The Bulls ended a run of three straight defeats with a comfortable victory over troubled Crusaders.

First-half tries from Olivier Elima (two) and Brett Kearney helped Bradford to an 18-10 interval advantage, The sin-binning of Ben Flowers for Crusaders enabled Bradford to post two more scores, from Craig Kopczak and Shaun Ainscough, to extend the lead.

Further tries from Patrick Ah Van – a length-of-the-field effort – Kearney and Lynch then sealed the win.

Ah Van finished his final game in a Bulls shirt at Odsal with a personal tally of 20 points, including a faultless eight goals from eight attempts.

Crusaders replied with tries from former Bulls favourite Stuart Reardon (two), Lloyd White, Peter Lupton and Tony Martin.

But full back Clinton Schifcofske managed only two conversions from five generally difficult kicks.