Last time St Helens visited Odsal they enraged both Bradford fans and players alike by fielding a second-string team.

"We prepared to fight George Foreman but got George Formby instead," quipped coach Brian Noble after the Bulls' 54-8 victory.

The fallout from that match has not yet completely cleared - with Martin Gleeson still suspended for betting on the Bulls to win it - but, as far as Bulls scrum half Paul Deacon is concerned, tonight's game isn't about revenge.

"The fans will see it as a grudge match because of what happened last time but all we are seeing it as is two points and a second-place finish," said Deacon.

"St Helens have been our bogey team as long as I've been here so we need a big performance tonight. It is a massive game.

"We want that second spot and we need to beat Saints to get it. It is as simple as that."

Deacon is set to resume his battle with Great Britain rival Sean Long - now cleared to play following a three-month ban for also betting on the Easter Monday match - and he heads into the encounter in match-winning form following his two vital late field goals against Warrington last week.

Having missed a late conversion that would have put the Bulls two points clear, the unflappable Deacon viewed the winning one-pointers against Warrington as simply making up for his error.

"There was a bit of pressure on that conversion and I felt absolutely terrible when I missed it," he said.

"I owed it to the team to make up for that and I got back the two points that I missed. I just got the ball both times and had a shot and luckily they both went over."

Despite feeling the heat during his conversion attempt, Deacon said he felt under no pressure attempting the field goals. "I don't see it as pressure. When you are in the heat of the moment you just go for it. Luckily it paid off."

And Deacon revealed it was his inside knowledge of former Bulls team-mate Mike Forshaw that allowed him to kick the winner with just seconds remaining.

"It was Forsh who was charging at me and I know him inside out. I thought if I stepped off my left he'd have no chance."

With the play-offs looming, the brace against Warrington - Deacon's first field goals of the season - couldn't have come at a better time.

"It is nice to have bobbed a couple over, especially when it is to win the game. The only problem now is if it comes to that again the opposition will put a little bit more pressure on me."

If the Bulls win tomorrow - or Hull lose at home to Widnes - they will secure the runners-up berth and meet Leeds in the qualifying semi-final at Headingley, with the winners going straight into the Grand Final at Old Trafford.