Morgan heaps praise on duo Green and Dobson

He watched on as the East Yorkshire club overturned a narrow 8-6 half-time deficit to run in five second-half tries and win 34-8 against Bradford Bulls last night.

Australian duo Michael Dobson and Blake Green were at the heart of their renaissance as Rovers recorded their first victory at Odsal since 1991 and stayed in the hunt for the crucial eighth spot.

“They are top quality players those two,” said Morgan, after stand-off Green scored and set-up a try for Scott Murrell, Dobson crossing once and creating others for Kris Welham and Ben Galea while adding five goals.

“I’m slightly biased but certainly think they’re one of the best combinations in the competition.

“I like how they both carry the ball at the line. Bradford were putting some pressure on Dobbo in the first half but he made some adjustments to his line and depth and that helped while it was great to see Blake’s show and go try at the end.

“We just needed to get some rhythm in the second half and they helped us get that while I was pleased with how we defended.”

Rovers remain just a point behind Hull FC in eighth and Morgan said: “We needed to make sure we got some confidence out of this and ready to go into games against Saints and Catalan. There’s three matches to go and we’re in there.”

Bradford are not though as they stay marooned in 11th with a trip to leaders Wigan on Friday and in need of a mathematical miracle to qualify.

Their lack of cutting edge was woeful and, with a defence equally as poor, it was no surprise disillusioned Bulls head coach Mick Potter labelled his side “ridiculous”.

“I was bouncing off the walls in the box upstairs some of options we came up with,” he said. “It was just poor. We were very, very good in the first half and had a potential advantage in the second with the wind behind us but we didn’t use it.

“Our last plays were pathetic. We can’t capitalise on the good things we do and can’t make the other team pay the full price for their mistakes; on the flip side, they made us pay. It’s ridiculous.”

To add to their woes, centre Elliott Whitehead, one of the few players to impress, was put on report for alleged biting.