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| Full name | Bradford Bulls Rugby League Football Club |
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| Ground | Grattan Stadium, Bradford (Capacity 27,000 - 5,000 Seats) |
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| Chairman |  Peter Hood |
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| Coach | Steve McNamara |
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| Captain | Paul Deacon |
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| League | Super League (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 position | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Challenge Cups | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, England. February Super League 13 Started in February with a game against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Bradford narrowly were deafeted by a in form Wakefield side 24-26 Bradford Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Peter Hood is the Chairman of the Bradford Bulls Steve McNamara is the coach of Bradford Bulls Rugby league team who play in the Engage Super League (Europe, and is also the Great Britain Paul Deacon (born February 13, 1979) is an English Rugby league player Engage Super League XII is the official name for the year 2007 's Super League season in the sport of Rugby league. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It has been one of the major success stories of the Super League era, with the 2003 season being its best where the club successfully won all of the major rugby league honours, (Challenge Cup, Superleague Championship, World Club Championship, and Minor Premier) The team jersey is white with red, black and amber hoops. The club plays its home games at Grattan Stadium (formerly called Odsal Stadium) which is located to the south of the city centre. Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Bradford is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. History See also History of rugby league On 27 August 1895 as a result of an emergency meeting in Manchester prominent Lancashire clubs Broughton Rangers
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History
1863 - 1907: In the Beginning
The Bradford Rugby Club was formed in 1863. Park Avenue was established as their home ground in 1880. It achieved its first major success by winning the Yorkshire Cup in 1884. In 1895, along with cross-town neighbours Manningham, Bradford was among 22 clubs to secede from the Rugby Football Union after a historic meeting at The George Hotel in Huddersfield, in response to a dispute over "broken time" payments to players. The Rugby Football Union (RFU is the Rugby union governing body in England Huddersfield ( is a large Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, 190 miles (306km north These 22 clubs formed the Northern Rugby Union. In 1903-4 Bradford finished level on points with Salford at the top of the league and then won the resulting play-off 5-0. Manningham ran into financial difficulties and, despite a summer archery contest that generated enough money to ensure their survival, its members were persuaded to change to Association football. The club was invited to join the Football League in 1903, in an attempt to introduce the soccer to the rugby-dominated region, and the newly renamed Bradford City A.F.C. was voted into full membership of the Second Division without playing a game of soccer, having a team or being able to guarantee a ground. Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford
There was also a demand for Association Football at Park Avenue, which played host to soccer matches as well as Northern Union games. The first game of Association Football played at Park Avenue is believed to have been between Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic F.C. and in 1895 a Bradford side beat a team from Moss Side, Manchester 4 -1 in front of 3,000 spectators. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Blackburn Olympic were a football team which existed for about a decade in the 19th Century. In 1905-6 Bradford beat Salford 5-0 to win the Challenge Cup and were runners up in the Championship. The following season winning the Yorkshire Cup 8-5 against Hull Kingston Rovers. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National
With soccer already successful at Bradford City, a meeting was called of the club members on April 15th 1907 to decide the club's future. An initial vote appeared to favour continuing in the Northern Union, then opinion shifted towards rugby union but the Chairman, Mr Briggs, used his influence to swing the committee behind Association football. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered This act, sometimes referred to as "The Great Betrayal", led to Bradford becoming a soccer club, Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. and a new team Bradford Northern was created to take the available place in the Northern Union. Bradford Association Football Club (almost always referred to as Bradford (Park Avenue) are a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire Bradford Northern's first home was Greenfield Athletic Ground.
Bradford Northern
Bradford moved to Birch Lane in 1908. Bradford council offered Bradford a site for a new stadium between Rooley Lane and Mayo Avenue in 1927. However the RFL said the site was too small and the club kept on looking. On 20 June 1933 Bradford Northern signed a ten-year lease with Bradford council for a former quarry being used as a waste dump at Odsal Top. It was turned into the biggest stadium outside Wembley. The Bradford Northern team played its first match there on September 1st 1934. Before moving to Odsal Bradford had had two other homes, Greenfield Athletic Ground in Dudley Hill and Birch Lane which was part of Bowling Old Lane Cricket ground, although at times they also had to hire Valley Parade as the capacity at Birch Lane was not sufficient enough for large matches.
1940s
Success came in the 1940s with a number of cup wins: the Yorkshire cup in 1940-1, 1942-3, 1944-5, 1945-6, 1948-9 and 1949-50; and the Challenge cup 1943-4, 1946-7 and 1948-9. In the championship Bradford found it difficult to win either before the war or after despite being runners up in 1942-3 and 1947-8.
