Hull KR captain Terry Campese targets cup win over Wigan
Thursday 14 May 2015 15:33, UK
Hull KR captain Terry Campese is aiming to emulate his best friend Joel Monaghan by winning the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.
The Australian stand-off watched on with envy from 12,000 miles away as his former Canberra Raiders team-mate Monaghan helped Warrington topple Leeds at Wembley in 2012.
Campese and the Robins will attempt to secure a place in the quarter-finals when they take on 19-times winners Wigan in a sixth-round tie at Leigh Sports Village on Friday night.
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"The Challenge Cup was one of the big draw cards for me to come over to Super League," said Campese, who joined Rovers in the close season.
"My good mate, Joel Monaghan, has been there and done it. I followed his progress and saw how excited he was about the whole process and it made me want to be a part of it. Hopefully we can do a job on Wigan and move to the next game."
Campese, who got his first taste of Challenge Cup action in his side's 50-30 fifth-round win at Bradford last month, was among a host of players missing when Rovers crashed to a humiliating 60-0 Super League defeat at Wigan a fortnight ago.
Warriors coach Shaun Wane, who recalls England winger Josh Charnley after a two-month absence, is reading little into that 11-try rout.
"They'll have a different attitude this week," said Wane. "One of their main players didn't play and they want Campese to come and change things.
"We just need to make sure that we defend well and put him under pressure, the same with (Albert) Kelly. They've got some good players in their team so we need to defend like we have been defending.
"We've had three ‘nils' this year. I'm really pleased with our defence but great teams do it week-in week-out."
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