Hooker James Lowes is putting thoughts of Twickenham firmly to the back of his mind as the Bulls approach their busiest spell of the season.

Lowes is delighted to have booked a place in the fifth Challenge Cup final of his career at the end of the month but six more league points are his aim before he concentrates on the crunch meeting with St Helens.

"Our aim is to win the next three games and go into the final on a winning run and to do that we have to play very well," said the influential hooker.

For Lowes and the squad there's the small matter of Wigan to face on Easter Monday and a tough trip to Hull on Sunday week.

But Lowes, who rarely misses a game, is ready for the challenge.

He said: "We have had a short time for preparation but so have Wakefield and we just have to get on with it.

"It will be the third time we have met Wakefield this season after the warm-up game and the Challenge Cup tie and they have proved that they can match it with us.

"They have started to play very well and they certainly don't lie down for sides to win."

Lowes was in the thick of the action as usual in the 24-6 win over London at Valley Parade last week scoring himself and setting up tries for Paul Anderson and Stuart Spruce.

But it was the defensive effort which impressed Lowes most and he believes it can set the platform for the coming weeks.

"We had a tough work out against London and we were very pleased with the win.

"They have been playing very well and have tended to lose games in the last quarter after establishing a substantial first half lead.

"We spoke about that and I thought our first half display was very good. We kept them scoreless and our defence worked very hard.

"We didn't do ourselves any favours after the break. We dropped too much ball and handed over too much possession to London and that put us under pressure.

"It is important that we keep the defence solid because of the number of games and the opposition coming up in the next few weeks.

"There's a good spirit about the place and we know it is a vital period for us in our bid to lift some more silverware," he added.