On Saturday 3rd November 1945, Bradford Northern met Wakefield Trinity in the final of the Yorkshire Cup held at Thrum Hall, Halifax. Wakefield began the match as favourites, they had lost only one of thirteen matches thus far in the season. However, Bradford won 5-2 and lifted the Yorkshire Cup for the fourth time in six seasons.
Bradford defeated Leeds 8-4 to win the Challenge Cup at Wembley in 1947.
The 1947-8 Challenge Cup final was notable as it was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy. It was also the first televised rugby league match as it was broadcast to the Midlands. Unfortunately Bradford lost 8-3 to Wigan. The 1949 Challenge Cup final was sold out for first time as 95,050 spectators saw Bradford beat Halifax.
1950s
In 1951-2 Bradford were runners up in the league but beat New Zealand at Odsal in the first floodlit football match of any code in the North of England. The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league. In 1953, a crowd of 69,429 watched Bradford play Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup third round. This was Northern’s highest ever attendance. Northern also won the Yorkshire Cup final 7-2 against Hull. Bradford Northern and Leigh were the first rugby league clubs to stage matches on a Sunday in December 1954, although there was opposition from the Sunday Observance lobby.
1960s
Bradford Northern's support declined rapidly in the 1963 season, attracting a record low crowd of 324 against Barrow. Northern went out of business on 10th December 1963 having played just 13 matches; winning 1 and losing 12, scoring 109 points and conceding 284.
A meeting on the 14th of April 1964 saw 1,500 people turn out to discuss the formation of a new club, and those present promised a £1000 to help get plans for the new organisation underway. Amongst those who led proceedings were former players Joe Phillips and Trevor Foster. Joe Phillips (born February 13, 1969) is a Gay American artist known for his Mainstream comic book art and for his work depicting gay life Trevor Foster MBE (1916 &ndash April 2, 2005) was a Welsh Rugby league footballer
On 20th July 1964, Bradford Northern (1964) Ltd came into existence. The club’s new side had been built for around £15,000 and had Jack Wilkinson as coach. Jack Wilkinson is the name of the following people Jack Wilkinson (footballer (born 1985 English footballer Jack Wilkinson (rugby league On 22nd August 1964, Hull Kingston Rovers provided the opposition in the reformed club’s first match and 14,500 spectators turned out to show their support, as Odsal hosted its first 10,000 plus gate for a Bradford Northern match since 1957. Hull Kingston Rovers or Hull KR is a British Rugby league club playing in Super League (Europe, having won promotion from National
The reformed club won its first cup in 1965-66 by beating Hunslet 17-8 in the final of the Yorkshire Cup.
1970s
In 1972-3 Bradford lost the Challenge Cup final against Featherstone 33-14. In 1973-4 Bradford won the Second Division Championship and were promoted back to the First Division. During this season Keith Mumby made his debut, becoming the Bradford's youngest player at only 16 years of age, scoring 12 goals and a try in a match against Doncaster. He went on to make a record 576 appearances for the club. In 1974-75 Bradford won the Regal Trophy 3-2 against Widnes. Peter Fox joined Bradford as coach for the first time in 1977-78. Bradford won the Premiership final 17-8 against Widnes and were also Championship runners-up. In 1978-79 Bradford appeared in another Premiership final this time losing 24-2 to Leeds. A year later Bradford won the Championship and Regal Trophy, Peter Fox winning the award for Coach of the Year. In 1980-81 the club made it back to back championships.
1980s
In 1981-82, Bradford lost the Yorkshire Cup final 10-5 against Castleford and lost again in 1982-83, this time 18-7 against Hull. Keith Mumby won the award for First Division Player of the Year while Brian Noble won the Young Player award. Brian Noble, known as 'Nobby' is a former Rugby league player who is currently the head coach of the Wigan Warriors - whom he joined from Bradford In 1985 Ellery Hanley left Northern to join Wigan for a then record transfer deal, worth £80,000 and a player exchange involving Steve Donlan and Phil Ford. Ellery Hanley MBE (born 27 March 1961 in Leeds) is an English former Rugby league player and is now the head coach In 1987-8 Bradford won the Yorkshire Cup final replay against Castleford 11-2 after drawing 12-12. Ron Willey coached Bradford Northern for a short stint in 1989/90 and led them to the Premiership final and success in the Yorkshire Cup final when they beat Featherstone 20-14. Ron Willey (1929 &ndash 24 September 2004) was an Australian Rugby league footballer and coach Bradford lost the Regal Trophy against Warrington 12-2 in 1990-91. In 1993-4, the last Championship before Super League, Bradford finished as runners up behind Wigan on points difference.
