Luke Gale aims to dish out some capital punishment on his former club as the Bulls look to bounce back from their Challenge Cup defeat to Warrington at London Broncos on Sunday.

Mick Potter’s men lost 32-16 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium to exit the cup at the fifth-round stage on Saturday.

Yet Gale, who made his first appearance in over two months after recovering from ankle ligament damage, is now focusing on Super League matters.

The scrum half made an impressive contribution at Warrington ahead of his first return to the Broncos since joining the Bulls during the winter.

The match is being staged at Brisbane Road, home of Leyton Orient, and Gale said: “It will be good to go back, even though we won’t be playing at the Stoop.

“It’s a chance for us to get back on the horse and cement ourselves in the play-off places with another two points hopefully.

“I had a great three years at Harlequins, or Broncos as they are now known, but I’m wearing a Bradford jersey now and I’ll go down there wanting the win for us.”

Reflecting on Saturday’s defeat, Gale said: “We’re out the cup now and can focus on Super League.

“It’s obviously disappointing but the boys dug in. You need things to drop right for you and you need the calls to go your way.

“Unfortunately we didn’t get that and one or two decisions probably changed the game in the first half.

“On a personal level, it had been a long eight or nine weeks but it felt good to be back. I just need to have a couple of games and I’ll be back to full speed.

“I’ve got the worst running technique anyway and some of the lads say that I look like I’m injured, but it’s just the way I run!”

The Bulls were the better team for most of the first half at Warrington but two tries in quick succession before half-time left them 16-6 down at the interval and they never recovered.

Potter said: “They got the better of us just before half-time and we had a mountain to climb in the second half. When you make errors against Warrington, they can burn you.

“There wasn’t any lacking in effort. The players gave everything and I couldn’t ask for any more. There are some good signs there for us as a team.”

Potter was pleased with the performance of Gale on his return to action.

The Bulls coach said: “It was a big ask for him but he acquitted himself very well. I thought he was very good.

“He added value to the side. His kicking and his running game was good and he will get better. It was a tough one for him to come back in.”