Hull to enjoy home comforts

Hull secured home advantage in the playoffs with their first win against Bradford this season.

Bradford dominated

the first half but, having

failed to achieve more

than a 4-4 scoreline at

the break, were made to

pay in the second half.

Graeme Horne gave

Hull a 46th-minute lead,

racing 60 yards for a

superb individual score.

Then Tommy Lee set up

a try for the onrushing

Danny Tickle.

With the game seemingly

up, Bradford had

one final chance to take the get back into contention,

only for Nathan

McAvoy to inexplicably

spill the ball forward with

the line at his mercy.

To compound McAvoy's

misery, Richard Whiting

played football with a

loose ball for 30 yards

along the right touchline

before grounding for a

third Hull try.

Tickle kicked four

goals for Hull, who had

Whiting sin-binned for

holding at the start of

the second half.