Easter might be behind us but Francis Cummins is a very happy bunny.
Bradford Bulls’ come-from-behind 46-20 victory over London Broncos was the end of three games in ten days in which they have remained undefeated.
“I am delighted with five points from the Easter programme. It is a great effort on our part,” said head coach Cummins as his side followed the Maundy Thursday draw with Leeds and the Easter Monday win over Salford City Reds with a second-half domination of the hosts at Adams Park on Saturday.
A victory looked less than certain at half-time when the Bulls trailed 20-12, despite tries from Danny Addy and a 100th career try for Chev Walker.
But Cummins said: “We had a good chat at half-time as London had come up with some good plays but we also gifted them a couple of tries.
“We were under pressure but we stuck to what we had practised and came good in the end.”
And how, as inspirational scrum half Jarrod Sammut scored four tries to emphasise his footwork at speed.
The quartet of tries came in just 18 minutes, all of which he converted himself, being top and tailed by two from centre Elliott Whitehead.
Now, following his 30-point haul in Wycombe, Cummins has challenged Sammut to raise his game to even greater heights as the Bulls maintained their strong start to the Super League season.
Urging the bearded one not to rest on his laurels, he said: “When Jarrod is on his game like he was today, there are not many players in this league that can do what he does.
“I would happily have paid to see him play like he did today. It was worth the admission money.
“The trick for him though is to produce this type of performance week in, week out – and do it for 80 minutes.
“Having said that, he is a special player and we are happy to have him.”
Broncos coach Tony Rea was very downcast afterwards as they are still searching for a home win this season.
He said: “You are only in a contest if you are part of it.
“When we were challenged by Bradford we were not up to the task, and that is an attitude thing.
“We lost control of ourselves in the second half and when Bradford ran at us we could not match them physically.
“They controlled the game in the right areas and they won the battles that needed to be won.”
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