BULLS coach Mark Dunning has admitted that he doesn’t mind who he faces in tonight’s Betfred Challenge Cup fourth-round draw – as long as it is at Odsal.

He said: “I will take anybody at home, from a business point of view and performance point of view, and there are still some quality teams in the draw.”

The Bulls reached the fourth round with a 62-6 home win over amateurs York Acorn at Odsal on Sunday, and tonight’s 16-team draw (and the fifth-round draw too) is taking place at Cumbrians Millom RLFC (BBC iPlayer 6pm) as part of their 150-year celebrations.

Matches in the fourth round take place from March 30-April 2 but Super League clubs do not enter the draw until the sixth-round stage in May.

One benefit of Sunday’s match at Odsal from a Bulls perspective was the display of Ebon Scurr, who was making his seasonal debut after suspension.

Dunning admitted: “We were a bit guilty of chasing the scoreboard in the second half but Ebon Scurr was outstanding.

“It was good to see him back after his lay-off and when he went direct and punched holes in their defence we were able to play on the edge.

“He will only get better on the back of that but we were down to somewhere near the bare bones.

“We had four or five players who were injured in the reserve game who might have been in line to make their debuts, although we had a debutant on the wing in Jayden Myers.

“We had some knocks and bruises which are not long-term that I didn’t want to risk in this sort of game but it has given four or five lads the chance to experience the build-up to a Challenge Cup tie.

“Both Jordan Lilley and Tom Holmes had bumps to their knees, and if it had been a league game they probably would have played, but Myles Lawford has been really patient and we believe in his ability, so that was a simple one for me.

“Bodene Thompson (HIA) should be OK for this weekend but Michael Lawrence has a hamstring issue so we will assess that once we get a scan result.

“Myles dislocated his finger in the first half, so I told him that now makes him a rugby league player, and Dec (Patton) twisted his ankle a bit but he is fine as he showed when he scored a try.

“George Flanagan Jnr can play Academy football, reserve football and first-team football and did himself some good.”

There was one negative from last weekend, however, reckons Dunning, who was quick to praise the efforts of the volunteers to shovel snow off the pitch so that the game could be played.

He said: “York Acorn slowed the game down and made it scrappy, but they are a gritty team and represented their club tremendously.

“It is not always going to be pretty, it is not always going to be good but the ones (tries) that did come off were really, really good.

“The big negative for me was that we didn’t keep them scoreless.”