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The laughing and joking stopped as the pair declared that all the team's hard work this season boiled down to their next 80 minutes of action against Workington Town.

Minchella said: "It's absolutely massive and it's what we've worked for all year. We're one step away now from getting back to where we were and it's a big step.

"Workington are going to be a tough team. They beat Doncaster away from home in their semi-final and we know exactly what they can do because they've done us twice this season.

"It'll be third time lucky hopefully though."

Peltier echoed the sentiments of his head coach John Kear when admitting that it was the first time the Bulls had fully clicked all season. He said: "It was our first full 80 minutes of the season, in our most important game, so it builds us up well for the final.

"We didn't play well in the first 20 minutes here against York or the last 10 minutes when we faced Workington and we lost both of those games.

"If we keep our concentration for the full 80 minutes like on Sunday, we're such a threat."

Minchella believed that the key difference was in Bulls' mental approach, as he said: "We did stuff as normal in training but it was our mindset which changed.

"We had a chat after the Workington loss in August because we knew it was looking like the play-offs and that became our focus.

"We had a good warm-up against Oldham in the semi-final and you could just see it in everyone's eyes that they wanted it. It was actually the big zero for our opponents that I was most thrilled about."

Peltier made a crucial try-saving smother towards the end of the first half and he agreed with Minchella's sentiments.

He said: "We have a meeting about our goals for the play-offs and it's little one per cent plays like that, putting your body on the line and the team before yourself.

"We didn't feel like they were going to break us down because we knew everyone was working for each other."