THE Windsor Wolves completed one of the greatest turnarounds in Jim Beam Cup history when they thrashed the Sydney Bulls 36-16 in the grand final at Campbelltown Stadium on Sunday.

Having been beaten 62-12 by Sydney in the second semi final at Ringrose Park just 15 days earlier, the dominant performance represented a 70-point turnaround.

The Wolves showed they meant business right from the first whistle when winger Daniel King charged at the Bulls’ line after Craig Trindall’s kick-off, cannoning into Bulls’ frontrower Charlie Farah, with the clash of heads rendering both players prone on the turf.

While King eventually got up and continued the match, making at least two more massive hits on advancing Bulls, Farah was treated on the field for several minutes before being stretchered off and rushed to hospital.

“That really worked in our favour,” Wolves’ coach Trent Rosa said.

“It was just one of those things that came off in a grand final that will probably be spoken about long afterwards but that just set the tone for mentality about Danny.

“He copped a few big hits and he kept getting up.

“That’s what we’re about though – we copped bullets from all sides all year, everyone’s wanted to bag us and say that we didn’t have the mentality or the toughness to get through it but we’ve just taken every bullet in our stride and kept moving forward.”

Apart from a five-minute burst at the start of the second half when the Bulls scored two tries and could have got two more, the Wolves controlled proceedings from start to finish, with Ben Stewart playing the match of his life at five-eighth and rookie Tim Glasby also in outstanding touch.