The Bulls got back to winning ways with a 24-22 win against Harlequins.
They had needed a response following last week's defeat at St Helens and just about provided it, despite a Karl Pryce hat-trick.
The giant centre was a constant thorn in his old club's side and opened the scoring in the 15th minute.
The Bulls hit back when Brett Kearney sent in Olivier Elima, Ah Van converting, and scored again on the stroke of half-time through Matt Diskin.
Pryce displayed some dazzling footwork to score again three minutes after the break and Luke Gale's conversion levelled the scores.
But the Bulls enjoyed a significant purple patch, scoring twice in the space of ten minutes.
Kearney scored off Marc Herbert's towering bomb and Ah Van converted before adding a penalty goal.
Paul Sykes' try virtually made the game safe, Ah Van converting, but Quins still scored late on through Tony Clubb and Pryce.
Bulls: Paul Sykes; Shaun Ainscough, Chev Walker, Shad Royston, Patrick Ah Van; Brett Kearney, Marc Herbert; Andy Lynch, Matt Diskin, Bryn Hargreaves, Olivier Elima, Tom Olbison, James Donaldson. Interchange: Danny Addy, Craig Kopczak, Tom Burgess, Elliott Whitehead.
Harlequins: Luke Dorn; Chris Melling, Tony Clubb, Karl Pryce, Mark Calderwood; Luke Gale, Chad Randall; Danny Ward, Andy Ellis, Karl Temata, Rob Purdham, Nick Kouparitsas, Chris Bailey. Interchange: Oliver Wilkes, Rob Thomas, Lamont Bryan, Jamie O'Callaghan.
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