We haven't got enough grunt. We don't have enough experience. We make too many unforced errors. But what we have got (contrast to recent years) is a team of players that put in everything, and keep going, no matter what.

What we also appear to have, and in the good weather it eventually shone through, is some brains, some moves, and some serious attacking threat when we manage to keep the ball. Keyes is thinking all the time and can create stuff. Smith for us is an old wise head that we needed, especially with Pryce out. Though Moore for us is a gem. Campbell and Murray stood out too.

Some great tries in the second half especially, but a special mention to Macani, he got half a chance and I expected he'd check and go inside but he backed himself and got us on top, more importantly, psychologically. After his second ( great kick, pace and determination, you could see Dewsbury hearts broken and heads went down. Maybe some will get off his back a bit after that.

Bit more of this and the table could start to look interesting

That's welcome after all the games we played with no halves.

Caro put in a shift as our new 2nd rower too,

Had we not had the -12 we would now be in 5th place, with a scratch team and no preseason.

After following Northern/Bulls for over 50 years I saw something today at the match that I never thought I'd see: Armed Police!! I suppose it's a sign of the times unfortunately.

It would be interesting to see the video of the half time team talk!

We went from losing the collision and generally being outmuscled and out thought (plus the usual errors) to total domination for the second half. Forty four unanswered points is pretty amazing really

I wouldn't begrudge Campbell his MoM, but I 'd have gone for Murray - he was simply immense. I'm glad Salford are going well, or I'm sure he'd be getting called back and put in their team.

Some great tries, not just the Macani special, but good stuff from all over the park. That's 100 points scored in the last two home league games - onwards and upwards!

I like that we're doing it without a team full of overseas players too.

What about the southerners in the team, don't they count on the quota?

I thought Caro did an excellent job in the back row! Campbell or Murray MoM. Hoping Macani can kick on now with those tires - very well taken indeed.

For a few games I've been bemoaning Macani not backing himself. In the first half there was an opportunity and he didn't go for it again, I was raging. Then he did. And bloody hell did he. Twice. More please.

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He had no right to score either but did. The first one he looked caught for all the money in the world but hit another gear and the couldn't love with it. His second no idea how he got to it but that was all about wanting it.

Big win that today. The fact it was a four pointer, the fact the result and score line must kill any confidence that Dewsbury had left. 6 points off safety we can win more than three matches more than Swinton and Dews I know we can. The fact we've beaten them both is massive we have to win matches like that. Two more four pointers coming up now.

They'd obviously heard about Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza and his folded newspaper brigade

Was that half time talk something real special or did the penny just drop?

We had some good players out (Bentley, Thomas, Peltier, Pryce etc) yet we somehow put in a second half that in my opinion was the best rugby we've played for god knows how many games.
If I was Toovey (oops I mean Beattie) I'd be thinking about leaving Pryce on the bench.
I accept Dewsbury wilted in the second half but our B-team were something special.
MOM was a toss up between a few but Campbell and Murray stood out

Obviously taking Macbull's threats on chav corner seriously.

Just double checked after reading some posts and I can confirm that we only got two points for yesterday's match not four.

I'm sure the RFL will see to that soonly.

Lets not kid ourselves the first half was beyond poor, amateurish even!

In the last 30 mins we came to life and played well, if we did that against a good team we would have been dead and buried by that point.
It was a nice surprise though and I went away with a smile on my face.

We are very thin in the forwards and I think if we managed to get another couple of experienced lads on perm deals it would make all the difference.
Our back line is good imho, although Macani's defence leaves a lot to be desired, which again would be taken advantage of big time by the likes of KR or London.

Campbell was my MOM and needs to be in the starting line up week in week out again in my opinion.
I hope we can keep on improving week in week out and finish mid table, building for a big 2018 campaign, promotion is a very very distand dream but the £500k for a top four finish would be awesome for the club... This year we might even win the shield again!

I'd still put Pryce in. We badly needed him that first half. Second half we were much improved. Macani's try straight from the kick-off literally took every bit of confidence from Dewsbury who then resorted to putting cheap shots on us. Says a lot about the coaching last year that Campbell didn't get a look in while we persisted with Blythe on the wing. Last year we would have lost that game. Even with the lack of forwards and size, we look a much better team than last year which says everything.

The touch judges shouldn't be paid either for their efforts yesterday. I know they can be an easy scapegoat but they literally did nothing at all yesterday. Our firs two trieds were blatant forward passes IMO. I don't think one was called all game. Lilley nearly getting decapitated by Walshaw and none of them had a clue what happened. Awful challenge. And then Alex Browns grubby facial/gouge on Ethan Ryan right under the lines-mans nose and he just ignored it. Oh and the 3 should charges to the head on a held player that they all missed every single time.

I literally can't spake.

Just heard that after a review the RFL have decided that Bradford Bulls will now only receive 1 point for a win and have two points deducted for a loss.

The transformation from the first half to second was unbelievable and totally out of the blue, but breathtaking. This season's Bulls are becoming the big surprise in our division imo - and who would have thunk it!

Too many good games to pick out individuals, though Murray and Camlbell (go Johnny go) were outstanding even in that crowd. I think Omari Caro also deserves a special mention, on his first game back after injury and in a new position he didn't look out of place one bit - and took his try like a good, pacy, bullocking second row ought to do - a new star is born!

Why is it, that after reading, I didn't just laugh straight away and think,"that's [ireally[/i funny", but instead, paused, and thought for a full couple of seconds about whether it might actually be true or not?







I've decided it's probably not..

The turnaround was pretty spectacular since we were second best in the first half and for the first 5-10 minutes of the second. The back to back tries really broke Dewsbury’s spirit and you could see their body language change. Once their discipline went it was really just a case of “how many” for us.

It’ll be interesting to see what comes of the incident that went on report. Hewar waved play on and allowed Magrin’s try but in back play it looked like Lilley was taken out and there was a bit of push and shove – not sure if any punches were thrown.

I didn’t think the ref had a bad game however I thought the touch judge on the popular side in the second half was a bit slow. There was a blatant knee to Larroyer’s head that was so obvious yet was missed by the touchie. He must have been looking elsewhere.

Campbell’s performance at fullback and Macani’s two tries (both crackers) make selection a bit of a headache with Caro back and Thomas not far off. I thought Caro went ok in the second row but I’m not sure that’s a permanent move. I think Bentley will come straight back in there. I was impressed again by Wilkinson’s workload. He’ll be another good one when he fills out. He took his try well (albeit of a pass that was well forward).

We are building a team for the future with the young lads, just need a few older heads to give the right balance,
Leons experience was missed a bit yesterday, and Scott Moore's was invaluable, in 3 or 4 years time if we keep our young lads and develop them we will be awesome..

Keeping them depends on getting promoted. If, by next season, we aren't looking likely to go up (and with the current system that is [ivery[/i unlikely), then I feel more of them will quite rightly find other ways to reach a higher level. It's a short life as a pro sportsman and you can't waste your best years on sentiment.