Bulls coach Brian Noble rounded on the critics after the world champions roared back from their Super League blip.

They bounced back from successive hefty defeats with a convincing 46-14 win over play-off chasing London at Valley Parade last night.

Noble afterwards had a dig at the pundits who had claimed his side were going through a mini-crisis.

He said: "I am delighted for the players because I think there have been a lot of unfair things said about them. I wouldn't like to describe it as hysteria but some of the comments have been a little bit off the mark.

"All the noises coming from certain sectors have been gloom, doom and despondency but we just lost two games. And while it doesn't happen very often here there are reasons, but we've rolled our sleeves up and put it right." The Bulls swept away London, outscoring the visitors 26-2 in the second half.

Lesley Vainikolo missed yesterday's win with a twisted ankle but should be fit to face Leeds on Friday.

Bulls will also be hoping to bring back Brian McDermott, who also sat it out after standing on a nail in his back garden.