The Bulls were left utterly embarrassed after suffering a dire 56-16 defeat at Salford.

Despite making a super start to the game, scoring after 90 seconds, Bradford provided an inept performance to collapse spectacularly.

Salford ran in ten tries to end a run of two straight defeats and were made to look like world-beaters by some dreadful defence.

For the second week running, the Bulls set a solid early platform, Andy Lynch crashing over from Heath L'Estrange's short ball and Marc Herbert adding the conversion.

But that was the sole positive from a miserable day and Salford piled on the points.

The impressive Daniel Holdsworth scored his side's first try before setting up Mark Henry to put the hosts ahead, while adding both conversions.

Holdsworth and Luke Patten combined to send in Ashley Gibson before Patten but Jodie Broughton over, Holdsworth again converting both.

The Bulls provided an encouraging response a minute after the break, Herbert scoring after good work from Diskin.

But Bryn Hargreaves had a try disallowed for a forward pass from Herbert and it quickly got worse from there.

Matty Smith scored after Holdsworth had bounced out of a tackle to provide the pass, then Gibson grabbed his second following good interplay with Henry.

The centre then completed his hat-trick when Smith, Holdsworth and Patten combined to send him through.

A mikstake by Tom Olbison allowed Stefan Ratchford to score off a kick from Holdsworth before Henry touched down in the corner, Holdsworth converting both.

Herbert grabbed a consolation when he picked off a loose pass from Marc Sneyd, converting himself, but Luke Adamson scored on the hooter to complete a day to forget.

Bulls: Brett Kearney; Gareth Raynor, Paul Sykes, Chev Walker, Shaun Ainscough; Kyle Briggs, Marc Herbert; Andy Lynch, Heath L'Estrange, Craig Kopczak, Olivier Elima, Elliott Whitehead, Tom Olbison. Interchange: Matt Diskin, Bryn Hargreaves, James Donaldson, Tom Burgess.

Salford: Luke Patten; Jodie Broughton, Ashley Gibson, Stefan Ratchford, Mark Henry; Matty Smith, Daniel Holdsworth; Ray Cashmere, Wayne Godwin, Ryan Boyle, Chris Nero, Vinnie Anderson, Stephen Wild. Interchange: Luke Adamson, Feka Paleaaesina, Adam Sidlow, Marc Sneyd.