Super League: Wakefield Wildcats 16-54 Hull KR
Last Updated: 03/06/16 5:47am
Winger Kieran Dixon scored a hat-trick as Hull KR pulled off a thumping 54-16 Super League victory over Wakefield Wildcats.
KR boss James Webster came up trumps against his former club but it was a miserable reunion for Wakefield coach Chris Chester, who lost his job as head coach of Rovers 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.
The Rovers ship was steered expertly by returning skipper Terry Campese, who missed the trip to Catalans following an injury-disrupted 2016 and his half-back partner Albert Kelly, while winger Dixon applied the finishing touches to three of his side's 10 tries.
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.
Throughout the match, Rovers exposed their opponents' vulnerability under the high ball and it provided them with reward after just three minutes when a fumble by winger Tom Johnstone enabled Maurice Blair to get Dixon over for his first try of the game.
Webster's men then exploited some weak defence to establish a stranglehold on the game with three further tries in a blistering eight-minute spell.
Kelly took a return pass from makeshift centre Chris Clarkson to touch down before sending second row forward James Greenwood over - and Dixon broke down the wing to get hooker Shaun Lunt over for the 150th try of his career.
Hull KR might have been out of sight then had Ken Sio been in better kicking form but he missed two relatively easy conversion attempts and Wakefield rallied to score tries through winger Bill Tupou and hooker Michael Sio to give them some hope.
However, with their defence in especially generous mood, it was always a big ask and prop Adam Walker galloped through a yawning gap to get substitute James Green over for the visitors' fifth try of the first half, with Sio extending their lead to 26-10.
Former Hull KR full-back Craig Hall finished off a superb break by second rower Matty Ashurst to open the scoring in the second half, but that was as good as it got for the home side.
Dixon raced in for his second try on 55 minutes and and completed his hat-trick three minutes later with a long-range effort.
Greenwood grabbed his second try after Tupou failed to clear the danger posed by a grubber kick from Kelly, who sprinted 70 metres for a solo score.
Blair collected Campese's lofted kick for the visitors' 10th try and Sio kicked his seventh goal.
