The prop’s late try saw the Bulls sneak home for a 29-27 away win.

The Rams had only minutes earlier kicked a penalty to go three points clear.

“I thought we’d got there,” Rams co-coach Barry Hoy said.

But the Bulls got one final shot and made the most of it.

“We could hav taken a penalty to square it up,” co-coach Simon Hall said.

“But Benny (Colley) backed the boys.”

They went for the line and got it to within about 10m.

“We had a rolling maul on their tryline and it just splintered a bit,” Hall said.

Matt Wannan had the ball and passed it off to Adams.

They missed the conversion but it was inconsequential. 

“We were very lucky,” Hall said.

It was a big boost for them, both the win and the manner of it.

“If you win those close ones it sets the attitude you want for the season,” Hall said.

The rolling maul was a particularly strong part of their game.

“The rolling maul worked for us most of the day,” Hall said.

They were able to draw in the Rams’ defence.

The Rams started to counter it pretty well as the game wore on, he said, but they backed themselves off it.

The game see-sawed throughout and Hall never thought they were done.

Even when the Rams kicked that late penalty.

“We knew there was still a bit of time left,” he said.

He said generally they played well and made some good inroads at times.

“We just made some fundamental errors,” he said.

Like dropping the ball at key moments.

He attributed that in part to the greasy conditions, with rain falling before the game.

They were also probably guilty of pushing the pass a few times.

Colley led from the front, picking up the three points and the players’ player.

Hall thought Chris Clyne and Wannan were also good.

All the debutants went pretty well too, particularly Alex Corliss.

“He showed what he’s going to offer us,” Hall said.

The Rams were understandably disappointed not to get the win after having it in their grasp, but not overall.

“Even though we lost, we’re happy,” Hoy said

“We know there’s a lot of improvement in them.”

“Moree are a top four side nearly every year. The boys acquitted themselves well.”

One of the areas he and coaching partner Andrew Crawford were most impressed with was their cleanouts.

“We were pretty good around the rucks,” he said.

“The backs played pretty well too.”

Sam Gemmell was strong on debut at number eight as was Simon Newton at five-eighth. 

Hoy also mentioned Cedric Pagot and Andrew Teputomo.