JIMMY Lowes saw the Bulls claim a 16th straight Championship victory and then admitted: “We were terrible.”

It needed four tries in the final quarter of the match to see off the feisty challenge of Workington, who hit back from 16-0 down to make it 16-10 at the break.

The result was about the only pleasing aspect of the afternoon for Lowes, who felt his side underperformed again.

The head coach said: “We started the game off at a pace they couldn’t cope with but for whatever reason we lowered ourselves.

“The pace and control that we showed at the start – everything just dropped off after we scored our tries.

“Sides never give up in rugby, especially Cumbrian lads, but we allowed them to do that and that’s not acceptable. For whatever reason, we switched off and we allowed Workington a couple of soft tries.

“That’s not what we want to do and I told them that at the end. But we will get it right.”

Harry Siejka made his comeback from injury with an 80-minute display alongside Danny Addy in the halves.

Lowes added: “To play the full game on his first game back was pretty good.

“He was quiet in patches, which you expect after eight or nine weeks out injured, and I never expected him to be massively influential for 80 minutes. But he was for little spells there.”

The Bulls have a hectic fixture list coming up as they host Batley on Sunday before Featherstone visit Odsal in a rearranged fixture next Wednesday.

Then comes a trip to Lowes’ old club Hunslet and the legendary former hooker said: “Everyone will want to beat us.

“We accept that, but we want to win as well and we’re not going to lie down for anybody.

“But we need to be better than what we were today against Batley, Featherstone and Hunslet otherwise it will be a tough day at the office.

“This is a mental challenge for the players and a lot of that is down to personal standards.”

Mullaney was replaced after a late collision as he attempted to score another try but Lowes confirmed the player was not seriously hurt.