Bradford caretaker coach Lee St Hilaire admitted his players were delighted to have ended their 12-match losing run.
Wildcats boss Kear laments his side's poor second quarter
Bradford caretaker coach Lee St Hilaire was pleased to sign off for the season at the Grattan Odsal Stadium with a rare win.
The Bulls finally ended their club record 12-game losing streak with a 38-28 truimph over Yorkshire rivals Wakefield on Sunday afternoon.
Wayne Godwin scored two tries in three minutes before the break to help his side record their first triumph since beating the Wildcats back in May.
"I'm pleased and the boys are as well," said St Hilaire.
"I'm pleased that we did it at home in the last game of the season to send the fans home happy as well as ourselves."
Bounced back
The Bulls were forced to bounce back from a 12-0 deficit as Danny Kirmond and Daryl Millard both crossed. However the hosts never looked back once they got on the scoresheet through Brett Kearney.
Crucially Wayne Godwin grabbed a brace of tries right before the break, giving Bradford a 26-12 lead at the half-time interval.
St Hilaire added: "The two penalties we gave away led to two tries. The boys then said 'hang on a minute, we've got to start performing'.
"I thought they did that and Wayne Godwin came off the bench - he lit us up - and we came in with a comfortable half-time lead."
Although Elliott Whitehead went over soon after the break, Wakefield threatened to rally in the second half when Sam Obst and former Bulls player Glenn Morrison capitalised on poor defending to score tries.
However Steve Menzies touched down to put paid to a comeback from the Wildcats, meaning Sean Gleeson's effort was no more than a consolation.
St Hilaire was impressed with how the visitors responded, saying: "They're a good side and they've got some good players.
"(Wakefield coach) John Kear would have spoken his words of wisdom at half-time but we've got to stop making errors in defence."
Errors
Wakefield boss Kear admitted that his side performed poorly having gone ahead early on. He also lamented Godwin's second try right before the half-time hooter, leaving the Wildcats with too much to do after the break.
He said: "Well obviously, we were the architects of our own downfall.
"It was in the quarter before half-time that we went from 12-0 up to 26-12 down and we just made error after error - early tackle errors and then late tackle penalties and that just killed us.
"The Wayne Godwin try before half-time gave us one score too many to fight back from.
"They did play some good rugby, they did entertain the fans and they did show some fightback (in the second half) but it is a very disappointing afternoon for us."
