Bradford score again on the hooter. Lee Gaskell grabs a hatrick.

Final score: Whitehaven 10 Bradford 46

Cheers dddooommm for the updates

... bcb was horrible to listen to

I hope they put the full match on bulls tv like they did for the fev game. We sounded pretty clinical, can't really ask for much more than that.

Caro didn't score though. Boo!!!

Without checking what score was Whitehaven away last year, I seem to recall it was a bit closer. First 2 fixtures is an improvement on same games last season

Have we knocked Sheffield off the top

Can't fault that score line for a cold, muddy night in Cumbria. Expect Lowes and co will be very satisfied with that.

Managed to get to the ground in time for kick off, no thanks to google maps. What it calls Whitehaven RL is a swimming pool and gym. Best part of the day, apart from the win, is the weird place names up in Cumbria

We won 32-16 last season at Whitehaven, so today's result is indeed a big improvement on that.

Sheffield still top. Another converted try would have done it.

How did Clark and lovegrove go? Didn't get mentioned much in commentary much so assume they didn't have howlers. Think only mention was Clark kicking in last straight to haven FB.

How's Haggerty going for you? Was always a good skillful player for Leigh

At the ground it was hard to keep track of the players as the PA guy was more interested in being the next Adam Johnson than actually doing his job. TBH, Whitehaven is not a very well run club. Most places you go, there is some signage up telling you where the stadium is. But not in Whitehaven. It's probably why their crowds are so low, no one actually knows the club exists. Oh and their website domain is up for grabs, guess no one kept up the payments on that.

But anyway, all the forwards got stuck in, which was needed as the pitch looked like the Somme after an open air rock festival. For one of Pitts' tries, the ball was kicked up into the air then stopped dead when it hit the deck. No bounce, no roll, just a dead stop

Decent win on the very boggy pitch. Defended very well. Got sloppy in some areas, particularly not finding touch twice. Pitch was very boggy and always a leveller so good to rack up 40.

I thought Mitch Clark was outstanding. He probably took the ball in more than Lauaki did all year. Very aggressive in both attack and defence. Was a real handful for Whitehaven. Lovegrove was solid enough but I think he's been out a while.

Mathers dropped 2 balls, one which cost a try. Was struggling again towards the end and went on wing a few times. Understandable but we can't afford this against Leigh. Omari Caro again went well for me. Haggerty got through some work and again did 70+ mins.

All in all a good win at a place that could have been a banana skin.

When we have all our props fit I think we have a real strong pack. Sidlow and Clough will get proper rests which means we'll get the best out of them, and when they are replaced, their replacements can actually contribute to them team.

Potential is definitely there if Lowes selects the right players and uses his bench properly (which he did today TBF)

found it fairly hard to comment on the game, to be honest. When standing behind the posts, in the murk it was pretty impossible to see what was going on much beyond half way. I'm a bit surprised they are allowed to use those lights for matches as they were far from adequate, which made the decision to play with a 6:30 kick off all the more baffling. It certainly didn't bring in much of a crowd either, so if that was the reason for changing from Sunday afternoon I think they can mark it down as a fail. Thought our following was clearly more than theirs and definitely louder. Anyone know what the official crowd was - it doesn't say on the Bulls' site?