Skipper Jamie Peacock revealed Great Britain will use the Bulls' incredible turnaround this season as inspiration as they look to keep their Gillette Tri-Nations dream alive against New Zealand tonight.
"We have to draw on the aspects of Bradford's season where everyone wrote us off," said Peacock, ahead of the Galpharm Stadium showdown.
"I know it was over a longer time period but it does show that you can turn things around."
Having taken plenty of confidence out of the battling defeat by Australia at Wigan last week, Britain will be a different prospect from the side which slumped
42-26 to the Kiwis in London, insisted Peacock.
"We dominated Australia for long periods of that game," he said.
"If we'd scored another try I think we'd have gone on to win it but when it got down to the last ten minutes and we
hadn't managed to grab that try, then we realised we were in a bit of trouble.
"It is a tough ask to come back from eight points down against anyone in those conditions but I think we showed a lot of character and a lot of skill."
If they are to win, the Lions will have to find a way to shut down the rampant Kiwis attack.
"You need to be defensively on your game, which we weren't down at Loftus Road," said Peacock.
"We were way off defensively. We went okay scoring points but defensively it was a shocker and that is where we need to improve. If they are offloading we need to have an enthusiastic defence, swarm all over them and dive on a few loose balls, which we didn't do at Loftus Road."
With new coach Brian McClennan at the helm, Peacock conceded the Kiwis were no longer a soft touch.
He said: "They have changed a bit from last year. All they are concerned about is getting out of their own half and playing football down the other end, which is the best way to play Test match football. The Aussies have done that for a while."
The winless Lions need to win both of their remaining matches and overturn a large points differential to make the final.
Bookmakers have them at 33-1 to win the tournament but wing Leon Pryce believes Britain can buck the odds.
"We are not stupid, it is going to be very, very tough indeed," said Pryce. "But if you don't have that belief, there is no point turning up."
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