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Bradford Bulls Wiki Information
Bradford Bulls
is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. 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. Bradford's main rivalry at present is with the Leeds Rhinos, although their traditional derby is with Halifax RLFC and they have a lesser rivalry with the Huddersfield Giants.
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History
Bradford FC: 1863-1907
The original Bradford Football Club was formed in 1863 and played rugby football, subsequently joining the Rugby Football Union. Park Avenue was established as the home ground in 1880 and the club achieved its first major success by winning the Yorkshire Cup in 1884.
In 1895, along with cross-town neighbours Manningham FC, Bradford was among 22 clubs to secede from the Rugby Football Union after the historic meeting at the George Hotel in Huddersfield in response to a dispute over "broken time" payments to players who were thus part-time professionals. These 22 clubs formed the Northern Rugby Union, which eventually became the Rugby Football League.
Bradford enjoyed some success in the Northern Union. In 1903-04, the team finished level on points with Salford at the top of the league and then won the resulting play-off 5-0. In 1905-06, Bradford beat Salford 5-0 to win the Challenge Cup and were runners up in the Championship. In 1906-07, Bradford won the Yorkshire Cup 8-5 against Hull Kingston Rovers.
Meanwhile, Manningham had run into financial difficulties and, despite a summer archery contest that generated enough money to ensure their survival, its members were persuaded to swap codes and play association football instead. Manningham was invited to join the Football League in 1903, in an attempt to promote football in a rugby-dominated region, and the newly renamed Bradford City A.F.C. was voted into full membership of the Second Division without having played a game of football, having a complete team or even being able to guarantee a ground.
The creation of Bradford City led to demands for association football at Park Avenue too. The ground had already hosted some football matches including one in the 1880s between Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic F.C.. In 1895, a Bradford side had beaten a team from Moss Side, Manchester, by 4-1 in front of 3,000 spectators.
With becoming successful at Bradford City, a meeting was called of the Bradford FC members on April 15 1907 to decide the rugby club's future. An initial vote appeared to favour continuing in the Northern Union, but then opinion shifted towards rugby union and the Chairman, Mr Briggs, used his influence to swing the committee behind the proposed move to association football. This act, sometimes referred to as "The Great Betrayal", led to Bradford FC becoming the Bradford Park Avenue association football club.
The minority faction decided to split and form a new Northern Union club, appropriately called Bradford Northern, which applied for and was granted Bradford FC's place in the Northern Union for the 1907-08 season. Bradford Northern's first home ground was the Greenfield Athletic stadium in Dudley Hill, to the south of the city.
Bradford Northern: 1907-1963
Northern moved to Birch Lane in 1908. Bradford council offered the club 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.
Before moving to Odsal, Northern had had two other homes at Greenfield Athletic Ground in Dudley Hill and at Birch Lane which was part of the Bowling Old Lane cricket ground, although at times they also had to hire Valley Parade as the capacity at Birch Lane was insufficient for large matches.
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 1 September 1934.
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 3 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.
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.
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.
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 10 December 1963 having played just 13 matches; winning 1 and losing 12, scoring 109 points and conceding 284.
1964-1995
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.
On 20 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. On 22 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.
The reformed club won its first cup in 1965-66 by beating Hunslet 17-8 in the final of the Yorkshire Cup.
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 début, 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.
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.
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.
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.
David Hobbs became coach at Northern in 1990 until he left for Wakefield Trinity in 1994.
Bradford lost the Regal Trophy against Warrington 12-2 in 1990-91.
Peter Fox returned to Bradford for a second spell as coach in 1991, and in 1993-4 the last Championship before Super League, Bradford finished as runners-up behind Wigan on points difference. Fox left the club in 1995.
Super League: 1996-present
Bradford Bulls became very successful in the Super League, they have won the title in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005, the Challenge Cup in 2000 and 2003 and the World Club Challenge in 2002,2004,2006.
