HULL FC vice-captain Danny Houghton says his side are gunning for revenge in Saturday's derby.
Houghton admits Hull "owe Hull KR one" after losing last year's Magic Weekend game in controversial circumstances to their bitter rivals.
Despite leading by 14 points with only 12 minutes to play at the Etihad Stadium, Hull saw their hopes of a first derby win at the Magic event evaporate as three late tries, including a controversial forward pass for Michael Dobson's score, handed the Robins victory.
Having already tasted defeat to Rovers this season at the KC Stadium, Houghton says the agony of defeat is providing a major driving force this week at training.
"It's never nice to lose a derby and there is a sense of us owing them one," Houghton told the Mail.
"We'll concentrate this week on getting things right, look at their strengths and hopefully that will take us a long way to getting the win.
"We do owe them. We enjoyed the Warrington win, but knuckled down again yesterday to get the hard work done. It will be another tough game against our arch enemies in a big derby. Form goes out of the window and it's another we have to win."
Hull will hope form does count for something as they head to Manchester with seven wins from their last eight games.
A run sparked by the disappointment of the Good Friday derby defeat at the KC, Hull's form has taken them to sixth in the table and three points off the top four.
The Robins remain poised to pounce just two points behind and, despite their encouraging run of form, Hull are aware the importance of victory on Saturday.
Buoyed by their first win of the season against one of the current top four, Houghton says it was important to silence the critics who had pointed to the fact the Black and Whites were yet to beat one of the so-called big boys.
"It was just what we needed," he said. "We have started to play some decent rugby in the last six or seven weeks, but people had started to say we'd not beaten a big team.
"So to go there against a very good Warrington side shows how much we've come on in recent weeks.
"We've got a great group and everyone digs in, works really hard and we're working hard at training and we're reaping the rewards now.
"Everyone is buying into what we want to do, working hard from Monday to Friday and busting a gut to help the team out.
"I'm enjoying my rugby. Our style of play is starting to suit me and hopefully I can keep improving."
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