Potter praise for victorious Bulls

Bradford coach Mick Potter praised his side's determination after they ground out their first Stobart Super League win this season with a 20-12 victory at Castleford.

The Bulls bounced back from their opening-day home defeat against Catalan Dragons with a magnificent defensive display in heavy conditions at the Probiz Coliseum.

"I think the players themselves were pretty determined to have a better outcome," said Potter. "It was about hard work. They worked their bums off and our tryline defence was excellent."

He added: "We were under a whole heap of pressure either from our own doing from losing the ball or getting marched downfield from penalties.

"Our players defended so well on our tryline to keep Castleford out for long periods. A week makes a big difference."

Potter was pleased with half-backs Luke Gale and Jarrod Sammut. Gale set up an early try for Sammut and landed four goals from four kicks.

"I thought Luke and Jarrod worked very well together," said Potter. "When we kept hold of the ball I thought our kick chase was first rate. I thought Heath L'Estrange and Matt Diskin helped us get around the park and Brett Kearney was a steady influence as well at full-back."

Tigers coach Ian Millward felt his side's failure to snap up chances cost them dearly but he also admitted the Bulls were the better team.

"I thought Bradford were terrific and the better team won," said Millward. "It was very heavy underfoot but I thought we had a lot of opportunities to score tries. Our completion was quite low in the first-half but Bradford's was very high.

"We threatened to score quite a few times but we were pulled up short. We just weren't as clinical as we could be in attack. We were just a bit off the pace attacking-wise."