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Hull KR produced a dominant second-half display to end a three-match losing run in style and ease the pressure on their coach, Craig Sandercock.
Rovers trailed 18-16 at half-time but then scored 28 points without reply to secure a comfortable victory that lifts them into Super League's top-eight play-offs at the expense of St Helens. Their winger Luke George, who is on loan from Huddersfield, and the forwards Rhys Lovegrove and Graeme Horne scored two tries apiece in an error-strewn match.
There has been speculation over the future of Sandercock, whose contract runs out at the end of this season, with the chairman, Neil Hudgell, promising a decision on the coach's future within weeks.
"It is a little bit stressful, I can't lie to you," Sandercock said. "But I'm here to do a job. I work seven days a week and I work as hard as I can. That's all I can do. It's outside my control. The chairman and CEO keep me abreast of what's happening with the club. I'm here for the players. The players are more important than me. At the moment they're doing the best they can. They're responding well."
Rovers began impressively, taking advantage of some careless play by Wakefield to open up a 12-0 lead after 18 minutes thanks to tries from Horne and George.
The Wildcats hit back to edge in front by the interval, courtesy of tries from Dean Collis, Ben Cockayne and Lee Smith, but Sandercock's men went on to dominate.
"We haven't been as bad as you guys have been saying," said Sandercock, who hopes to extend George's loan spell. "We knew, if we could be just a bit more disciplined and control the ball a bit more, we'd be a chance today."
As Rovers got on top, Lovegrove powered his way over for two second-half tries but he was pipped for the man-of-the-match award by the prop Mickey Paea, whose storming runs visibly lifted his side.
Wakefield missed the chance to leapfrog Rovers in the table and the coach, Richard Agar, admitted the defeat dealt a blow to their play-off hopes.
"Today was a good opportunity for us and we were nowhere near tough enough to win that game in the second half," he said. "We committed more knock-ons and unforced errors today than we have for a long time."
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