Two-try Shontayne Hape feels the Bulls are hitting form at just the right time.

They walloped Harlequins 58-16 on Saturday, producing a devastating display of power-packed rugby and ruthless finishing.

It was an ideal way to bounce back from defeat at Hull and prepare for a titanic Powergen Challenge Cup clash with St Helens this weekend.

"That first half was pretty much near perfect," admitted Hape, who bagged one of five touchdowns in a breathtaking 15-minute spell that destroyed their hosts.

Quins couldn't handle the pace as Bradford turned on the style to race into a 36-6 interval lead.

Led by a rampant Andy Lynch and with Joe Vagana and Stanley Gene battering huge holes through the heart of the hosts, they swarmed all over.

"The boys were looking to perform after last week's performance," admitted Hape, who took his season's tally to 13 tries.

"We looked at a few areas of our game things like our push and around the play the ball in defence and got them corrected.

"It's encouraging, especially before going to St Helens next week, and it's good that the boys are willing to learn and see what happens when we do the little things right."

The support play was spot on as Bradford finished with ten touchdowns, Lynch (2), Lesley Vainikolo (2), Stuart Fielden, Marcus Bai, Marcus St Hilaire and Karl Pryce all getting on the sheet.

It left New Zealander Hape confident ahead of the fifth-round contest with table-toppers Saints, who ended the Bulls' 18-match unbeaten run the last time they met at Knowsley Road in March.

"They've been playing well but we do owe them one and if we play like we did in the first half at Quins, I'm sure we can push them all the way," said Hape. "This is pretty much like our final."

Former Bulls favourite Henry Paul couldn't do anything to prevent Quins slumping to the huge defeat.

Hape, 24, said: "It's good to see him back in rugby league and the last two weeks he did well but he came up against a good team in us. It was one-way traffic.

"I was looking for the hat-trick but there was a lot of greedy guys getting white line fever!"

Quins boss Tony Rea said: "The 15-minute spell was where the game was won and lost. There was weak defence, ill-discipline and we lost our way."

They couldn't cope with relentless Bulls pressure and the only downside for the visitors was an injury to Bai.

The ten-try winger, ever-present since joining from Leeds, limped off with suspected knee ligament damage and faced a nervous wait for more news today.