There were two changes to the starting XI that lined up in that agonising 4-3 loss away at Potters Bar last time out with Finlay Chadwick and Rowlatt coming into midfield.
Storm Darragh which ravished the UK caused a heavy wind which swirled towards the Tennis Club end in a game very much of two halves.
The hosts had a corner to clear in the first minute before Ethan Prichard, Joe Moore and Emmett Dunn combined for a cross that was similarly hooked away.
Isaac Bello and Tom Howard then collided which led to a drop ball.
Next, George Walker’s throw fell to Finley Chapman but his miscued shot was easy takings for Kieran Magee.
Chi won a set piece after Chadwick was fouled and a U’s attack ended in a goal kick.
Magee saved Tommie Fagg’s effort with no problem and Rob Hutchings was well-in and found Wild for a Chichester throw.
Ben Pashley dallied and almost let No9 Will Harley in but the ball eventually went out for a goal kick.
Then Freddie Legg broke down the left flank and Walker’s cross was easily dealt with by Magee.
A super twist and turn from Prichard won the home side a free kick which Hutchings delivered and Wild didn’t quite get enough power on.
Legg had a corner for Hastings which Wild cleared on 14 before Chapman’s header from Legg’s fine cross broke the deadlock a couple of minutes later.
Prichard’s silky touch got him away on a run from which Chi won a Bello throw against the wind which didn’t cause any trouble.
Magee claimed another Fagg cross this time and Wild got flagged offside.
Rowlatt had a shot following good work by Prichard and Wild but it drifted wide of the left-hand stick and Jack Dixon fired wide as well but he was offside anyway.
Prichard’s go got claimed by Hastings keeper Matt Kerbey after a decent Hutchings break down the left and on the half hour mark Dixon went into Ross Murphy’s book for a Chi set piece which came to nothing.
Bello shaped to shoot following a slick move involving Chadwick and Moore but didn’t get one off and Legg looked well offside at the other end but it was blocked anyway.
Leo Young went down and had some physio before Legg was flagged offside in the next break.
Rowlatt had an effort blocked and Chichester won a throw which Bello took and then Hutchings was strangely booked for what appeared to be a fair challenge on Dixon.
Mr Murphy awarded a free kick and Dixon rifled the ball in assisted by the wind to double the lead.
Bello turned on a bit of skill after good play from Moore and Dunn but ultimately lost the ball and Prichard challenged Walker superbly.
Next, Fagg tried his luck from some way out but to no avail and Chapman got cautioned for a foul on Rowlatt on the stroke of half time.
Neither side made any changes at the interval but Bello and then Dunn both had chances saved as Chichester probed a minute into the second period.
Chi earned a throw which Bello launched long this time with the guiding wind and Wild and Prichard hooked out for a cross which got cleared too.
Rowlatt was fouled on 48 and a super cross from Dunn down the right was headed home magnificently by the midfielder to pull the hosts back into things as the balance of play shifted.
Prichard then won a corner and the loose ball got turned out for a throw which Bello once again delivered and the U’s forced a goal kick.
Prichard won a throw before Rowlatt teed Dunn up for a shot which he didn’t really strike with enough power to trouble Kerbey.
Chadwick then hit a long ranger over the bar before Wild levelled it all up with a cracking goal – his 19th of the season already.
A clear-cut Chi penalty got overlooked by the ref on 59 minutes as Rowlatt was upended before Chadwick had a go from distance again.
Bello’s throw caused few problems and Prichard and Wild combined once more for an opportunity that led to a goal kick.
Dunn and Bello won a corner as Chi continued to press that Chadwick took and Moore had a go.
And then against the run of play sub Rodari scored what would prove to be the winner out of nothing,
Moore could have had a shot but shipped it too long to Dunn and then the Canadian played a twisting and turning Wild in only for the keeper to save.
Another hit by Bello on this occasion went out for a corner before Chadwick was replaced by Joe Clarke and Mo Jammeh came on for Rowlatt.
Both Jammeh and Dunn had chances in the next spell and Bello overran one in the box.
Hastings won a corner in a rare raid which Chi cleared before Wild got caught illegally in a dangerous position and fired the resulting free kick over the bar.
Olly Munt and Lewis Rustell came on for Moore and Da Costa in time added on with the former earning Chichester a free kick after his first touch.
A fierce goal mouth scramble saw chances come and go for Chi late on before Hastings broke with Magee out of position but the linesman spotted an infringement.
Chi stay in 15th place in the league as a result and travel to Cray Wanderers midweek on Tuesday 10th December (Kick Off 7:45pm).
Chichester – Magee, Dunn, Hutchings, Moore, Da Costa, Pashley, Bello, Chadwick, Wild, Rowlatt, Prichard. (Horncastle, Munt, Clarke, Jammeh, Rustall)
