The derby: Hull FC beat Rovers 22-16 after dramatic late comeback

HULL FC ended their Magic weekend hoodoo in spectacular fashion to beat Rovers 22-16. Hull scored three tries in the final eight minutes to claim bragging rights back in the 219th derby. First blood went to Hull. Daniel Holdsworth's brilliant 40/20 set the Black and Whites up superbly for their first attack of the game in the fifth minute. Richard Whiting, who scored twice in Hull's win at Warrington, bounced off tackles to slid over. Holdsworth converted to give Hull a 6-0 lead. It was at this point Luke George came off with a knee injury, forcing Rovers to reshuffle. Jordan Cox came on in the second row to allow Graeme Horne to move to left centre with Craig Hall outside him on the wing. But the scores were level 10 minutes later. Hall read Whiting's mind and intercepted his pass close to the KR line and returned it 50 metres. From that, Michael Dobson sent Greg Eden through to score in front of the FC fans. Dobson added the extras to make it 6-6. Hall, who has made a habit of popping up with big plays in derbies, came up with another in the 28th minute, taking Dobson's kick to the left corner one-handed. He then spun out of a Tom Lineham tackle to score. Dobson missed the conversion but Rovers went in to the interval with a 10-6 lead. Hull had the better of the exchanges at the start of the second half but they couldn't turn possession into points. Tom Briscoe went close but ran out of room grounding the ball in the 46th minute. Kirk Yeaman dropped a straightforward pass with Hull closing in on the Rovers line. An obstruction ended another promising attack which gave Rovers some much needed breathing room. Mark O'Meley's hit on Con Mika resulted in another penalty which Dobson turned into two points, giving the Robins a 12-6 lead. Dobson missed his next kick - a conversion attempt after Rovers' third try. Eden saw Hull's defence had been dragged inside which gave Alex Brown plenty of space to take his pass and go over in the right-hand corner. Trailing 16-6 with 16 minutes remaining, Hull needed a response, but it didn't come. A Crooks kick to Dobson ended another attack in disappointing fashion for Peter Gentle's side. Too many passes went astray for Hull as Rovers played smart. But with time running out, Hull came alive. Tom Lineham scored after a great break by Chris Green down the middle. Then, Kirk Yeaman looked to have planted the ball short of the try line, but video referee Steve Ganson awarded a try. Holdsworth's missed conversion left the sides level at 16-16 with less than five minutes to play. And the drama continued. Greg Eden allowed a high ball to bounce over his head and into the hands of Green, who grounded the ball under the posts. The score went upstairs to video ref Ganson who awarded the try despite replays appearing to show Green was off-side.The RFL later said in a statement that the decision to award the try had been incorrect and Ganson had offered his apologies to Rovers. Holdsworth's conversion sent the Hull fans delirious and the Rovers supporters for the exits.