Hull KR 28 Wakefield Trinity 12: Louis Senior and Tom Opacic at the double to nip Trinity revival in the bud
Mikey Lewis added the fifth try for the home side with Wakefield scoring through Romain Franco and Luke Gale.
Rovers opened the scoring six minutes in when a fine offload by Dean Hadley sent Opacic over for the first try.
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Hide AdRovers added a second shortly after when they spread the ball wide on the right and Senior crossed in the corner following a floated pass from Rowan Milnes who this time kicked the extras.
Gale, making his Wakefield debut after a long injury absence, presented the home side their third try as Senior intercepted his looped pass out wide and raced from his own 10 metre line to score for a second time, with Milnes making it 16-0.
Rovers' Fouad Yaha was harshly sent to the sin bin with 10 minutes of the half remaining for his hard hit on Max Jowitt.
Despite being a man down Rovers carved their way up field and Opacic dived on a chip by Milnes whose kick made it 22-0.
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Hide AdWakefield replied three minutes before the break when Gale's high kick was caught by Franco who scored his side's opening try. Will Dagger converted to make it 22-6 at half time.
Wakefield were denied an almost certain score when Gale's sideways kick along the line was knocked on with the Rovers try line open, but Gale did get a try soon after, improved by Dagger.
Wakefield's David Fifita was shown the second yellow card of the match when he threw Senior to the ground and Rovers made them pay with their first score of the second period.
Lewis was well placed to touch down from a fine flat pass by Jez Litten and Milnes' fourth conversion sealed his side's 28-12 victory.
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Hide AdHull K R: Zenon, Senior, Opacic, Kenny-Dowall, Yaha, Lewis, Milnes, Luckley, Litten, King, Hadley, Linnett, Minchella. placements: Parcell, Kennedy, Storton, Aydin.
Wakefield: Jowitt, Kershaw, Croft, Dagger, Franco, Smith, Gale,
Battye, Hood, Bowden, Ashurst, Pitts, Kay.
Replacements: Bowes, Fifita, Shaw, Atoni.
Referee: Chris Kendall (RFL)