Season Summaries
Competition
Playing In
| Games
Played
| Games
Won
| Games
Drawn
| Games
Lost
| Ladder
Position
| P
| R
| M
| F
| W
| Coach
| Captain
| Main Article
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| Super League 1
| 22
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 3/12
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| Brian Smith
| Robbie Paul
| Bradford Bulls 1996
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| Super League 2
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 1/12
| X
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| Matthew Elliott
| Bradford Bulls 1997
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| Super League 3
| 23
| 12
| 0
| 11
| 5/12
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|
|
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 1998
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| Super League 4
| 30
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 1/14
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| X
| X
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 1999
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| Super League 5
| 28
| 20
| 3
| 5
| 3/12
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|
|
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 2000
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| Super League 6
| 28
| 22
| 1
| 5
| 1/12
| X
|
| X
| X
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| Brian Noble
| Bradford Bulls 2001
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| Super League 7
| 30
| 24
| 0
| 6
| 3/12
|
| X
|
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 2002
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| Super League 8
| 30
| 24
| 0
| 6
| 1/12
| X
|
| X
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 2003
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| Super League 9
| 28
| 20
| 1
| 7
| 2/12
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| X
|
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 2004
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| Super League 10
| 28
| 18
| 1
| 9
| 3/12
| X
|
|
| X
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| Jamie Peacock
| Bradford Bulls 2005
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| Super League 11
| 28
| 16
| 2
| 10
| 4/12
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|
|
| X
|
| Iestyn Harris
| Bradford Bulls 2006
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| Steve McNamara
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| Super League 12
| 27
| 17
| 1
| 9
| 3/12
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|
|
| X
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| Paul Deacon
| Bradford Bulls 2007
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| Super League 13
| 27
| 14
| 0
| 13
| 5/12
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|
|
| X
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| Bradford Bulls 2008
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| Super League 14
| 27
| -
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| -
| -
| -
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| -
| Bradford Bulls 2009
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| Super League 15
| 27
| -
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| -
| -
| -
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| -
| Bradford Bulls 2010
