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Hull KR boss Willie Peters has offered his verdict on this evening’s 32-12 defeat to Toulouse Olympique The Robins lost their second game in four days, after a 32-26 loss to Warrington on Tuesday night. Today’s result came as much more of an upset. Despite missing both Mikey Lewis and Tyrone May, KR were still expected to pick up the win against the French side – and as a bare minimum they needed to compete for the full 80. Elliot Minchella’s first-half score put the home side level as they headed into the break, but 26 unanswered points saw off the game, before Louix Gorman added a consolation score in the final minutes. The game came as Rovers’ third in nine days, and they have another game in just five days time when they take on Wigan Warriors on Thursday. Speaking to Sky Sports, Peters said his side looked tired, and whilst that is a genuine excuse, they can’t use that as a scapegoat. “Look, we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ve got to keep cracking on. We‘ve got three games to go, but there’s no doubt there’s some tired players there. “Half-time was six all, probably shouldn’t have been, but we were still in the game in terms of the scoreboard, and then we started that second half like we did. “We gave [away] eight yardage penalties in that first half, or six yardage penalties, was eight in total, and then we were defending our line. I thought we were brave in parts in that first half, and like you said, it was a really tired performance, not a lot to like.” Hull KR boss reveals double blow ahead of Wigan Warriors trip The Robins could be without two key forwards on Thursday night, with Peters revealing two concerns heading into that huge game at the Brick Community Stadium. Back row pair Dean Hadley and James Batchelor are at risk of missing the Grand Final rematch, with the boss putting their knocks down to fatigue. “When you look at it, we’ve played every single week, and then we’re going to be playing four games in 15 days. Wigan’s the last of that four games, so yeah, it’s huge. “The problem we’ve got is just, the bodies are going down now. We could potentially lose ‘Batch’, James Batchelor, and Dean Hadley went off. When you’re losing bodies through injury, that’s where it makes it really difficult, because we’ve already obviously got some guys out. “Jordan [Dezaria]’s injured for six weeks, so in terms of our pack, there’s a lot of players on the sideline, or will be.”