Defiant Bulls will fight the RFL to have their controversial Leeds defeat overturned, with chairman Peter Hood insisting: "There's more to this than meets the eye."

The controversy surrounding Sunday's last-gasp loss had seemed to be nearing benign closure yesterday.

Bradford asked Leeds to hand over the points after referee Steve Ganson admitted he wrongly awarded a match-winning try to Rhinos' Jordan Tansey but chief executive Gary Hetherington gave the request short shrift.

"It's an unusual request to be asked to consider," he said. "The Bulls will have another chance for two points on June 29 when the two teams meet at Carnegie Headingley."

The RFL also later ruled out any possibility of the result being reversed, saying: "Our operational rules state that a club is not entitled to object to a result on the grounds of a match official's decision."

However, Hood will not be deterred and he had already begun moves to continue fighting on.

He revealed to the Telegraph & Argus: "The Bradford Bulls have served notice on RFL executive chairman Richard Lewis to lodge a formal objection to the result of the match under B3: 19 of the League competition rules.

"It's not good enough for headquarters simply to say there's no mechanism for Leeds surrendering the points.

"We're standing up for what is right and the opportunity exists here for the governing body to rise to the challenge and govern fairly.

"I'm sure they don't want to support an injustice that their own press release has admitted."

Hood continued: "As for Gary's statement about the two points coming up at Headingley, we're talking about the two that are rightfully Bradford's.

"Those at Headingley will be sorted out in the usual intense manner, like these two clubs always do as the best of rivals, but it will be on a different day, perhaps with a different referee."

Hood ominously concluded: "There's a lot more than meets the eye here and I'm going to get to the bottom of this can of worms."

The RFL will not take any action against Steve McNamara over his furious post-match accusations on Ganson's gaffes due to the "unique set of circumstances."

Ordinarily, the Bulls boss could have copped a £1,000 fine but the RFL's decision suggests they feel he was in the right to question the absurdity of some of the decisions at the Millennium Stadium.

Meanwhile, Bulls' Terry Newton faces a disciplinary panel this afternoon charged with a reckless or careless high tackle against Leeds' Jamie Thackray.

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