BULLS’ interim head coach Lee Greenwood was proud of his side for putting in the hard yards in the opening two-thirds of their sensational 42-6 win at Batley this afternoon, as they blew their shellshocked hosts away late on.

A battling defensive effort saw Bulls lead by just four points after 55 minutes, before they scored six tries, ranging from the opportunist to the sublime, late on.

Reflecting on that groundwork, Greenwood said: “You have to do that, you can’t go chasing points in any game.

“If you’re shifting the ball early doors looking for tries, you generally make mistakes, and they don’t come.

“We didn’t expect to come here and score so many points. We knew we’d have to do the tough stuff and hoped we might win a close one.

“But we showed a bit of class in the second half, and we did a lot of good stuff in the first 50 to 60 minutes that probably ground Batley down a little bit.

“That meant we could open up, and we have some good players in that side that can score us points.”

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Ben Blackmore could certainly be satisfied with his two tries and late assist for Michael Lawrence.Ben Blackmore could certainly be satisfied with his two tries and late assist for Michael Lawrence. (Image: Tom Pearson.)

On that late burst, Greenwood added: “We’ve seen patches of that all season, where you can clip up a few minutes where the other team can’t cope with us.

“We know we can do it, but it’s how long you can do it for and today it was for the vast majority of the game.”

Bulls made a big call to start Jordan Lilley in the halves over Dec Patton, who was dropped for the first time in the league all season.

Greenwood reflected: “With Jordan, he’ll do a good job whatever position you put him in.

“We went in a different direction with the pivot decision, but nothing I saw from Jordan surprised me.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Jordan Lilley shone in the halves, despite spending most of the last few months out of that position.Jordan Lilley shone in the halves, despite spending most of the last few months out of that position. (Image: Tom Pearson.)

“He can kick the ball, run, tackle and he brings you a load of energy.

“That’s the direction we went in and it worked today.”

Greenwood confirmed that new signing Eribe Doro was not quite signed in time to be registered for this weekend’s game, while insisting the club will fighting Jorge Taufua’s biting charge at a tribunal on Tuesday, with the winger potentially looking at a ban of at least six games if found guilty.