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Statistics and records
Stadium
Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The venue is used for rugby league and has been the home ground of Bradford Bulls since 1934. 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. 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.
2009 Squad Stats
- Appearances and Points include all matches
As of Rd 25, 23rd August 2009
| No
| Nat
| Player
| Position
| Weight & Height
| Age
| Previous Club
| Contracted Until
| Apps
| Tries
| Goals
| DG
| Points
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| 1
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| Michael Platt
| Full Back
| 93 kg, 6ft 2
| 25
| Castleford Tigers
| 2011
| 18
| 3
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| 12
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| 2
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| Rikki Sheriffe
| Right Wing
| 14st, 6ft
| 24
| Harlequins RL
| 2010
| 24
| 7
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|
| 28
|
| 3
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| Paul Sykes
| Right Centre
| 92 kg, 5ft 10
| 27
| Harlequins RL
| 2010
| 23
| 10
| 20/24
|
| 76
|
| 4
|
| Chris Nero
| Left Centre
| 15st, 6ft 1
| 28
| Huddersfield Giants
| 2010
| 22
| 10
|
|
| 40
|
| 5
|
| Semi Tadulala
| Left Wing
| 14st, 6ft
| 31
| Wakefield Wildcats
| 2009
| 23
| 11
|
|
| 44
|
| 6
|
| Ben Jeffries
| Stand Off
| 14st, 5ft 9
| 28
| Wakefield Wildcats
| 2009
| 19
| 5
|
|
| 20
|
| 7
|
| Paul Deacon
(c)
| Scrum Half
| 80 kg, 5ft 9
| 30
| Oldham Roughyeds
| 2010
| 22
| 2
| 81/90
| 2
| 164
|
| 8
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| Sam Burgess
| Prop
| 114 kg, 6ft 4
| 20
| Bradford Bulls
| 2009
| 23
| 4
|
|
| 16
|
| 9
|
| Terry Newton
| Hooker
| 98 kg, 5ft 10
| 30
| Wigan Warriors
| leaving - 2009
| 24
| 3
|
|
| 12
|
| 10
|
| Andy Lynch
| Prop
| 108 kg, 6ft 2
| 29
| Castleford Tigers
| 2012
| 22
| 3
|
|
| 12
|
| 11
|
| Steve Menzies
| Second Row
| 98 kg, 6ft 3
| 35
| Manly Sea Eagles
| 2011
| 24
| 13
|
|
| 52
|
| 12
|
| Glenn Morrison
| Second Row
| 97 kg, 6ft
| 32
| Parramatta Eels
| leaving - 2009
| 13
| 6
|
|
| 24
|
| 13
|
| Jamie Langley
| Loose Forward
| 108 kg, 6ft 2
| 25
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
| 21
|
|
|
|
|
| 14
|
| Wayne Godwin
| Hooker
| 13st, 5ft 6
| 26
| Hull FC
| 2011
| 10
| 2
|
|
| 8
|
| 15
|
| Matt Cook
| Second Row
| 95 kg, 6ft
| 22
| Bradford Bulls
| 2009
| 13
| 1
|
|
| 4
|
| 16
|
| Michael Worrincy
| Second Row
| 98 kg, 6ft 1
| 23
| Harlequins RL
| 2010
| 22
| 7
|
|
| 28
|
| 17
|
| Nick Scruton
| Prop
| 106 kg, 6ft
| 24
| Leeds Rhinos
| 2011
| 24
| 1
|
|
| 4
|
| 19
|
| Craig Kopczak
| Prop
| 98 kg, 6ft 4
| 22
| Bradford Bulls
| 2009
| 22
| 1
|
|
| 4
|
| 20
|
| Dave Halley
| Right Wing
| 78 kg, 5ft 9
| 22
| Bradford Bulls
| 2011
| 21
| 9
|
|
| 36
|
| 22
|
| Matt James
| Prop
| 100 kg, 6ft 3
| 21
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
| 2
|
|
|
|
|
| 23
|
| Jason Crookes
| Right Centre
| 83 kg, 5ft
| 18
| Bradford Bulls
| 2011
| 3
|
|
|
|
|
| 24
|
| Julien Rinaldi
| Scrum Half/Hooker
| 13st, 5ft
| 29
| Sunshine Sea Eagles
| 2009
| 6
| 2
|
|
|
|
| --
|
| Richard Johnson
| Left Centre
| 87 kg 5ft 11
| 23
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 25
|
| Steve Crossley
| Prop
| 104 kg, 6ft 2
| 19
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 26
|
| David Solomona
| Second Row
| 108 kg, 6ft
| 31
