Volcano is red-hot!

The giant Kiwi winger was clearly in a lot of pain and seemed tentative on his feet - not a good sign ahead of next week's eagerly awaited cup clash with Leeds.

But two minutes later he had the ball in his giant hands and was setting off on yet another blockbusting run, at which point the crowd heaved a massive collective sigh of relief.

Then in the second half he was again in visible trouble, this time bent over double.

A tackle had left him in a lot of pain and he was clearly clutching at some kind of shoulder injury.

Yet, once more, he recovered, straightened up and set off on another of his trademark unstoppable runs.

His bizarre ability to go from injured to full steam ahead in just a few seconds was indicative of his powerful display in another Odsal man-of-the-match performance.

And his on-going contribution was all the more welcome given the sorry sight of Stuart Fielden limping off and Lee Radford looking to be struggling late on with a sore bicep.

Much as the fans tried to keep their minds on the game in front of them, there must have been many whose only concern as East and West Yorkshire players collided in front of them was final fitness.

Although the fans couldn't manage to focus, hence more talk in the bars after the game about Fielden rather than the 24 point margin of victory, at least the players clearly could.

The Bulls proved they have been able to avoid any distractions by putting in a masterful eight-try display at Odsal in front of yet another 15,000-plus crowd.

Brian Noble's men warmed up for the Cardiff clash with Leeds in the best possible manner, dominating play with powerful and precise rugby despite some early wobbles.

Despite the absence of four key players in Jamie Peacock, Michael Withers, Danny Gartner and Joe Vagana, they completely out-classed their opponents.

But only after, of course, the obligatory slow start.

The 20-0 point opening blitz of Warrington in the last Odsal game proved a flash in the pan, as the Bulls returned to their usual go-behind-and-recover brand of rugby league which is proving so successful this season.

Fortunately they didn't give third-placed Hull too big a start.

Former Kiwi skipper Richie Barnett showed a flash of what took him to the top of the international game with a solo effort to open the scoring after seven minutes.

Hull, who prior to this game had conceded just 60 points in five Super League games, defended well early on, dealing well with a variety of high and low kicks.

They nudged further ahead when Steve Prescott converted after Vaikona knocked forward a bomb to an off-side Lee Radford.

But one of the major talking points of the match, unfortunately, was the titanic collision between Fielden and Jason Smith.

The latter was taken off with a suspected dislocated shoulder while the Bulls prop, who was running on to a penalty tap from Jimmy Lowes 12 yards out, limped off to applause and concern from the fans.

Chris Chester then kindly kicked a drop-out straight out to give Paul Deacon an easy two points from close range before the tries began raining in.

Paul's dab through was pounced on by Tevita Vaikona in the corner - the third consecutive match the Tongan has scored.

Richard Moore, the obvious replacement for Fielden next week, then jeopardised his own chances of a trip to the Principality after being put on report for leading with his knee carrying the ball to Chester - the Hull loose forward played no further part.

The rangy Pryce ended the half on a high note by weaving his way to the line with a nice 15-metre individual effort that required a long reach to ground the ball.

A Naylor effort was then ruled out for off-side chasing a Lowes kick, a shame after the move had been started by a great combination between a rampaging Volcano and Deacon.

And after the break, it was all try-scoring Bradford.

The yards were made by a nice slanting run from Forshaw before, a couple of tackles later, Hape drew defenders and off-loaded to the Volcano, who drew the same number before handing it back for the young Kiwi apprentice to dive in at the corner.

Prescott pulled two more back when Moore again was penalised, this time a high hit on Sean Ryan, to put it to 20-12.

Karl Pratt, who will be reunited with his former Leeds team-mates in Wales next week, came on the pitch and scored almost immediately.

With his first touch he broke the line, handed off to Radford, took it back further up field from the back rower before scooting in under the posts.

The Volcano then grabbed his deserved score after Deacon charged down a kick and Vaikona and Paul made the most of the fresh possession.

But generosity by the big man blew the next opportunity. The winger gave it to Pratt who put it down when the Volcano might well have been within range.

On 65 minutes, Lowes rounded off a superb passing move with Lee Gilmour, Pryce and Vaikona for his third consecutive score. Deacon's conversion took the side's Super League total to 200 points.

Hard-working Andrew Last then pulled one back before Pratt finished off another smart move, this time combining with Gilmour and Paul, and was delighted with his second visit across the line.

Pryce then chased down a Paul kick to seal the win with Barnett dashing home for an impressive, but merely consolation, score in time added on.