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Rugby League: Mac's angry as Bulls thrashed
BRADFORD BULLS coach Steve McNamara admitted his side had "imploded" as they suffered a second-half hammering at the hands of rampant Warrington Wolves on Saturday night to lose 33-8.
And the angry boss warned his squad that mistakes born out of a lack of focus and effort were unacceptable to him as he watched them toss away a narrow half-time advantage at the HJ Stadium.
McNamara said: "It was nip and tuck there but unfortunately for us we just imploded with the number of errors we kept making.
"I'll accept anyone who makes an error, it's part of the game. It is the lack of concentration and application which really hurts and there was some of that in the game for us and we won't tolerate it.
"We put ourselves under pressure and it became too much in that last 20 minutes.
"In the second half we repeatedly made errors coming out of our own end and against a side of Warrington's quality you are not going to get away with it.
"In the first half both sides were off the mark in terms of skill levels and whichever side picked it up in the second half would go on to win the game."
Tries from Andy Lynch and Paul Sykes gave the Bulls a slender half-time advantage with fit-again Richie Myler crossing for Warrington.
But an awesome second-half display that included two tries apiece for Ryan Atkins and Matt King as well as one from Michael Monaghan ensured a comprehensive win for the Wolves, with Chris Bridge kicked four goals and Monaghan a drop goal.
Warrington: Riley, Hicks, Bridge, Atkins, King, Grix, Myler, Morley, Monaghan, Carvell, L. Anderson, Westwood, Harrison. Subs: Wood, Higham, Solomona, V. Anderson.
Bradford: Halley, Sheriffe, Sykes, Nero, Reardon, Kearney, Orford, Scruton, L'Estrange, Lynch, Whitehead, Hall, Menzies. Subs: Godwin, Kopczak, Worrincy, Donaldson.
Referee: S Ganson (St Helens).
Attendance: 10,434.
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