Rovers Bulldozed at Craven Park
A Bulls try in the third minute marked the beginning of yet another miserable afternoon at Craven Park for Hull KR and their fans.
Last Updated: 13/08/07 1:34pm
A Bulls try in the third minute marked the beginning of yet another miserable afternoon at Craven Park for Hull KR and their fans.
In crashing to a 10-28 defeat to a markedly superior Bradford, Rovers further extended their run as the side with the worst home record in the Super League.
The try came thanks to a rather unlucky collision between Rovers full-back Ben Cockayne and winger Mark Lennon, while trying to collect a Iestyn Harris high ball.
After tidying up, Jon Goddard lost possession leaving Sam Burgess to collect the opening try and Harris to kick the extra points.
Ian Hardman, covering at full-back while Cockayne received treatment off the field for the earlier collision, became the next causalty just 10 minutes into the match.
Hardman was also forced to leave the field to be treated for a head injury after stopping a Tame Toupu charge down the wing.
Terry Newton make it 10-0 to the Bulls with an unconverted try in the 16th minute following a Bradford move down the right.
And then Glenn Morrison piled on the misery for the home team, adding a third try resulting from a move that appeared to feature at least two forward passes.
Harris completed the conversion and four minutes later took the score to 22-0, adding two points after Ian Henderson crossed the line for the Bulls' fourth.
Flowing
It was then Marcus St Hilaire's turn to add points to the board with a flowing move from inside Bradford's own half and, once again, Harris was on target to increase the Bulls' advantage to 28-0.
It took until three minutes from half-time before Rovers were able to reply, with Lennon putting Goddard in for the home side.
A more determined second half from Rovers stemmed the Bradford tide and James Webster's superb 50th minute 40-20 kept the pressure on the visitors' defence.
And after seeing his pass intercepted by Harris, Paul Cooke redeemed himself by chasing down the Bulls' half-back.
Ben Fisher and Jim Gannon combined in a neat little move on 60 minutes that saw Fisher squeeze over and Cooke's conversion took the final score to 28-10.
