Bradford boss Steve McNamara thought his side "scored some pretty spectacular tries" in their 46-24 win over Castleford at The Jungle.

Brave Castleford went 10-0 up early on but four Bulls tries in the final eight minutes of the first half put the visitors in command.

And when Michael Platt, Ben Jeffries and Simon Finnigan all added second-half efforts, bottom club Castleford never looked like coming back.

McNamara said: "I thought we scored some pretty spectacular rugby league tries and played some really, really good stuff, but we really hurt ourselves on occasions.

"It was a really mixed bag but I'm really pleased with them for coming to a club like Castleford, that has already taken two major scalps, they were always going to come out all guns firing.

"And we came here and got the job done. Of course there are areas for improvement but we are pleased that we have come to a tricky place and got the job done.

McNamara also thought his side started the better even though they fell behind early on and also revealed second row Chris Nero may have broken his collarbone during the clash.

"We started really fast and we looked as though we were going to score on the first set when (Michael) Platt went through.

"We're disappointed we got a man in the sin bin but we came through it okay. Well, we haven't come through it okay because we've got Chris Nero who may have fractured his collarbone.

"We put ourselves under pressure. I thought we were very good defensively but we put ourselves under pressure on other occasions. It was a very up and down erratic sort of game."

Disappointed Castleford head coach Terry Matterson put his side's loss down to their inability to protect a lead and 'dig in'.

He said: "I'm very disappointed because we scored 24 and again we had opportunities to score more tries but we just found ourselves chasing the game and our defence wasn't good enough.

"They had the ball for about 10 minutes in a row in the first half, I think, and when we went 10-0 up they scored a try and we've got to be able to hold them out.

"The first three tries all came off mistakes and all of a sudden you find yourself 16-10 down.

"They're too good a side if you give them too much room the will punish you. They played up the middle and they were too big and strong in the end.

"We were always chasing the game after half-time and pushing passes and we certainly didn't get any better and it all goes back to defence...and it's not technique.

"It's working together and digging in and that's the most disappointing part."

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