SAM Hallas had a stint as quiz master for the Bullbuilder fund-raiser at Odsal this week.

And he is confident that the Bulls can keep coming up with the right answers as the focus switches to the Challenge Cup tomorrow.

League One new boys West Wales Raiders may be rank outsiders for the third-round clash. But the hooker insists minds will be as focused as any Mastermind contestant for the first competitive home outing of 2018.

“Every team is going to come at us,” said Hallas. “It’s a cup final for them.

“But we’ve got to rise to it or we could get turned over.

“These teams are more than capable of beating us and each other. We’ve got to be on our mettle every single week.

“We can’t rest on our laurels. We’ve had a good win against York but we can’t relax for a minute and think we can have a couple of days off.

“We’ve got to forget that game now and focus on the Challenge Cup.”

Hallas played a significant part in the breathless win at Bootham Crescent, throwing himself at Connor Robinson’s drop goal attempt to smother York’s hopes of snatching it.

And he was happy to dictate matters again on Wednesday at the quiz drumming up cash for the Odsal academy.

Hallas laughed: “My old man was a compere when he used to own a social club in Moortown. So he taught me how to open my mouth, say a load of rubbish and hope people believe it.

“He’s a bit of a joker anyway but put a microphone in his hand and he absolutely loves it. Fingers crossed I’ll follow in his footsteps.”

The Llanelli-based Raiders were lost for words after suffering a false start to their campaign against Newcastle Thunder.

The game had to be cancelled just minutes before kick-off because a club doctor did not have the right drugs prescribed on the RFL check list.

It means the Bulls will be in the dark about the visitors – not that Hallas expects that to affect their mindset.

He added: “We haven’t really seen much of them. But we know they will come at us 100 per cent.

“We’ll focus on ourselves and making sure we’re the best we can be. We don’t have to change for other teams.

“We’ve got to live up to our own expectations and hopefully we can go far in every competition we’re in.”

Joe Keyes received the post-match plaudits for his crunch penalty after the hooter to break York’s hearts and give the Bulls a winning start.

But without the athletic intervention from Hallas to foil Robinson seconds before, the Ireland international’s opportunity would not have arisen.

Hallas said: “I remember thinking ‘if we win this tackle we’ll have a slow play the ball’. Then the line can get up.

“Tim Spiers took the carry and got dumped to the floor. Then he played the ball (quickly) and in my head I knew I had to get out as fast as I could.

“I saw Robinson dropping the ball and had to get in front of it the best I could. I threw myself in the way and hoped for the best – and luckily I got my hand to it.

“Keyesy has got nerves of steel. To knock it over from 47 metres to win round one like that is absolutely insane.

“But all the boys could be proud of themselves. The game was won by everyone digging in and playing for 80 minutes.”