“NONE of us should look for excuses, only resolutions.”

Those were the words of Daryl Powell after once again watching his Warrington Wolves side turn out a bitterly disappointing display.

Hull KR were the beneficiaries on this occasion, running out 34-18 winners at Craven Park last night after an opening quarter Powell described as “calamitous.”

The Wire were 20-0 down after 16 minutes having only had two sets in possession themselves and from there, they never really recovered.

They also conceded two tries in as many minutes early in the second half to extinguish any faint hopes of a comeback.

Traffic problems on the M62 meant the team did not arrive at Craven Park until 7.30pm and kick off was delayed by 15 minutes, but Powell refused to use their tricky journey as an excuse for his side’s display.

“I wouldn’t want to make an excuse with that, to be honest. It is what it is with the M62 sometimes,” he said.

“We’re 20-0 down and we’ve given ourselves such a mountain to climb. Defensively, we are just miles off.

“It’s a tough day and I’m coming into a few of these at the moment.

“I look back through my coaching career and I don’t see many five straight losses. This is not turning around quickly enough.

“The blessing in disguise is that we haven’t got a game next week as we’ve got time to get after what we need to do.

“For 20 minutes, it’s calamitous. I don’t think we had one defensive set where it didn’t go wrong.

“I was brought in to change the culture at the club. That needs changing and I’m after that at the moment.

“It’s tough but I’m working hard.

“Losing games hurts badly and we’re losing games consistently.

“It’s still early enough in the season to turn it round as difficult as that seems at the minute.

“Confidence ebbs and flows as we go through the year and at the moment, confidence is pretty low. It’s how we get ourselves out of that.

“First of all, they have to fix it up in their own heads because we’re all human beings. That’s where it all plays out.

“Everybody’s taking pot shots at us at the minute – they’re coming from everywhere – and I fully accept all of those pot shots.

“I won’t be shying away from them and I don’t think any of the players should be either.

“You can’t put your head in the sand in this situation. You’ve got to pull your head out, man up and get on with it.”

Frankie Halton, Ryan Hall, Lachlan Coote and Jimmy Keinhorst all crossed during The Wire’s nightmare spell before Peter Mata’utia – moved to full-back in a tactical reshuffle which saw Josh Thewlis move to the wing and Connor Wrench to centre – got Wire on the board.

However, Joe Bullock was sin-binned following persistent Wire offending before the break and while he was still off the field in the second half, Hall and Jez Litten extended the Robins’ lead.

George Williams and Thewlis crossed either side of a Mikey Lewis score for Rovers as the home side ran out comfortable and deserving winners.

Despite their start to the game, Powell believed his side were still in the contest at 20-6 down at half-time but that the early second-half tries extinguished their hopes.

“We spoke about being tough in this game and starting aggressively, and that didn’t happen. That’s there for everyone to see,” he said.

“It’s an attitude and a physical thing from a defensive perspective. We’re not putting our bodies on ball carriers and defending effectively.

“I still thought at half time that we could have won the game, but we conceded two tries straight after half time.

“There were a couple of poor defensive reads that get them points and from there it’s tough. You’re really chasing the game then.

“We put the ball down before half-time on the third tackle – Connor Wrench forced a pass when he didn’t really need to.

“If we score next it’s 20-12 potentially and you’re back in the game, but we needed to be first to score after half time.”