The Bulls were thumped 6-1 by Orange Waratahs on Saturday, continuing a worrying run of results for Kobe Rapley, James Leonard, and their men ahead of the WPL finals.

Waratahs were utterly dominant on Saturday while the Bulls' lone goal was nothing but a consolation when it came from Gareth Williams in the 83^rd minute.

The Bulls are still guaranteed to finish third regardless of the result in next weekend's final round trip to Bathurst to play Panorama FC but the side will be desperate for an improved performance after just one win in the past month.

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For Waratahs, Saturday marked a turnaround after their own poor run of form and the win keeps alive their hopes of winning the minor premiership.

The big win over a fellow title contender also sent a message to the rest of the competition and Guy Burgess, who scored two of the goals, said the result was an important one.

"We knew we needed to get back to winning ways and how we normally play, get a bit of confidence back heading into the finals," he said.

"Bulls are always a tough team to play against so it was definitely good to get a win against them.

"It's always good to get a win, especially heading into the finals. It gives us that confidence boost and a good run heading into it."

The sky blues went into the break at Jack Brabham Park 3-0 to the good thanks to Burgess' brace and a header by Craig Sugden after some calamitous defending at the back by the third-placed visitors.

There was more confusion in the second half when Sugden grabbed his second of the game.

He put one past the keeper in the 57^th minute, only to look over and see the linesman's flag raised.

Initial thoughts of an offside were quickly dispelled though, when the referee awarded the goal.

"It's always good to score goals and it's always good to set 'em up as well," Burgess said.

"It's especially good to see other people scoring them as well to show that we can score them from anywhere."

Not only were they scoring goals for fun, but goalkeeper Ollie Bayly was having himself a match to remember between the sticks. Shortly after Tahs extended the lead out to four, the young shot-stopper pulled off an incredible one handed save to keep hopes of a clean sheet alive.

Goals to Adam Scimone and Niall Gibb rounded off a successful day, while Williams grabbed the late consolation.

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