Hull KR coach Chris Chester hopes he can plot the downfall of Leeds Rhinos tonight by picking the brains of former team-mate James Webster.
Webster, who spent a season and a half playing with Chester at the Robins, came up with the perfect game plan to defeat the Rhinos 16-14 at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium exactly seven days ago.
Making 120 more metres than Leeds, the Wildcats forced their higher-ranked rivals to make an extra 113 tackles.
Chester was at the game to compile an impromptu scouting report, just 24 hours after being asked to replace Craig Sandercock as Rovers' new head coach.
Now, the 35-year-old hopes his chat with Webster can pay dividends with a win at Headingley tonight.
"I thought James got his tactics spot on," Chester told the Mail.
"I spoke to him at length about his tactics and how smart they were, so I'll certainly take something from that.
"I was already going to that game because when we don't have a game, I go to watch Wakefield as often as I can.
"I've had a season ticket there for a number of years because they are my hometown team.
"I did a bit of a scouting report while I was there, but I was jumping about when they scored that late try.
"You tend to get more from watching a game live rather than on a DVD."
Chester knows Leeds will still be hurting from Wakefield's win, which stopped them from going top of the table.
Leeds easily got the better of Rovers on the opening day of the season when they cruised to a 36-6 win at the KC Lightstream Stadium.
Speed was the difference between the two sides then, but Chester hopes his game plan will slow the Rhinos down in front of their own fans.
"Leeds are going to be disappointed with the way they played against Wakefield," he added.
"There was nothing between the two sides.
"The thing Leeds have in abundance is speed. That was the thing I noticed most when we played them at the start of the season.
"We need to make sure we're on the ball. Defensively, we need to be as good as we were against Saints.
"They probably have the best outside backs in the competition with Tom Briscoe and Ryan Hall on the wings and Ben Jones-Bishop, who was the fastest man in Super League a couple of years ago.
"It's the speed on the fringes that we have to be wary of.
"They also have a good forward pack, but so do we. We showed last Sunday that we can match any pack."
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