The Super League era
Bradford Bulls Became very successful in the Super League, they have won the title in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005, the Challenge Cupthe in 2000 and 2003 and the World Club Challenge in 2002,2004,2006.
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Season Summaries
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Games Drawn |
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| Super League 1 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3/12 | Brian Smith | Robbie Paul | Bradford Bulls 1996 | |||||
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| Super League 3 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 5/12 |
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| Super League 7 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 3/12 |
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| Super League 9 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2/12 |
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| Super League 10 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 3/12 |
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| Super League 11 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4/12 |
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| Super League 13 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Bradford Bulls 2008 | ||
| Super League 14 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Bradford Bulls 2009 | ||
| Super League 15 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Bradford Bulls 2010 |
Statistics and records
Stadium
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For more details on this topic, see Odsal Stadium. The year 1996 's Stones Bitter Super League I was the official name for the 102nd season of top-level Rugby league football, and the first year of Europe's Brian Smith (born 14 March, 1954) is an Australian coach and former player of Rugby league football. Robert Rawiri Paul (born February 3 1976 in Tokoroa New Zealand) popularly known as Robbie Paul is a Rugby league player for The Super League era The Super League era - 1996 Name Change and start of the Bulls The club's name was changed from Bradford Northern to Bradford Stones Bitter Super League II was the official name for the year 1997 's Super League championship season the 103rd season of top-level professional Rugby league Matthew Elliott (born 8 December, 1964) is an Australian former Rugby league player and is the current coach of the Penrith Panthers Bradford Bulls 1997 Champions- 1997 Fixtures Table Stones European Championship As at 31 August 1997 JJB Sports Super League III was the official name for the year 1998 's Super League championship season the 104th season of top-level professional Rugby league football On the Road - 1998 Fixtures Season Player Summary 1998 Season Player Summary Table Final Premiership Table JJB Sports Super League IV was the official name for the year 1999 's Super League championship season the 105th season of top-level professional Rugby league football So Close - 1999 Fixtures Season Player Summary Table Premiership Table Tetley's Bitter Super League was the official name for the year 2000 's Super League championship season the 106th season of top-level professional Rugby league The Millennium Flower Of Scotland - 2000 Fixtures 2001 Player Statistics Table Premiership Table Tetley's Super League VI was the official name for the year 2001 's Super League championship season the 107th season of top-level professional Rugby league football Brian Noble, known as 'Nobby' is a former Rugby league player who is currently the head coach of the Wigan Warriors - whom he joined from Bradford Brian Noble was appointed Bradford head coach in 2001 and the club took up residence at Valley Parade, the home of Bradford City AFC, to allow for the redevelopment of Odsal Tetley's Super League VII was the official name for the year 2002 's Super League championship season the 108th season of top-level professional Rugby league World beaters- 2002 Fixtures 2002 Player Statistics 2003 Player Statistics Table 2002 Final Table Tetley's Super League VIII was the official name for the year 2003 's Super League championship season the 110th season of top-level professional Rugby league Tre-BULL Champions - 2003 Fixtures 2003 Squad 2003 Player Statistics Table Premiership Table Tetley's Super League IX was the official name for the year 2004 's Super League championship season the 110th season of top-level professional Rugby league World Champions - 2004 Fixtures Squad 2004 Player Statistics(Super League Only Table Premiership TableFinal engage Super League X is the official name of 2005 's Super League season James "Jamie" Peacock (born 14 December 1977) is an English professional Rugby league player for the Leeds Rhinos. History Makers - 2005 Fixtures Squad 2005 Player Statistics(Super League Only Table Engage Super League XI is the official name for the year 2006 's Super League season in the sport of Rugby league in Europe Iestyn Harris (born 25 June 1976 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English professional Rugby league footballer for New Era - 2006 Fixtures 2006 Player Statistics Table See also 2006 Super League Grand Final Steve McNamara is the coach of Bradford Bulls Rugby league team who play in the Engage Super League (Europe, and is also the Great Britain Engage Super League XII is the official name for the year 2007 's Super League season in the sport of Rugby league. Paul Deacon (born February 13, 1979) is an English Rugby league player February Bulls new signing David Solomona orchestrated a tense opening 'engage Super League' win for the Bradford Bulls over the Huddersfield Giants. Engage Super League XIII is the official name for the year 2008 's Super League season February Super League 13 Started in February with a game against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Bradford narrowly were deafeted by a in form Wakefield side 24-26 Bradford Super League Season 2009 February March April May June July August See also Bradford Bulls 100+ Tries 100+ Appearances All-Time Records Tries in a game Super League Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.
Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The venue is used for rugby league and has been the home ground of Bradford Bulls since 1934. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The official name of the stadium is currently "Grattan Stadium" due to corporate sponsorship. Odsal has also hosted many other sports, including association football, speedway, stock car racing, basketball featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, wrestling, show jumping and kabaddi. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a Motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise Stock car racing is a form of Automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Great Britain Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism and Comedy. Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping" or "jumpers" is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes Kabaddi (sometimes written Kabbadi or Kabadi) (கபடி otherwise known as சடுகுடுకబడ్డీ ਕਬੱਡੀ कबड्डी कबड्डीکبڈی The stadium boasts one of the largest attendances of all time for rugby league (102,569) when Halifax played Warrington on the 5th of May, 1954. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic Rugby league clubs in the game formed over a century ago in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Warrington is a professional Rugby league club in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)
2008 Squad Stats
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Michael Platt | Full Back | 93 kg, 6 ft 2 in | 24 |  Castleford Tigers |
2011 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Dave Halley | Left Wing | 78 kg, 5 ft 9 in | 21 |  Bradford Bulls |
2009 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
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James Evans | Left Centre | 89 kg, 6 ft 0 in | 29 |  Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
2008 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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Shontayne Hape | Left Centre | 104 kg, 6 ft 2 in | 26 |  New Zealand Warriors |
2008 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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Tame Tupou | Left Wing | 110 kg, 6 ft 4 in | 25 |  Brisbane Broncos |
2010 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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Iestyn Harris | Stand Off | 92 kg, 6 ft | 31 |  Cardiff Blues Rugby Union |
2008 | 16 | 0 | 26/30 | 0 | 52 |
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Paul Deacon (c) | Scrum Half | 80 kg, 5 ft 9 in | 29 |  Oldham Bears |
2010 | 14 | 1 | 67/79 | 1 | 133 |
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Joe Vagana | Prop | 120 kg, 6 ft 3 in | 33 | New Zealand Warriors |
2008 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Terry Newton | Hooker | 98 kg, 5 ft 10 in | 29 |  Wigan Warriors |
2009 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
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Andy Lynch | Prop | 108 kg, 6 ft 2 in | 29 | Castleford Tigers |
2008 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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David Solomona | Second Row | 108 kg, 6 ft 0 in | 30 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
2009 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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Glenn Morrison | Second Row | 97 kg, 6 ft 3 in | 32 |  Parramatta Eels |
2009 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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Jamie Langley | Loose Forward | 108 kg, 6 ft 2 in | 24 | Bradford Bulls |
2010 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Chris Feather | Prop | 114 kg, 6 ft 4 in | 26 |  Leeds Rhinos |
2009 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Matt Cook | Second Row | 95 kg, 6 ft 0 in | 21 | Bradford Bulls |
2009 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Sam Burgess | Loose Forward | 111 kg, 6 ft 3 in | 19 | Bradford Bulls |
2009 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
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Matt James | Prop | 100 kg, 6 ft 2 in | 21 | Bradford Bulls |
2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Craig Kopczak | Prop | 98 kg, 6 ft 4 in | 21 | Bradford Bulls |
2008 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Simon Finnigan | Loose Forward | 95 kg, 6 ft 4 in | 26 |  Salford City Reds |
2008 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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Wayne Godwin | Hooker | 13 st, 5 ft 6 in | 26 |  Hull FC |
2011 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Ben Jeffries | Stand Off | 14 st, 5 ft 9 in | 27 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
2009 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
