Ollie Rathbone’s sublime volley helps Wrexham brush aside woeful Blackburn

Rovers slump to 2-0 defeat after insipid home display

Sam Smith also scores for visitors as they rise to eighth

Ollie Rathbone marked his first league start of the campaign with a goal-of-the-season contender as Wrexham brushed aside Blackburn 2-0 to rack up their third straight Championship win.

Phil Parkinson’s side were without an away win in eight outings and made the trip to Ewood Park without the injured duo Kieffer Moore and Josh Windass. But Sam Smith and Rathbone deputised to devastating effect as Wrexham flew out of the traps and Smith finished clinically in the 11th minute for his second goal of the season.

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