Home-grown talent Leon Pryce admits he was glad coach Brian Noble relegated him to the bench three weeks ago.

Since his starting spot was handed to brother Karl against Salford three weeks ago the older Pryce's form has been nothing short of sensational.

He was the Bulls' best player in a losing effort against Warrington and on Saturday crowned an outstanding all-round display against Hull with two tries.

After his second try - a late intercept that rubbed salt into Hull's already gaping wounds - Pryce stood before the Bulls' travelling fans milking the applause.

The message seemed clear enough, however Pryce insists he has nothing to prove.

"I am 23 years old now and I've been playing for the last seven years so I've got nothing to prove to anybody except myself," said Pryce, who is just eight games short of bringing up 200 appearances for the club.

"I'm glad that Nobby put me on the bench because it gave me something to aim for and I think I'm seeing the benefit of that now. I've been setting myself personal goals every week but as long as the team plays well then I am happy. If I am on the bench and the team plays well that is all that matters."

The pairing of the two Pryce brothers on the left was so dominant on Saturday that the absence of Kiwi strike players Lesley Vainikolo and Shontayne Hape was hardly felt. With 18-year-old giant Karl at last starting to impose himself physically the combination with the more elusive Leon worked a treat.

"I got into Karl a bit before the game and he had the best game he has had for Bradford," said Leon.

"He played really well, really hard. I enjoy it when he plays like that. It is good to play alongside him.

"It was nice to play tough and to have a game where things come off for us and we all stick together. We made it a tough game for a change."

The toughness of the Bulls' approach was epitomised by Pryce's running battle with Kiwi veteran Stephen Kearney. At times the match was a personal war between the two, with the tackles and the penalties coming thick and fast.

"Obviously he is a legend player and it gives you a bit of an incentive when a guy like that gives you a bit of a rattling," said Pryce. "It makes you want to play better so I enjoyed it."

And Pryce insisted there was no panic in the ranks when Gareth Raynor scored two second-half tries in two minutes to conjure up memories of the previous week's collapse against Warrington.

"We knew we had the toughness of mind to get back to what we were doing in the first half, which was playing tough, hard rugby and sticking to the game-plan.

"The game-plan was fantastic. Steve McNamara did a lot of planning so a lot of credit goes to him. We stuck to it and it really paid off for us."