DOCKED 12 points by the Rugby Football League after going into liquidation and re-forming, the Bulls are inevitably bottom of the table after two games but both Dewsbury Rams and Halifax RLFC are still on zero points.

The table could be depressing reading to some but not the Bradford players, insists utility forward Colton Roche.

"There is no need to lift anyone in this team," he said. "I don't think this group has got that kind of bad thought process in them. We are all a very positive group and we are all mates outside of rugby.

"It's all about fine-tuning the little things such as the pass that goes on the floor, that missed tackle – it's just about helping each other to get better.

"When we are out on the field, no-one thinks about the minus 12," he said. "We just want to get the win.

"We are a big club and we have that little bit of expectation to get back up there – but it's really just about trying to improve. We don't think about the minus 12.

"At the end of the year, when the middle eights and the top eights competitions start to vary out, that's when we can worry about where we need to be."

Tomorrow's opponents Swinton have opened the campaign with a defeat against London Broncos and narrow victory over Dewsbury.

"Hopefully this weekend we can get our first win. It will be massive, if we do," said Roche, who produced an impressive display in the defeat to Rochdale last week.

"Swinton are a really good team. I thought they went really well last year and they have also improved again this year.

"But we have got the personnel and, hopefully, a few new additions playing for us so, hopefully, we can get the win.

"Any team is good enough to beat anyone in the Championship. If you don't 'turn up' on the day, the other teams are good enough to beat you, whether you are a full-time team or a team that finished halfway down the table last year."

Bulls' coach Geoff Toovey will again be confined to the stands on Sunday due to complications surrounding his employment – but his presence around the club suggests it will only be a matter of time before he takes total control.

"Knowing that we are going to have a head coach throughout the whole year when his visa and everything gets sorted out will be absolutely outstanding," said Roche.

"He's got bags of experience, he has coached at the very highest level, and anything that he says is going to help improve our game."

Roche, meanwhile, says he has not even considered the possibility of playing for Ireland in his second consecutive World Cup at the end of the season.

"Obviously, if I did get called up, I would be honoured to play. It's in Australia so it would be a once in a lifetime experience," he said. "But to be honest, I have not even given it much of a thought because of what's been going on here. I have been trying to fit in at a new club and play very well."