiring defence, with only the cursory resistance of tries from John Pickersgill and Chris Giles to salve the soul.

Final score 66-16.

Darren Abram was suitably philosphical in our role as this week's punchbag. "They are the best team we've played this season; they have excellent options and great go-forward." He went on: "I though our defence, which has been one of our strong points this year, was poor to be honest... there were a lot of one on one misses that put us under pressure; we put too much ball down and didn't win our one-up shots. Had we done that, it might have been a different story."

Ultimately, a visit from 'the pride of east hull' is like like nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting, it's horrid while it happens, but the feeling soon passes.

So, thank you Hull KR for deigning to thrash us - now, we really must get on...