| Wakefield Wildcats
| 2009
| 3
|
|
|
|
|
| 27
|
| Kieran Hyde
| Full Back
| 85 kg, 5ft 11
| 18
| Bradford Bulls
| 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 28
|
| Elliott Whitehead
| Second Row
| 93 kg, 6ft
| 19
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
| 7
|
|
|
|
|
| 29
|
| Tom Olbison
| Centre
| 96 kg, 6ft 1
| 18
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
| 1
|
|
|
|
|
| 30
|
| James Donaldson
| Second Row
| 87 kg, 5ft 10
| 17
| Bradford Bulls
| 2010
| 6
| 1
|
|
| 4
|
| 31
|
| Andy Tate
| Right Centre
| 85 kg, 6ft 3
| 17
| Bradford Bulls
| 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 32
|
| Duane Straugheir
| Right Centre
| 90 kg, 6ft
| 19
| Bradford Bulls
| 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tries
| Goals
| DG
| Points
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -
| 101
| 91/104
| 2
| 579
|
Not Playing
Injured
- 23
Jason Crookes
- Out for the season
- 26
David Solomona
- Awaiting test results
- 27
Kieran Hyde
- Out for 5 weeks
2010 Transfers In/Out
In
|
| Name
| Signed from
| Fee
| Date
|
|
| Glenn Hall
| Manly Sea Eagles
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| June 2009
|
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| Heath L'Estrange
| Manly Sea Eagles
|
| July 2009
|
|
| Brett Kearney
| Cronulla Sharks
|
| August 2009
|
|
| Chris Walker
| Gold Coast Titans
|
| August 2009
|
Re Signings
|
| Name
| Contract until
| Years Signed
| Date
|
|
| Dave Halley
| 2011
| 2 years
| June 2009
|
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| Andy Lynch
| 2012
| 3 Years
| June 2009
|
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| Paul Sykes
| 2010
| 1 Year
| July 2009
|
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| Steve Menzies
| 2010
| 1 Year
| August 2009
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Out
|
| Name
| Club Signed
| Fee
| Date
|
|
| Terry Newton
| Wakefield
|
| July 2009
|
|
| Glenn Morrison
| Wakefield
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| July 2009
|
|
| Ben Jeffries
| Celtic
|
|
|
|
| David Solomona
| Warrington
|
|
|
|
| Matt Cook
| Hull KR
|
| September 2009
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Out Of Contract
- Semi Tadulala
- Duane Straugheir
2009 Fixtures and Results
2009 Engage Super League
| Date
| Competition
| Rnd
| Vrs
| H/A
| Venue
| Result
| Score
| Tries
| Goals
| Att
| TV
| Report
|
| 8/2/2009
| League
| 1
| Harlequins
| A
| Stoop
| P
|
|
|
|
| Highlights
| Report
|
| 15/2/2009
| League
| 2
| Hull KR
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| D
| 13-13
| Tadulala, Nero
| Deacon 3/4
| 12,141
| Boots N All
|
|
| 27/2/2009
| League
| 3
| Giants
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 12-16
| Morrison
| Deacon 4/4
| 10,186
| Boots N All
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|
| 07/03/2009
| League
| 4
| Warriors
| A
| JJB Stadium
| L
| 10-44
| Sheriffe,Menzies
| Deacon 1/2
| 12,588
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|
|
| 15/3/2009
| League
| 5
| Hull FC
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 24-36
| Jeffries, Sherriffe,Menzies, Tadulala
| Deacon 4/4
| 11,327
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|
| 21/3/2009
| League
| 6
| Dragons
| A
| Stade Gilbert Brutus
| W
| 30-24
| Sherriffe,Menzies, Tadulala , Newton,Halley
| Deacon 3/3, Sykes 2/2
| 7,620
| Boots N All
|
|
| 29/3/2009
| League
| 7
| Tigers
| A
| Jungle
| L
| 26-28
