The visitors made a dream start as a sublime grubber kick from Ellis Jones was hoovered up on the left by Henry Bird, the wing then cutting inside to touch down under the posts.

Will Partington made no mistake with the conversion, and RAMS moved further in front when livewire scrum-half Ollie Cole took a quick tap penalty on the halfway line before racing away for his side’s second try of the afternoon.

The extras were again added, but the visitors then suffered a further setback as Rowan Grundy was forced off, leading to wholesale changes in the backline which saw Partington to fly-half, Bird to full-back and replacement Ollie Allan on the left wing.

Yet RAMS continued to overcome adversity and collected a third try following a period of sustained pressure in the Hull 22, Jak Rossiter eventually dancing inside and beating several men for his 14th of the campaign – and fifth against the Yorkshiremen.

There were no further scores before the break, but with Cole forced off at the interval, Allan was now at scrum-half and man-of-the-match Josh Collis moved to inside centre. Ross Crame came on in the back row.

And it was the outstanding Collis who secured the visitors’ bonus-point, a number of fine off-loads and hard carries eventually finished with a snipe from the stand-in 12.

Leading 24-0 RAMS were in control, and despite a couple of counter-attacks from the hosts – one intercept by Axel Kalling-Smith diffusing what looked a likely score – there was little to suggest what was to come in the final 15 minutes.

Firstly a swift move from the home side saw them go some 65 metres before the ball was switched to the right for wing Keane Naylor to just about touchdown, Reece Dean’s conversion fading just left for 24-5.

A second followed quickly for the hosts as Joe Carlisle ran a penalty from on the RAMS’ 22 before timing a beautiful pass for Steve Johnson to cut a great line and dot down under the posts.

The conversion was this time added to reduce the deficit to 12, and Hull gave themselves hope when Mike Adlard’s electric speed saw him over on the left, Dean’s fabulous touchline conversion making it a one-point game with 90 seconds to go.

Yet RAMS regathered themselves and after securing a scrum and carrying for a couple of phases, Allan chipped the ball off to seal the win.