Four-time Super League champions Bradford Bulls set an unwanted club record at Hull KR this evening as their fall from grace continued.

The Bulls, winners of the competition in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005, have now lost their last 10 fixtures in all competitions, a record sequence since the club reformed as Bradford Northern in 1964.

The defeat also means that by the end of Castleford Tigers’ game with Crusaders RL tomorrow, they could be five points adrift of the play-off places with just four games remaining, putting them on the brink of missing out on the top eight for a second successive season.

They can have few complaints about the loss too, as Rovers came up with the perfect response to their 20-16 loss to Hull FC in the last round of fixtures, with Peter Fox and Clint Newton scoring five tries between them - Fox getting a hat-trick.

Having been denied a potential match-winning try in the last minute of last weekend's derby, England winger Fox was in no mood to miss out here, and crossed inside five minutes.

Tom Briscoe's memorable tackle denied him nine days ago, but Fox found the Bradford defenders far less resistant as he crashed onto Michael Dobson's pass for a 10th try of the season.

Andy Lynch then thought he had got Bradford level moments later but video replays showed that he had shelled the ball as he twisted his way over.

Buoyed by their good fortune, the home side added a second try on 16 minutes, with Sam Latus netting his first professional score.

The rookie winger endured a nightmare 80 minutes in the defeat to Hull, but repaid the faith shown in him by coach Justin Morgan with a tidy finish in the corner after Ben Galea's cut-out pass, with Dobson adding the extras from the touchline.

The impressive Scott Murrell then kicked his second 40-20 kick of the game and his team-mates capitalised on the territory it gave them, with Australian prop Joel Clinton embarking on an unstoppable run from 15 metres out that took him all the way to the line.

Bradford rallied with half breaks from Daniel Addy and Michael Platt, and got the reward their improvement deserved 13 minutes before the break when Stuart Reardon got his fifth try of the season after Elliott Whitehead's offload.

It was only a temporary reprieve for the Bulls, though, and Newton quickly widened the gap between the two sides as he raced through off Dobson's flat pass.

But Bradford gave themselves a chance going in at half-time, with winger Vinny Finigan crossing after Dave Halley's long pass, while on the stroke of the hooter, Shaun Briscoe's interception stopped Steve Menzies playing Platt in under the posts.

But any hopes Bradford had of continuing their momentum into the second half were quickly aborted by Whitehead's handling error, and in-form forward Newton made him pay in the 42nd minute by taking in another Dobson pass for a seventh try in six games.

Newton then turned provider, cutting out Josh Charnley to play Fox in for his second, before Briscoe went under the posts for a deserved try.

Craig Kopczak kept going for Bradford, though, and barrelled his way past Briscoe to score on the hour, before Heath L'Estrange sparked thoughts of a comeback with a scrappy effort after a sequence of knock-ons.

But Fox extinguished any hopes as he raced the length of the field to secure his hat-trick, before Finigan added to his burgeoning reputation with a fourth senior try in his second senior outing after Charnley's error.

But Dobson's drop goal and Briscoe's second try, his sixth of the year, ensured Rovers finished on top.