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Chris Nero | Second Row | 15 st, 6 ft 1 in | 27 |  Huddersfield Giants |
2010 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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Paul Sykes | Right Centre | 92 kg, 5 ft 10 in | 26 |  Harlequins RL |
2010 | 18 | 10 | 1/3 | 0 | 42 |
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Semi Tadulala | Right Wing | 14 st 10 lb, 6 ft | 30 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
2008 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
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Jason Crookes | Right Centre | 83 kg, 5 ft 10 in | 17 | Bradford Bulls |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Richard Johnson | Centre | 80kg, 5 ft 10 in | 17 | Bradford Bulls |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Keale Carlile | Hooker | Bradford Bulls |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Ever Present
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Players used = 24
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Injured
- 7 Paul Deacon
- 12Glenn Morrison
- 20Wayne Godwin - Out for 4 Weeks - 27th June 2008
- 23Chris Nero - Out for 7 Weeks - 3rd July 2008
- 25Semi Tadulala - Out for 6 weeks - 3rd July 2008
On Season Loan
2008 Out of Contract Players
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2008 Fixtures/Results
2008 Engage Super League
| Date | Competition | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Home/Away | Venue | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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| 10/02/2008 | League | 1 | Wakefield |
L | 24-26 | Away | Belle Vue | Newton (2), Platt, Sykes | Deacon (4/5) | 9,851 | Highlights | Report |
| 16/02/2008 | League | 2 |  Huddersfield |
W | 38-12 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Newton, Finnigan (2),Evans,Sykes, Morrison | Deacon (7/7) | 10,124 | Highlights | Report |
| 22/02/2008 | League | 3 |  St Helens |
L | 16-22 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Evans,Sykes (2) | Deacon (2/3) | 10,756 | Highlights | Report |
| 01/03/2008 | League | 4 | Wigan |
L | 14-28 | Away | JJB Stadium | Godwin, Feather | Deacon (3/3) | 15,444 | Highlights | Report |
| 08/03/2008 | League | 5 |  Catalans |
W | 20-18 | Away | Stade Gilbert | Morrison , Hape, Finnigan | Deacon (4/4) | 7,485 | Highlights | Report |
| 16/03/2008 | League | 6 |  Warrington |
W | 23-10 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Sykes , Burgess, Jeffries | Deacon (5/6) (1dg) | 11,838 | Highlights | Report |
| 20/03/2008 | League | 7 | Leeds |
L | 2-44 | Away | Headingley | - | Deacon (1/1) | 19,296 | Highlights | Report |
| 24/03/2008 | League | 8 | Harlequins |
W | 32-24 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Burgess ,Halley,Solomona, Evans,Deacon | Deacon (6/6) | 8,428 | Highlights | Report |
| 30/03/2008 | League | 9 | Castleford |
W | 50-4 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Godwin, Evans,Tadulala(3) Sykes , Jeffries , Hape, Nero | Deacon (6/8) Harris (1/1) |
10,119 | Highlights | Report |
| 06/04/2008 | League | 10 | Hull FC |
W | 24-8 | Away | KC Stadium | Nero, Cook, Burgess, Tadulala | Deacon (4/6) | 13,617 | Highlights | Report |
| 13/04/2008 | League | 11 |  Hull KR |
L | 18-20 | Away | New Craven Park | Tadulala, Sykes , Solomona | Harris (3/3) | 8,377 | Highlights | Report |
| 19/4/2008 | Cup | 4 | Toulouse |
W | 98-6 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Burgess, Jeffries (2), Tadulala (3), Morrison (3), Evans, Halley (4), Finnigan (2), Tupou | Harris (15/17) | 3,569 | Report | |
| 27/04/2008 | League | 12 | Wigan |
W | 26-12 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Tadulala , Hape , Jeffries , Evans | Deacon (5/7) | 11,896 | Highlights | Report |
| 3/05/2008 | League | 13 | Leeds |
L | 26-40 | Home | Millennium Stadium | Tadulala (2), Hape, Burgess | Deacon (5/7) | 30,628 | Highlights | Report |
| 11/5/2008 | Cup | 5 | Catalans |
W | 46-16 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Tadulala (3), Burgess, Halley, Langley, Nero, Hape | Deacon (7/7), Harris 0/1 | 5,057 | Report | |
| 18/05/2008 | League | 14 | Castleford |
W | 46-24 | Away | The Jungle | Sykes ,Newton, Burgess, Morrison,Langley, Platt, Jeffries ,Finnigan | Deacon (7/8) | 7,855 | Highlights | Report |
| 23/05/2008 | League | 15 | Leeds |
L | 14-30 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Solomona, Halley, Tupou | Sykes (1/3) | 14,013 | Highlights | Report |
| 1/6/2008 | Cup | QF | Hull FC |
L | 16-22 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Tupou, Sykes | Harris 4/5 | 5,597 | Highlights | Report |
| 08/06/2008 | League | 16 | Catalans |
L | 16-24 | Home | Grattan Stadium | Burgess,Jeffries, Sykes , | Harris 3/3 | 8,400 | Highlights | Report |
