The Robins ran in seven tries as they hammered Wakefield to take a big step towards securing a play-off finish in 2010.

A week after Brett Hodgson's last gasp penalty denied them a win against Huddersfield, the Red and Whites travelled back to West Yorkshire to take on a Wakefield side featuring former Robin Paul Cooke. A shoulder injury sidelined Mike Ratu, so Matt Cook came into the side with Clint Newton switching to the centres, and youngster Sam Latus kept his place on the wing after a solid debut against the Giants.

The Robins started strongly on a blustery afternoon at the Hearwell Stadium, taking advantage of the first two penalties of the game to open the scoring four minutes in.

Daryl Millard was caught offside by referee Ben Thaler, giving the Red and Whites a repeat set on the home side's line, and Michael Dobson capitalised. A clever dummy and step wrong-footed the Wildcats' defence, and the scrum-half sliced over to touch down.

Dobson converted himself, but after a scrappy period of play from both teams, the home side began to turn the screw on the Robins' line.

Ben Jeffries' cross-kick was pulled out of Sam Latus' hands in mid-air by Danny Kirmond, but Ben Cockayne and Kris Welham did superbly to prevent the Wakefield man touching down.

That denied the home side a try, but they were handed a repeat set, and the Red and Whites' defence had to work hard to deny Michael Korkidas as he barrelled over the line in the next set.

The pressure looked to have been relieved when Jason Demetriou spilled the ball, but on the next play, Kris Welham knocked-on to keep the home side on the attack.

It seemed as though the pressure must finally result in a Wakefield try, but instead it was the Robins who went over courtesy of a play they had seen all too many times before.

Paul Cooke took the ball to the line before firing a trademark cut-out pass which was read to perfection by Clint Newton, and the makeshift centre raced 85 metres to touch down in front of the army of travelling fans.

Dobson added on the extras, but the Wildcats hit back quickly to get themselves on the scoreboard with their next attack.

Another cross-kick from Jeffries drifted just over Newton's head and although he managed to get a hand to it, he couldn't reel it in and Millard touched down.

Cooke missed the conversion, and as half-time approached, Rovers made the most of a Glenn Morrison knock-on to extend their advantage again.

Morrison's mistake on half-way presented the Robins with the ball, and after the tackle count had been restarted, the Red and Whites pounced.

A strong carry from Scott Taylor laid the platform for Ben Galea to fire out a long ball and send Welham over, giving the Robins a two-score lead at the break.

Half-Time: Wakefield Wildcats 4      Hull KR 16

Having made a good start to the first half, only to let the Wildcats come back at them, the Robins needed to maintain their concentration and take their chances, however they were lucky not to concede an early score to a re-energised Wakefield side.

Jeffries' bomb was claimed by Millard, and as he cut inside, he seemed a certain scorer, but Cockayne did brilliantly to get a hand on him and half his progress. Millard offloaded to put the supporting Cooke over, but referee Thaler correctly called the pass forward.

That proved to be a crucial moment in the contest, as the Robins went straight down to the Wakefield line and extended their lead.

Dobson's kick stood up perfectly for full-back Matt Blaymire, but the onrushing duo of Welham and Matt Cook forced him to take his eye off the ball and knock-on. Then directly from the scrum, Rovers went wide, Cockayne offloaded to Josh Hodgson, and he sent Peter Fox over.

Into the wind, Dobson converted brilliantly from the touchline, and the Red and Whites took advantage of a shell-shocked Wakefield side to go the length of the field and put Fox over again.

Liam Watts rebounded off Paul King before producing one of many excellent offloads to send Hodgson away, and a couple of tackles later, Fox touched down Galea's perfectly-weighted grubber.

Dobson again converted, but the Wildcats recovered quickly and hit straight back. Jason Demetriou's offload allowed Richard Moore to barge over and somehow get the ball down despite the attentions of three Robins.

Cooke added the extras, but the Red and Whites had been in a similar position before, and were in no mood to see their lead slip away.

A lovely short restart from Dobson bounced away from Demetriou and over the sideline to give the Robins the ball back, and from there, Charlie Leaeno was caught offside.

Dobson took the points on offer, but the home side capitalised on back-to-back penalties to respond again, as Morrison's offload put Paul Johnson in.

Rovers again replied in their next attack, courtesy of another penalty against Morrison, who was rightly pulled up for straddling Ben Fisher as the hooker tried to get up.

Dobson slotted the kick over, and as the frustration began to build in the Wildcats' camp in the face of an enthusiastic Rovers side, another penalty opportunity quickly arrived, which Dobson was only too happy to take.

The frustration finally boiled over as Michael Korkidas followed through on Dobson after he had passed the ball, flooring the scrum-half with an ugly forearm. Referee Thaler missed the incident, but as his assistant ran on to alert him, Rhys Lovegrove exacted his own punishment, landing a flurry of blows before the two were separated.

Both Korkidas and Lovegrove were yellow-carded, but the Robins were in control of the contest as time ticked down, and took advantage of a demoralised and tiring Wakefield side.

Another excellent Watts offload sent Scott Taylor away, and after he was hit high by Blaymire, the Red and Whites tapped the ball, and Galea put Scott Wheeldon went over.

Dobson converted and straight from the restart, the charging Galea stepped past Demetriou and raced clear. He beat Blaymire on half-way and set sail for the line, before offloading to Mick Vella, and Wheeldon was on his shoulder to bag a second try.

Dobson added a ninth goal of the game to round off an excellent first win at Belle Vue, and strengthen the Robins' hold on a play-off spot. However some of the gloss was taken off the result by injuries to Scott Murrell and Kris Welham, who were both forced off.

Full-Time: Wakefield Wildcats 14      Hull KR 46

Hull KR: 28. Ben Cockayne; 2. Peter Fox, 11. Clint Newton, 3. Kris Welham, 29. Sam Latus; 9. Scott Murrell, 7. Michael Dobson; 30. Joel Clinton, 17. Ben Fisher, 10. Scott Wheeldon; 8. Rhys Lovegrove, 13. Ben Galea, 22. Liam Watts.

Replacements: 20. Mick Vella, 24. Scott Taylor, 21. Josh Hodgson, 14. Matt Cook.

Wakefield: 1. Matt Blaymire; 2. Damien Blanch, 18. Aaron Murphy, 4. Daryl Millard, 23. Dale Morton; 21. Paul Cooke, 6. Ben Jeffries; 25. Richard Moore, 26. Julien Rinaldi, 35. Charlie Leaeno; 32. Danny Kirmond, 12. Glenn Morrison, 13. Jason Demetriou.

Replacements: 10. Michael Korkidas, 19. Paul King, 16. Paul Johnson, 20. Tevita Leo-Latu.

Referee: Mr B. Thaler                        Attendance: 6,218