JOHN Kear will make sure that World Cup fever does not affect the Bulls when they face Doncaster tomorrow.

Odsal is throwing its doors open early to show England’s group game with Panama on the big screen.

But Kear insists that the excitement of the football will not prove a distraction as the League One leaders aim to maintain their 100 per cent home record.

Kear said: “We want England to progress and win the World Cup, me as much as anybody, but we’ve got a job to do.

“The players will arrive as normal and it will be the usual routine once they are in.

“We can always watch it on the highlights afterwards. I’ll try to keep my ears away from the score.

“It’s not a distraction but we’re just fans of the sport and obviously fans of the England team.”

Coverage of the second State of Origin game from Australia will precede England before the Bulls kick off at 4pm. And Kear hopes fans will be in for a treat.

He added: “I think the club are really smart in a lot of initiatives that we’re doing and this is one of them.

“It’s State of Origin first, then the England game before the Bulls are on live.

“You could get there early, have a few beers, sit out in the sun and have a really good day. It’s good marketing-wise from the club.”

Kear is pleased to be back at Odsal after last week’s trip to Whitehaven – but he feels the hard-fought 27-20 triumph in Cumbria was a timely test to sharpen up his side ahead of a challenging run of fixtures.

“We knew it would be tough,” he said. “The rain then came down and it was windy, so it took out your option of expansive, free-flowing rugby league.

“With the physicality of Whitehaven and the conditions, you knew full well it would be a game to roll your sleeves up and who really wanted it the most. Fortunately for us that was us.

“But I really think it did us the world of good.

“It’s not being disrespectful but apart from Newcastle, we’ve had a good run of what you’d expect to be very winnable fixtures.

“That’s obviously how it turned out and the majority were pretty comfortable.

“You lose a bit of edge when you’re winning in comfort all the time. You haven’t been put under pressure, you haven’t had any worrying periods within the game – we certainly got that last Sunday.

“I feel that stands us in good stead for a really difficult five or six weeks coming up.”

Early pace-setters Doncaster have lost three out of the last four to slip away from the leading pack. Coach Richard Horne was unhappy with their error-strewn 34-6 loss at Workington last week.

He is expecting a response at Odsal and Kear has warned the Bulls to be on their toes.

Kear said: “I watched the Workington game and I’ve seen much better Doncaster performances during the season.

“The second half was more like them but I was really surprised at how they didn’t compete with Workington in the first.

“But the week prior they turned over a very good Keighley team, so we know they are strong.

“One of our better performances this season was at the Keepmoat so we’ll have to play as well as that to come away with what we want. We’ll have to show a similar focus and intensity.