| Platt, Tadulala, Lynch, Morrison , Halley
| Deacon 2/4,Sykes 1/2
| 9,185
| Boots N All
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|
| 5/04/2009
| Cup
| 4
| Dragons
| A
| Stade Gilbert Brutus
| L
| 38-40
| Sheriffe, Sykes, Nero, Tadulala, Menzies, Cook, Halley
| Deacon(5/7)
|
| BBC Sport
| Report
|
| 10/4/2009
| League
| 8
| Rhinos
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| W
| 10-6
| Worrincy , Sheriffe
| Sykes 1/4
| 14.554
| Sky Sports
|
|
| 13/4/2009
| League
| 9
| Wildcats
| A
| Belle Vue
| L
| 22-24
| Menzies 2, Worrincy, Platt
| Sykes 3/4
| 6,516
| Boots N All
|
|
| 19/4/2009
| League
| 10
| Wolves
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 22-58
| Solomona 2, Platt, Jeffries
| Sykes 3/4
| 8,643
| Sky Sports
|
|
| 24/4/2009
| League
| 11
| Saints
| A
| GPW Recruitment Stadium
| W
| 34-30
| Tadulala 2, Kopczak, Burgess, Worrincy 2
| Sykes 5/6
| 14,000
| Sky Sports
|
|
| 2/5/2009
| League
| 12
| Wildcats
| N
| Murrayfield
|
| 32-16
| Sykes 3, Newton, Menzies, Worrincy
| Deacon 4/6
|
| Boots N All
|
|
| 17/5/2009
| League
| 13
| Crusaders
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 24-30
| Lynch, Worrincy, Menzies Sykes
| Deacon
4/4
| 7,602
| Boots N All
|
|
| 22/5/2009
| League
| 14
| City Reds
| A
| The Willows
| L
| 10-18
| Sykes 2
| Deacon 1/2
| 4,383
| Boots N All
|
|
| 7/6/2009
| League
| 15
| Wildcats
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| W
| 36-22
| Menzies ,2 Nero 2, Rinaldi
| Deacon 8
| 8,387
| Boots N All
|
|
| 14/6/2009
| League
| 16
| Wolves
| A
| Helliwell Jones
| W
| 21-10
| Nero,Morrison, Newton
| Deacon 4/4, 1 DG
| 9,606
| Boots N All
|
|
| 21/6/2009
| League
| 17
| Saints
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 18-44
| Sheriffe,Morrison, Tadulala
| Deacon 3
| 10,599
| Boots N All
|
|
| 26/6/2009
| League
| 18
| Rhinos
| A
| Headingley
| L
| 20-33
| Tadulala, Deacon, Menzies
| Deacon 4/4
| 17,824
| Highlights
|
|
| 5/7/2009
| League
| 19
| Tigers
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 38-40
| Jeffries (2), Tadulala, Halley, Scruton, Worrincy, Burgess
| Deacon 4/6, Sykes 1/1
| 8,971
| Boots N All
|
|
| 12/7/2009
| League
| 20
| Hull KR
| A
| Craven Park
| L
| 12-32
| Halley, Worrincy
| Deacon 1/1, Sykes 1/1
| 8,206
| Boots N All
|
|
| 19/7/2009
| League
| 21
| Warriors
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 14-20
| Donaldson, Nero
| Deacon 3/3
| 9,487
| Boots N All
|
|
| 25/7/2009
| League
| 22
| Crusaders
| A
| Brewery Field
| W
| 34-12
| Morrison, Halley (2), Newton, Lynch, Tadulala
| Deacon 5/6
| 3,089
| Boots N All
| Report
|
| 2/8/2009
| League
| 23
| Harlequins
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| L
| 14-22
| Tadulala, Sykes,Nero
| Deacon 1/3
| 7,813
| Boots N All
|
|
| 8/8/2009
| League
| 1
| Harlequins
| A
| Stoop
| W
| 42-18
| Burgess, Menzies,Halley 3, Worrincy, Godwin
| Deacon 7/7
| 3,112
| Highlights
|
|
| 16/8/2009
| League
| 24
| Giants
| A
| Galpharm
| W
| 28-18
| Platt,Sykes,Nero 2
| Deacon 6/6
| 7,982
| Boots N All
|
|
| 23/8/2009
| League
| 25
| Dragons
| H
| Grattan Stadium
| W
| 42-18
| Burgess, Sheriffe, Nero, Menzies,Godwin, Sykes,Deacon,Morrison
| Deacon 5/5
| 7,919
| Boots N All
|
|
| 6/9/2009
| League
| 26
| City Reds
| H
| Grattan Stadium
|
|
|
|
|
| Boots N All
| Report
|
| 11/9/2009
| League
| 27
| Hull FC
| A
| KC Stadium
|
|
|
|
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| Boots N All
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Captains
