I WATCHED with interest the performance of our first team against Workington Town on Sunday, and while the one-point loss was a disappointment, I got why it’s so difficult for any team to come away with two points at Derwent Park.

Sport is a passion that requires everyone involved to adjust to the environment, the weather and the opposition.

Forget about the effect of the referee, as long as he or she is consistent (good and bad), you have to focus on how the game unfolds and how your team needs to adjust to that changing position.

Workington Town’s simple straight one-up style game suits the very narrow and short pitch.

Everyone in attack and defence ends up condensed, and they focus on dummy half runs, and hit-ups and landing on knees and elbows and getting a quick play the ball.

All pretty obvious, but when you throw in the slow play the balls and skinny 10 metres in defence, it becomes a really tight arm wrestle, with a lot of frustration all round.

And that’s what you saw on Sunday. Well done to Leon Pryce for delivering a lesson to the Bulls.

In chatting to John Kear after the game, I thought he was going to detonate. I think our entire team will be wiser for the outing and what not to do. We didn’t play smart, and we didn’t play tough enough for the full 80 minutes. New week – new game – new focus.

You will have seen my comments last week around the importance of live streaming for our great game.

This Sunday we will broadcast our world first double header to all sports fans worldwide as part of our strategy of making the game available to as wide an audience as possible. It’s about getting the profile and message of how great rugby league is to the masses, and connecting with our fans regardless of where in the world they are.

The fact is that making rugby league available via FaceBook Live does not materially affect your attendance.

Those that think it does, need to see the research. The challenge for every club, is to make the in-stadium experience an appealing entertainment event and in doing so attract and retain their custom.

We ran an online poll on the weekend with over 1,800 votes, with an interesting result. 78 out of 100 who voted felt Championship and League One games should be broadcast live.

I hope this is a statistic that the RFL are paying attention to.

We certainly need to accept that not everyone who consumes sport does so in stadium, and therefore making our games live, replayable and free to all can only increase the value of our sport, and our appeal in an already crowded entertainment offering.

To be fair, the Toronto Wolfpack and David Argyle their owner are the trail blazers in this online rugby league space and good on them. The challenge is for the rest of the sport to catch up.

Our weekend double header commences this Sunday at Odsal Stadium with our Bulls Men's team vs Coventry kicking off at 2pm. The main act commences at 3.45pm where our all conquering Bulls Women's team will take centre stage against our arch rivals Leeds Rhinos Women.

It’s a world first for rugby league having the men's game as the curtain raiser, maybe for sport in general.

And it’s a special occasion as the new Women's Super League gets under way.

Come and witness history as the best of the Bulls square off in this unique entertainment event.

Regardless of the results on Sunday afternoon, we know the significant benefits to women and girls in sport, through empowerment and leading an active lifestyle, but combine this with the social and economic gains achieved, society becomes the real winner.

The Bradford Bulls club are proud to be part of history, and hope that if you can’t get along to the fabulous games on offer, at least thanks to ProperSport and BullsLive, you can enjoy both games on FaceBook Live.

Come, and enjoy the Stampede.