Optimism turned to disappointment as the Bulls kicked off their campaign in defeat.

Despite a bright start, the Bulls never recovered from falling 16-0 down in the first half.

Leroy Cudjoe took advantage of weak left-side defence to score twice and Shaun Lunt added another, Brett Hodgson kicking two conversions.

The Bulls hit back before the break, Stuart Reardon scoring on his first game back at the club and Rikki Sheriffe touching down on the stroke of half time.

But David Fa'alogo crossed after the restart and Brett Hodgson added the conversion and a penalty as Bradford failed to capitalise on Luke Robinson's sin-binning.

Lee Gilmour was also given a yellow card and Reardon crossed for his second try to add a degree of respectability to the scoreline.Bulls: Dave Halley; Rikki Sheriffe, Paul Sykes, Chris Nero, Stuart Reardon; Brett Kearney, Matt Orford; Nick Scruton, Heath L'Estrange, Andy Lynch, Glenn Hall, Jamie Langley, Steve Menzies. Interchange: Wayne Godwin, Mike Worrincy, Craig Kopczak, James Donaldson.

Giants: Brett Hodgson; Leroy Cudjoe, Jamahl Lolesi, Michael Lawrence, David Hodgson; Kevin Brown, Luke Robinson; Darrell Griffin, Shaun Lunt, Keith Mason, Lee Gilmour, Graeme Horne, David Faiumu. Interchange: Eorl Crabtree, Scott Grix, David Fa'alogo, Andy Raleigh.