Monday 24th march by Thomas Fynn.
Good evening and welcome to this weeks edition of BULLieve,
Due to Jay being away at the moment I have taken on the reigns of writing BULLIeve for this short period so please bear with me and I hope you all still enjoy the page.
It's certainly been a turbulent time at the Provident Stadium first of all we had Mandy koucash willing to buy us only to be knocked back by the administrator and she certainly showed her willingness as herself and her husband attended the game at home against the Huddersfield giants and even mingled among the fans outlining her ambition should she be successful in her bid. During the past week it has been announced in the press that Richard lamb has been successful in his bid but confirmation has not yet been given by either the administrator or the RFL.
Moving back to the on field issues the Bulls were beaten heavily last weekend at home to the Huddersfield giants 18-66 despite early in the game leading 6-4 the game itself was a headache for cummins who only had one available prop in the shape of manuokafoa as Mullally was not allowed to play against his home team, and Adam sidlow withdrew due to illness. Scott Grix opened the scoring before Adam Henry replied for Bradford but the Giants ran amok during the rest of the first half.
The giants try scorers were Joe Wardle, Michael Lawrence, Grix, Luke Robinson and Jason Chan. This put the giants with an unassailable 32-6 half time lead. The bulls did hit back through Adam Henry 2 minutes into the restart but that was about as good as it got for the home side and a late consolation for o brien. It was evident to see that the bulls lack of forward power was brutally exposed by the sheer size of the Huddersfield pack.
The giants other scorers were Wardle, Ukuma Ta’ia (2), Jermaine McGillvary (2) and Brett Ferres. Chev walker also received a one match ban for a grade B offence of striking and a £300 fine. Moving onto this weeks game at the Lightstream stadium craven park the bulls travelled once again to East Yorkshire looking to finally get away from the -2 points. Once again I enquired regarding obtaining a media pass for the game of which the robins were very gracious and allowing myself to gain behind the scenes access to the match so here is your exclusive report for BULLieve. 
It was a wet and bitterly cold afternoon on the east side of hull, injuries during the game really proved to be the difference for the bulls as they struggled to gain any real stronghold the game. Bradford had the early pressure but came to no avail after which the rovers kept the bulls firmly in there own half, sadly on 9 minutes diskin came off injured and further more played no more part in the game.
Some great defence from the bulls kept rovers out but the line was soon to give as caro went over for the try in the left corner and burns duly adding the extras 6-0. Once again the bulls were guilty of there own down fall as errors crept in and coughed up possession early in the tackle count and on 18 minutes Keating went in for the rovers with burns converting 12-0. To be fair to bradford they were forced to make early changes early on especially when sidlow came off in a similar fashion to diskin. Rovers now really piled on the pressure and were literally running over the bulls. Bradford found the conditions very difficult and really could not keep possession when the bulls did threaten the line on a rare occasion it came to nothing. The second half started in similar fashion as the first and very error strewn from the bulls, heavy downpours hardly helped conditions. The bulls defence was far superior from the giants game but could only hold out for so long as with 19 mins remaining larroyer went over for the try after good pressure from rovers but the conversion was missed 16-0 with around 20 minutes to go.
With no interchange left the bulls really were in trouble but they kept strong and held out without any further damage to the scoreline. And that's how it stayed 16-0 to the rovers. In the post match interview cummins said "diskin has torn his hamstring and sidlow was a possible broken leg and was being sent for x rays" Matty Blythe has a sore back after a dangerous tackle and hoping it does not stiffen up. Cummins thought that it was the best Brett Kearney had played so far this term and was extremely proud of the goal line defence. When asked regarding ownership "not fretting been here before but I'm short on props".
As if they could not rub salt into our wounds any more the one and only Jamie Langley graced there programme. Well this has been my first time writing Bullieve and I hope you all enjoy it Jay will be back in a few weeks and there will be some new features too. 
Thank you to all to take the time to read this and remember to BULLieve.
