HULL FC v HULL KR
8pm, Sky Sports
TONY SMITH can't bear to even think about another humiliating derby nightmare as Hull bid to kick-off Super League in style.
The Airlie Birds boss was left helpless as his abject side were embarrassed 40-0 at home by city rivals Hull KR last Good Friday.
But they are back at the MKM Stadium facing Rovers in tonight's big season-opener vowing not to let history repeat itself.
Smith said: "It was humiliating. It was one of those days you hate having to live through.
"But you experience it, learn from it and you have to front up to it.
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