Winger Kieran Dixon scored a hat-trick of tries to give Hull KR’s interim boss James Webster the last laugh against his old club.
Just over 12 months since parting company with Wakefield, Webster returned to Belle Vue in triumph as his Rovers team pulled off a thumping 54-16 victory to revive their First Utility Super League top-eight hopes.
It was a miserable reunion for Wakefield coach Chris Chester, who lost his job as head coach of Hull KR after they suffered a surprise 14-12 home defeat to the Wildcats in February – and after overseeing eight wins from his first 10 matches, has now seen them crash to heavy back-to-back defeats.
Architects of Rovers’ fifth win of the season were skipper Terry Campese – playing only his second full game of an injury-disrupted 2016 – and his half-back partner Albert Kelly, while Dixon applied the finishing touches on his first appearance for six weeks.
The former London winger, who was recently injured playing on dual registration for Newcastle Thunder, must wish he could play against Wakefield every week after taking his try tally to eight in his last four appearances against them.
Rovers exposed their opponents’ vulnerability under the high ball as early as the third minute when a fumble by winger Tom Johnstone enabled Maurice Blair to get Dixon over for his first try of the game.