| 13/06/2008 | League | 17 | St Helens |
Away | GPW R Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 22/06/2008 | League | 18 | Hull FC |
Home | Grattan Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 29/06/2008 | League | 19 | Hull KR |
Home | Grattan Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 06/07/2008 | League | 20 | Huddersfield |
Away | Galpharm St | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 13/07/2008 | League | 21 | Warrington |
Away | Halliwell Jones | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 20/07/2008 | League | 22 | Wakefield |
Home | Grattan Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 03/08/2008 | League | 23 | Harlequins |
Away | The Stoop | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 08/08/2008 | League | 24 | Leeds |
Away | Headingley | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 17/08/2008 | League | 25 | Hull FC |
Home | Grattan Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 24/08/2008 | League | 26 | Hull KR |
Home | Grattan Stadium | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 07/09/2008 | League | 27 | Castleford |
Away | The Jungle | Highlights | Report | |||||
| 12/09/2008 | Playoffs | PO1 | Highlights | Report | ||||||||
| 13/09/2008 | Playoffs | PO2 | Highlights | Report | ||||||||
| 19/09/2008 | Playoffs | PO3 | Highlights | Report | ||||||||
| 20/09/2008 | Playoffs | PO4 | Highlights | Report | ||||||||
| 26/09/2008 | Playoffs | PO5 | Highlights | Report | ||||||||
| 04/10/2008 | Playoffs | SLGF | Old Trafford | Highlights | Report |
Results summary
As of Rd 14, 18th May 2008
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| Pld | Pts | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 15 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 373 | 322 | +51 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 225 | 154 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 168 | -20 |
Results by round
- As of Rd 14, 18th May 2008
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
2009 Transfers In/Out
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Re Signing
| Name | Contract until | Years Signed | Date | |
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Paul Deacon | 2010 | 2 years | April 2008 |
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Glenn Morrison | 2009 | 1 year | May 2008 |
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Michael Platt | 2011 | 3 Years | May 2008 |
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Wayne Godwin | 2011 | 3 Years | May 2008 |
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Dave Halley | 2009 | 1 Year | May 2008 |
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Captains
From 1996 -
- Robbie Paul 1996 - 2004
- Jamie Peacock 2005
- Iestyn Harris 2006
- Paul Deacon 2007 -
Coaching Register
From 1930 -
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Player Records
All-time Top 5 Bradford Bulls Tryscorers
- Jack McLean - 261
- David Redfearn - 240
- Tommy Winnard - 167
- Eric Batten - 156
- Robbie Paul - 156
All-time Top 5 Bradford Bulls Point Scorers
- Paul Deacon* - 2,306
- Keith Mumby - 1985
All-time Top 5 Bradford Bulls Appearances
- Keith Mumby - 588
- George Carmichael - 473
- David Redfearn - 470
- Trevor Foster - 433
- Ernest Ward - 391
Former Super League Players
Retired numbers
- 21 Karl Fairbank
- 28 Stuart Spruce
Team of the Century
As announced in Bradford's T&A Paper on 31 August 2007 :Bradford's Team of the Century
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Head Coach
- 00 Brian Noble
Kit man
See also
- Bradford Bulls statistics
- Bradford Bulls Academy
- Former Bradford Bulls Players
- Bradford Bulls Officials
- Bradford Bulls 2007
- Bradford Bulls 1997
- 2000 Challenge Cup
- 2003 Challenge Cup
- 2001 Super League Grand Final
- 2003 Super League Grand Final
- 2005 Super League Grand Final
- 2002 World Club Challenge
- 2004 World Club Challenge
- 2006 World Club Challenge
External links
- Bradford Bulls Website
- Bradford Bulls in T&A
- Bradford Bulls on Sky Sports
- Bradford on Super League Site
- Red,Black And Amber
- BBC Sport-Rugby League
| Bradford Bulls |
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| The Club Representatives • History • Statistics • Honours • Players |
| Seasons 1996 • 1997 •1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002• 2003 2004• 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 •2011 |
| Stadiums Greenfield Athletic Ground • Birth Lane • Grattan Stadium • Valley Parade |
| Captains Robbie Paul (1996-2004) • Jamie Peacock (2005) Iestyn Harris (2006) • Paul Deacon (2007 -present) |
| Coaches David Hobbs (1990 - 1993) • Peter Fox (1993-1995) Brian Smith (1995-1996) • Matthew Elliott (1996-2000) Brian Noble (2001-2006) • Steve McNamara (2006 - present) |
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