Steve McNamara will ring the changes with his misfiring Bulls.

Budding teenagers Elliott Whitehead and James Donald-son could both come into the squad for Sunday’s game with Wigan as Bradford look to end their losing run.

French hooker Julien Rinaldi is still battling a foot injury and won’t be added to the squad.

McNamara may make some positional switches too as he bids to freshen up his options for the visit of Brian Noble’s side.

The loss at Hull KR was the Bulls’ fourth on the bounce, making this their worst spell of the campaign yet.

He admitted: “There will be some changes to the side.

“That’s because of both the performances of some individuals in our lower grades but also the performances of some of our players in the first grade. It’s a double-edged sword.

“There was some people very unfortunate not to get a shot against Hull KR.

“We needed to go with a group we thought could get the job done. Unfortunately, they never did so we will make these changes.”

Highly-rated loose forward Donaldson, 17, made a brief debut off the bench against Castleford two weeks ago but McNamara – who has no fresh injury worries – opted for the greater experience of Matt Cook at Craven Park.

Second-rower Whitehead, 19, played all four games last month, having made his own debut versus Wakefield, but injured a foot at Leeds, missed Castleford and didn’t get back against Rovers.

The England Academy international excelled in the Reserve Team last weekend though, as did Donaldson.

And with one eye on next season, McNamara could now be tempted to give each a longer run in his Super League plans.

Wasteful Bradford failed to deliver at Rovers, having forced too many passes unnecessarily and being guilty of far too many unforced mistakes.

Three sets on the bounce in the first half ended with an error, while after that break one spell saw them go FIVE sets without reaching a kick.

McNamara has impressed on his side – despite their perilous position – that they cannot go gung-ho in a bid to resurrect their form.

“We need to have a slightly different approach,” he said.

“We were disappointed, with the amount of possession and position we had, to come up with that amount of errors and penalties.

“We are a side that likes to play football and not tuck the ball up the jumper.

“We never just do that but there are stages in games when it is the most important thing.

“At the moment, we’re trying to score on every set or every other set.

“If we’d played a more controlled first half we’d have had far more energy for that second period instead of falling back into a hole.

“It’s not too difficult to work out when you look at what happened.

“I want our players to relax and play rugby league but with more patience.”

  • Rugby Football League match officials’ director Stuart Cummings has asked us to point out he did not, as stated on the back page of Wednesday's Telegraph & Argus, apologise to Bradford Bulls boss Steve McNamara for what he does admit were some wrong decisions in recent games. We apologise for the error and any embarrassment this may have caused.