\n A flurry of late tries resulted in Brian Noble\u2019s side snatching victory to see them end the season on a high.\n<\/p>\n
\n The result means that Bradford will now go on to face Fev in a play-off showdown next weekend; defeat for Rovers resulting in them dropping to 6th in the league standings after Halifax won at Doncaster this afternoon.\n<\/p>\n
\n With one eye on the play-offs, head coach Brian Noble opted to ring the changes, giving chances to a number of players who have found themselves on the fringes of the squad in recent weeks.\n<\/p>\n
\n After being completely left out of Bradford\u2019s trip to London last weekend, Kieran Gill returned to the fold, starting on the left wing.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Meadows, Bayley Liu, Eliot Peposhi and Sam Hallas were also thrown in from the get-go, while Jamie Gill was handed his first team debut from the interchange bench.\n<\/p>\n
\n Notable exclusions from the squad included Jordan Lilley (back), Matty Gee (arm) and Guy Armitage, the former two being for precautionary reasons, while the latter was rested.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ever-present Waqa Blake started on the interchange bench too.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both sets of players were welcomed with fireworks and pyrotechnics upon entering the field, but that\u2019s as exciting as it got in the first half.\n<\/p>\n
\n The fixture certainly had an end of season feel to it, both teams knowing that their respective places in the league table had virtually been secured already.\n<\/p>\n
\n Furthermore, the wind and rain proved problematic in either side being able to show their worth in attack.\n<\/p>\n
\n There wasn\u2019t much quality on show, particularly prior to the break, a tale of two penalties being the main talking points ahead of the half-time hooter.\n<\/p>\n
\n The first arrived in the 16th minute, Hallas being penalised for a \u2018charge down\u2019 which he jumped on after the ball came loose.\n<\/p>\n
\n Danny Addy duly accepted the invitation to put his side into the lead, placing his penalty over the posts from a relatively central position.\n<\/p>\n
\n The home supporters displayed their frustration with the referee throughout the opening 40 minutes, but they would find their team on the right side of a decision just before the break.\n<\/p>\n
\n Joe Keyes was wiped out off the ball by a Featherstone man, and Luke Hooley stepped up to draw his side level from 40-metres out.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a similar position to the one that he placed wide in the dying embers at home to Toulouse, you\u2019d have been forgiven for thinking that it was playing on his mind.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, Bradford\u2019s fullback remained composed and coolly slotted his latest attempt over the posts to bring the Bulls level at 2-2 on the hooter.\n<\/p>\n
\n The game remained fairly scrappy after the interval, but a moment of quality from the visitors resulted in them taking the lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n A neat attack was worked to the left wing, where Connor Barley was waiting to touch down in the corner.\n<\/p>\n
\n Addy converted the try superbly, adding the extras from the touchline to give his side an 8-2 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, Bradford responded well and scored three late tries to eventually take the game away from the visitors.\n<\/p>\n
\n The levelling score arrived in the 71st minute, after a moment of magic from Keyes.\n<\/p>\n
\n In trademark fashion, Bulls\u2019 No7 sliced through Featherstone\u2019s backline after throwing a brilliant dummy to score to the left of the posts.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hooley added the extras to make it 8-8.\n<\/p>\n
\n Bulls weren\u2019t done just yet, however, as they scored another two tries in the closing moments.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tom Holmes was next over for the hosts after a well-worked move.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ebon Scurr powered his way forward before offloading the ball to Mitch Souter, who played a delightful pass to Holmes. He made no mistake in finishing off the attack.\n<\/p>\n
\n Once more, the conversion was good, and Bradford had a 14-8 lead heading into the final five minutes of the fixture.\n<\/p>\n
\n The hosts increased their advantage shortly after, Hooley slotting a penalty over from 30-metres out.\n<\/p>\n
\n There was still time for Bradford to score one more try, and their final effort was the pick of the bunch.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ball was moved swiftly out wide to Gill, who completed the scoring with a well taken try in the corner.\n<\/p>\n
\n Meadows, on this occasion, added the extras to give Bulls a 22-8 victory.\n<\/p>\n
\n So, a winning ending to the regular season for Bulls who now go on to face Featherstone on Friday night in a play-off eliminator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A flurry of late tries resulted in Brian Noble\u2019s side snatching victory to see them end the season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-137613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}