PETER Fox returns to MS3 Craven Park today (Sunday) assured of getting another warm reception from the Rovers fans who always recognise their former stars fondly.
Fox is one of several ex-Robins in Richard Agar's side who will be hoping to leave east Hull with a win which takes the Wildcats above Rovers in the Super League table.
And the 28-year-old admits the friendly reception always lifts him and the other ex-KR players to new heights.
"The reception we get at Craven Park is always great," Fox told the Mail. "I spent four seasons there and enjoyed every minute of it.
"I know Ben Cockayne enjoys going back there too because he was there longer than me and he helped them win promotion to Super League.
"To hear the cheers is a great feeling and it's much better than being booed. The reception we get does lift you and you want to put on a good performance."
There is no doubt Fox and Cockayne in particular will do that, with the pair having already totted up 22 tries, with Fox in front on 12.
Since leaving Rovers, they have been just as prolific against the Robins, sharing eight tries in three matches.
Neither got over the whitewash last week in the Wildcats' 24-6 defeat by Hull, but Fox admits the score didn't reflect the Wildcats' display and they are keen to bounce back.
"We lost to a better side last week," Fox admitted. "But we threw everything at them.
"It was only their superb defence that kept us out.
"I've not walked off a rugby pitch too often thinking there was nothing more we could have done, so that's a massive compliment to Hull FC."
The defeat denied the Wildcats a third straight win and Fox feels his side are playing well enough to put together an impressive run of victories like they did last season to reach the play-offs.
Paul Sykes played a big part in that run, kicking last-gasp drop-goals to beat St Helens and Rovers.
Injured Sykes will miss today's game, but Fox says the team do not depend on Sykes as much as people think.
He added: "Paul is a big miss, but we have a more than capable replacement in Kyle Wood.
"Woody normally plays hooker, but he has made the switch to half-back very easily.
"We have won games without Paul and we know we can go into this game and win without him.
"Tim Smith is doing a great job. We try and get the ball to him as much as we can for him to run things for us.
"We won our last seven games last year and we feel another run like that is possible. Teamwork got us those wins last season and our team spirit is greater this season."
For Rovers, it's the first of three games against sides within two points of them in the table.
It's a similar story for the Wildcats, with three of their next four against sides in and around them.
"This is an important game for both sides," said Fox, who comes to the Country Park Hotel in Hessle every Monday evening to hold meetings for his weight loss business.
"Both teams need the points. A win for us would be the perfect boost to our confidence.
"We have a really big month coming up and we see this as a great opportunity for us to stake our claim for a play-off place.
"We know we should have won more games than we have this season.
"We have been guilty of losing games through our own actions. We want to put that right."
Fox, who scored 52 tries in 95 Super League games for Rovers, has carried on his scoring spree at Wakefield.
He has scored 26 tries in 41 games since his move as Wakefield utilise his speed and strength.
One of Fox's career highlights was scoring against Australia in the Four Nations final at Elland Road in 2009.
That was one of six times he represented his country and while he accepts an England call-up might be a long way off now, he's not ruling it out entirely.
"There are some very good wingers on the list at the moment and I'm pleased to see Ben Cockayne in the set-up," Fox said.
"I'd love to play for my country again. I have won six caps and I really enjoyed each one of them.
"I just have to keep doing what I have been doing and see what happens."
