Wildcats v Rovers: Teams
Wakefield will be hoping to make it two wins from two when they host Hull KR on Sunday at the Rapid Solictors Stadium.
Last Updated: 10/02/12 5:21pm
Wakefield will be hoping to make it two wins from two when they host Hull KR at the Rapid Solictors Stadium on Sunday.
The Wildcats opened their 2012 Stobart Super League season with a 32-14 triumph away at Widnes, a result made even more impressive considering they trailed the Vikings 10-4 at the break.
Their five second-half tries gave new coach Richard Agar the perfect start in the job, though the result has since been overshadowed by criticism from some of the Wakefield players of the Stobart Stadium's revolutionary 'iPitch'.
However, the major news to come out of the game for Agar was the broken hand suffered by Kyle Amor, ruling the prop out for as long as two months.
Either Oliver Wilkes or Paul Johnson will be promoted to the starting line-up, with Frankie Mariano and Kyle Trout vying to fill the vacancy on the bench.
Improvements
"We know we're still new as a team and even last week we were really happy to get the win and with certain aspects of our game," Agar told Wakefield's official website.
"I thought in the second half with good ball we put on some nice plays and scored some good tries, but we still think there are plenty of improvements in our game.
"We defended our line manfully in the first half but we still felt we could have got our systems a little bit better.
"For grit, determination, enthusiasm and toughness - some of the 'uncoachables' - we got them in bucket loads, which for us is fantastic."
Meanwhile, Hull KR - who were beaten 26-24 the last time they travelled to Wakefield - have no fresh injury concerns for the weekend.
There was to be no winning start for new Robins coach Craig Sandercock last Friday, as he saw his team go down 34-16 against reigning champions Leeds at Headingley.
Graeme Horne crossed twice in a losing cause on his debut for Rovers - he will once again deputise for injured skipper Ben Gelea in the pack.
Jason Netherton and Sam Latus have been added to the 17-man squad that lost to the Rhinos.
Wakefield squad: Mathers, Fox, Collis, Mellars, Cockayne, John, Wood, Wilkes, Ellis, Raleigh, Lauitiiti, Southern, Washbrook, Aiton , Johnson, Kirmond, Trout, Mariano, Smith.
Hull KR squad: McDonnell, Hall, D. Hodgson, Clinton, Withers, Webster, Dobson, Wheeldon, Taylor, Lovegrove, J. Hodgson, Paea, Horne, Murrell, Mika, Netherton, Cox, Welham, Latus.