Traumatic barely does justice to life at Odsal these past few weeks.

On March 27, the Bulls announced that they were in the midst of a financial crisis and needed £1million to survive.

A rugby league institution and a city were plunged into turmoil.

On May 9, Peter Hood resigned as chairman and was followed through the exit door by fellow director Andrew Bennett.

A new board was formed, with Stephen Coulby and Rowland Agar effectively replacing the aforementioned pair.

Last Saturday, Coulby insisted the club’s financial situation was far worse than originally thought.

Cue a war of words with Hood, who hinted that Coulby’s claims could be viewed as a precursor to placing the club into administration.

Ben Jeffries, a pivotal figure on the pitch in Monday’s victory over Castleford, reflected: “All the off-field stuff is frustrating from the players’ point of view, to be honest.

“I wouldn’t actually call what we do a job – playing rugby league is what I love doing and is all I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid.

“We’ve just got to concentrate on playing well because the financial side of things, while frustrating, is out of our hands. All we can do is go out there and play to our potential.”

Jeffries was at the heart of all the Bulls’ best moves against Castleford and at times dovetailed beautifully with Luke Gale, especially during the first half.

Mick Potter’s men ran in six tries during the opening 40 minutes and Jeffries constantly beavered away alongside Gale, who showed signs of his best form as he edges towards full fitness after injury.

Jeffries said: “Since Galey has come back into the team, he’s gone back to seven and that lets me roam a bit more freely.

“Sometimes it’s frustrating and you have to wait for the ball to come to you.

“But it’s going well and we had worked really hard during the week on certain things, such as where to run, and it paid dividends on Monday night.

“Hopefully it can keep going over the next few weeks.

“I pride myself on creating holes for blokes and putting people through gaps.

“Mick tried to tweak a few things for me personally during training last week and thankfully it worked.”

Jeffries admitted the Bulls’ defensive flaws gave them cause for concern ahead of tomorrow’s trip to St Helens.

“We had a good amount of ball in the first half and got off to a good lead, which we squandered a bit in the second half,” he said.

“But we came away with a good win and came home strongly, although I think we should have done it a bit easier than that. To be honest, I was quite disappointed because it should never have got to that.

“Credit to Cas because they never gave in. They’ve got some great players and if you let them have plenty of ball they will punish you.”

The victory lifted Potter’s team above Leeds and into eighth place in Super League, the final play-off position.

“You definitely want to sit inside the eight rather than outside the eight – but there are another 11 rounds to go,” said Jeffries.

“This middle period is about picking up points every week and doing it consistently to make sure you get into the eight.”

And so on to Langtree Park to face St Helens, just four days after the energy-sapping win over Castleford.

Jeffries said: “How the RFL have let this happen is ridiculous. It’s like another Easter period for us and me being the oldest player in the team, it’s quite tough to play two games in five days.

“We had our backs against the wall before the Cas game on Monday and we came up trumps. We lost five players during the Magic Weekend game against Leeds and obviously had a lot of adversity last week with what happened to Purts (Adrian Purtell).

“Thankfully he’s pulled through well so far and the five blokes who came in against Cas all had Super League experience. Some of these guys are seasoned veterans. Take Ian Sibbit for example, who has played over 200 Super League games. We’ve got a very good, rounded squad here.”