BRANDON Pickersgill is eager to maintain the Bulls’ fast pace at the top of League One – even if he is getting some good-natured stick over his own speed.

The in-form youngster is making his mark as the understudy for the injured Gregg McNally at full back.

But he was the butt of a few dressing-room jokes after blowing the chance of his first try of the season in Sunday’s 32-6 win at Doncaster.

Pickersgill said: “I thought I was over. Everyone said it looked like I had slowed down but I can’t remember that to be honest.

“I just thought I had dived over and put it down again. In my eyes I thought it was a try but the ref didn’t see that.

“I was a bit gutted really but hopefully I can get a try soon.”

Pickersgill quickly atoned for that miss when he was involved in the thrilling build-up to Mikey Wood’s first score in Bulls colours. But even then, there were comments from team-mates.

He laughed: “I got a bit of stick for that one as well. Apparently I looked slow so things are not good!

“But it was a great try. Chis (Dane Chisholm) was screaming for it inside and then it was a really good finish from Mikey Wood.

“There’s loads of spirit, we’re doing things well as a club. You can tell on the scoreboards and where we are in the table.

“It was a tough game but I thought we played really well in patches.

“We slipped off a bit but overall I think we deserved the win because we dominated for large parts of the game. It was a good two points.”

The Bulls ran in five tries against a defence which had been the tightest in the division. Next John Kear’s side will be expected to run up a points-fest against a wounded West Wales side, fresh from a record 144-0 demolition at new leaders York.

Pickersgill said: “It was a good attacking performance and we could have had a few more points if we were a bit more clinical. But we’ll take that into next week.

“Go into those games and ease off, that’s when you get scrappy. I know John will want us to put them to the sword.

“We’ll come out fighting like we did on Sunday. If we play well, the scoreboard will take care of itself.”