BILLY Jowitt was not a happy man after Bulls’ chaotic 44-38 win over Swinton on Sunday, the half-back admitting he fears the worst if the side turn in performances like that against teams in the top six.

Bradford moved up to seventh in the Betfred Championship after edging to victory in an Odsal contest that featured a remarkable 13 tries, but the hosts conceded six of them, against a patched-up Swinton side who might well have won if they had been at full strength.

Bulls conceded 30 of those points in the second half, and Jowitt warned: “I think once we concede one try and that’s done, we need to show a bit of resilience.

“We can’t let ourselves fall into the hole that Jordy (Jordan Lilley) has talked about.

“Swinton would score a try and then be straight back in our half from their next set, and that’s not good enough.

“If you play your top-six or top-four teams and do what we did today, it’ll end up being a scoreline you don’t want.

“We really need to sort that out.”

Jowitt was a real bright spark in the halves in the first half, and was arguably Bulls’ best player, but he was one of several individuals whose performance levels dropped after the break.

The 22-year-old was not happy with himself for that, saying: “I’m probably my own harshest critic.

“I felt I did alright in the first half, I ran about a lot and put a few people through holes, but I wasn’t happy with my second half at all.

“I didn’t really do enough, and even though we didn’t have much ball, I still should have done more.”

On a more positive note, since returning to the first team at the start of last month after a 14-month absence due to injuries, Jowitt has played in all of Bulls’ last six games.

He beamed: “It’s probably the longest run in the first team I’ve ever had.

“But I can’t get comfortable and I need to make sure I keep playing well.

“Today I felt like I had a drop off and I can’t afford to keep doing that, otherwise I’ll be back on the sidelines again.”

Despite only playing a handful of first-team matches in his Bulls career, Jowitt has now featured under John Kear and Mark Dunning, as well as this interim partnership of Lee Greenwood and Brian Noble, with a new head coach likely to come in in the next few weeks.

Asked if it had been hard for him to adapt to all those changes, he said: “I just take it as it comes.

“Everyone’s got a different look at the game, a different mindset, but as I say, I take it as it comes.

“Greeny and Nobby, especially Nobby, are very intelligent. The pair of them have worked really well together this week to put their own spin on things and made training really intense.

“I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next but for now, I’m just going to keep sticking at it with Nobby and Greeny, because they’ve put their arm around me this week and given me a big push.”