HULL FC crashed to a 14th defeat of the season as the relegated Bradford Bulls virtually ended the Black and Whites' already slim play-off hopes.
A 34-28 defeat at Odsal was even harder to stomach with three of the tries coming from Hull loan players Joe Arundel and Jay Pitts.
Hull had started well and looked bright in taking a 12-0 lead but were wasteful in possession first half and poor defensively second half as the Bulls cut them open.
Hull were ahead inside the opening five minutes thanks to Jamie Shaul's support play and a terrific off-load by Dean Hadley which put the full-back through by the posts.
Having weathered the Bulls storm and that of a torrential downpour, Hull had a second on the quarter mark thanks to Fetuli Talanoa's ball steal on Adam Henry and the power of captain Gareth Ellis, who was unstoppable from three meters out.
With Joe Westerman converting both the Black and Whites had a useful 12-point advantage which looked in no danger of being eroded until Richard Horne and Shaul collided when trying to collect Luke Gale's testing bomb. The result was a mess by the Hull defence and a try for ex-FC player Jamie Foster, which he then converted.
Then with half-time approaching, the Bulls cut the gap to just to points with Arundel, on loan from Hull, holding off the challenge of Tom Lineham to win a footrace to the corner.
Lee Radford's side held the advantage, but with the wind at their backs and enough openings it should have been greater and they were made to pay when Adam Sidlow scored soon after the re-start to hand the Bulls the lead.
If Sidlow's score was a wake-up call nobody was listening because with 10 minutes the Bulls had moved into a 10-point lead and to make matters worse it was a second for Arundel and a try for fellow loan man Pitts that did the damage.
A second score for Ellis threatened to get Hull back into the game, but the Bulls responded through Danny Addy and while Hull finished with late tries from Setaimata Sa and Lineham, it was too late to salvage anything from the game.
