Hull KR romped to victory over Wakefield and pleased coach Chris Chester in the process

Hull KR coach Chris Chester was delighted with his side's response after they romped to a 54-6 thrashing of Super League bottom club Wakefield at the KC Lightstream Stadium.

Rovers had suffered their heaviest defeat of the season last Friday, a 60-0 humiliation at Wigan, but they bounced back to score 10 tries against the struggling Wildcats.

Chester said: “We did a lot of soul-searching during the early part of the week. We wanted to put a few wrongs right and we did that.

"We've not played here for over a month and it's really pleasing that we got a win for the fans.

"I thought we defended a lot better, but there is still a lot to improve on. They broke our line a couple of times and we struggled with their offloads.

"I've got to credit my boys. The worked hard during the week and they worked hard out there tonight. I was pleased with the effort, although we looked a little nervous in the first half."

Hull KR welcomed back goalkicking winger Josh Mantellato, who scored two tries and kicked seven goals after missing the Wigan loss because he was back in Australia acting as best man at his brother’s wedding.

Captain Terry Campese also returned, in his case from injury, and he was named man of the match after a typically influential display.

Chester said: “It was a tough ask for Josh, who got off the plane late on Sunday night .

“He carried the ball really strong, we missed him last week.

"We also missed Terry. He's the leader of this club and an important part of this team. When Terry plays well, the team generally plays well."

Wakefield trailed only 8-6 when centre Joe Arundel scored a 24th-minute try but they were again let down by their defending and have now conceded 40 points in each of their last eight matches.

Coach James Webster said: “For parts of the game we competed all right, in other parts we were absolutely miles off.

"We create lots of chances and don't come up with much from them.

"We gave away 22 points through kicks, which makes it even harder for us.

"We were in that game for a while, we just didn't come up with a good enough defensive effort for long enough. It's been a 10-week problem, if teams hang in there long enough against us, we leak points."