Bradford coach Steve McNamara insists the Bulls' best is still to come as it heads into the play-offs on the back of three successive wins.
McNamara's side wrapped up its regular season programme by snatching a last-gasp 18-16 victory over engage Super League bottom side Castleford.
The Bulls had trailed 16-10 with 10 minutes remaining at The Jungle but Semi Tadulala's third try set up a tense finale and Iestyn Harris landed a late penalty to settle the game.
"It was certainly a strong hit-out for us for next week," said McNamara.
"We did some good things and some not-so-good things, so we have won in a different way.
"It was an ugly sort of win but it was important we knocked three wins off on the bounce.
"I thought we played well within ourselves tonight, with an eye on next week."
With Warrington losing to Huddersfield, the win was enough to lift the Bulls above the Wolves into fifth and set up a play-off tie at Wigan next week.
Remaining sixth would have left them facing a daunting trip to France to face third-placed Catalans but McNamara was more concerned about victory than identity of prospective opponents.
"We have said all along, wherever we finish, whatever challenge is in front of us, we will do it," he said.
"We are not into contriving results - we take the win. Winning breeds confidence.
"If we are going to get to the Grand Final we have to play everyone along the track. We did what we had to do."
Tadulala gave the Bulls a flying start with a try after two minutes but he twice had to level the scores at 10-10 and 16-16 after Tigers touchdowns from Richard Owen, Kirk Dixon and Ryan Boyle.
Harris earned his winning opportunity after selling his man an outrageous dummy and then being hauled down by Ned Catic, who was penalised for delaying the play-the-ball and then sent off for backchat.
Tigers coach Terry Matterson said: "I don't think we deserved that but I couldn't have been more proud of the boys.
"It was a fair penalty but what we want is consistency. We should have had a penalty about five minutes before that.
"We had our opportunities but it didn't go our way. I thought it was very courageous from both sides and I thought a draw would probably have been fair."
Defeat meant Castleford finished adrift at the foot of Super League in its first season back in the top flight.
"After 18 rounds we were on six points but the boys have certainly turned it around and we can take that into next year," Matterson added.
Key Bradford pair Paul Deacon and Wayne Godwin left the field in the second half but McNamara said their withdrawals were only precautionary.