QPR ended a drought of eight winless game to bring a massive sigh of relief from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

The manager finally tasted victory at the ninth attempt after a sluggish start by a side missing the departed Charlie Austin to Southampton.

But once the jitters settled, and a defence brilliantly marshalled by Nedum Onuoha got a grip, so did the attack.

The talent that is Junior Holiett when on his game, saw Rs take the lead and a minute later another confidence player in Matt Phillips smashed Rs into an unassailable lead.

Sebastian Polter wrapped it up after a lung-busting run to tap in two minutes for time to bring joy to the brave 1,286 fans from west London.

The recalled Massimo Luongo showed his new boss what he's been missing in the league with an imperious performance and a major hand in the clinching goal.

Hoilett's run for the opener showed just what he can produce when he's on his game.

The recently declared Canadian international broke from deep, skipped two tackles, and as he was upended in the box got a foot around the ball and sent it into the bottom corner.

Luongo played a massive part for 2-0. His pass picked out Phillips who collected ball and kept calm to smash into the back of the net from 12 yards.

However, Rangers were under early pressure with a succession of corners, but it was 30 minutes before they got a real scare.

Paul Green's tremendous shot smacked the woodwork and if that was good - the sliding tackle from Nedum Onuoha to deny Matt Derbyshire an easy tap-in was near miraculous.

Grant Hall then had a header cleared off the line, but Grant Ward hit back for the beleaguered Millers with a flashing header that was inches wide.

That was that for the home side. After that it was Rangers in charge - and how long has it been since that could be said?

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