From 1996 -
- Robbie Paul 1996 - 2004
- Jamie Peacock 2005
- Iestyn Harris 2006
- Paul Deacon 2007 -
Coaching Register
From 1930 -
- Dai Rees 1936 - 1960
- Trevor Foster 1960 - 1961
- Doug Greenall 1961
- Jimmy Ledgard 1961 - 1962
- Harry Beverley 1962 - 1963
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- John "Jack" Wilkinson 1963
- Gus Risman 1964 - 1971
- Harry Street 1971 1972
- Ian Brooke 1973 - 1975
- Roy Francis 1975 - 1977
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- Peter Fox 1977 - 1985
- Barry Seaborne 1985 - 1989
- David Hobbs 1989
- Ron Willey 1989 - 1990
- David Hobbs 1990 - 1993
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- Peter Fox 1993 - 1995
- Brian Smith 1995 - 1996
- Matthew Elliott 1996 - 2000
- Brian Noble 2001 - 2006
- Steve McNamara 2006
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Player Records
All-time Top 5 Bradford Bulls Tryscorers
- John "Jack" McLean - 261
- David Redfearn - 240
- Thomas "Tom"/"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 (#1) * David Redfearn - 470
- Trevor Foster - 433
- Ernest Ward - 391
Former Super League Players
- Paul Anderson
- Ryan Atkins
- Michael Banks
- Marcus Bai
- Chris Birchall
- Graeme Bradley
- Chris Bridge
- Justin Brooker
- David Boyle
- Matt Calland
- Gary Christie
- Richard Colley
- Paul Cook
- Brandon Costin
- Kevin Crouthers
- Jason Donahue
- Jeremy Donougher
- Bernard Dwyer
- Shaun Edwards
- Abi Ekoku
- Karl Fairbank
- Brett Ferres
- Stuart Fielden
- Mike Forshaw
- Daniel Gartner
- Stanley Gene
- Lee Gilmour
- Nathan Graham
- Jon Hamer
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- Gareth Handford
- Neil Harmon
- Shontayne Hape
- Ben Harris
- Carlos Hassan
- Richard Hawkyard
- Ian Henderson
- Tommy Hodgkinson
- Andy Hodgson
- Harvey Howard
- Phil Howlett
- Paul Johnson
- Warren Jowett
- Simon Knox
- Toa Kohe-Love
- Davide Longo
- Paul Loughlin
- James Lowes
- Brad Mackay
- Greame Mackay
- Nathan McAvoy
- Brian McDermott
- Craig McDowell
- Chris McKenna
- Steve McNamara
- Paul Medley
- Brad Meyers
- Richard Moore
- Adrian Morley
- Scott Naylor
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- Sonny Nickle
- Rob Parker
- Henry Paul
- Robbie Paul
- Danny Peacock
- Jamie Peacock
- Karl Pratt
- Leon Pryce
- Karl Pryce
- Lee Radford
- Stuart Reardon
- Tahi Reihana
- Shane Rigon
- Jon Scales
- Roger Simpson
- Aaron Smith
- Andy Smith
- Hudson Smith
- Stuart Spruce
- Gareth Stanley
- Marcus St Hilaire
- Logan Swann
- Glen Tomlinson
- Lesley Vainikolo
- Tevita Vaikona
- Alex Wilkinson
- Michael Withers
- Jeff Wittenberg
- Nick Zisti
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Players earning International Caps while at Bradford
- Paul Anderson, for England
while at Bradford 2000 Australia (sub), Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand (sub); 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1999 Australia (sub); 2001 France (sub), Australia (sub) x 3; 2002 New Zealand (sub) x 3; 2003 Australia (sub) x 2
- David "Dave" Barends, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1979
- Eric Batten, for England
while at Hunslet 1938 Wales; 1939 France, Wales; 1940 Wales; 1941 Wales; 1943 Wales; while at Bradford: 1944 Wales; 1945 Wales x 2; 1946 France x 2, Wales; 1947 France; 1948 France, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1946 Australia x 2, New Zealand; 1947 New Zealand
- Stan Brogden, for England
while at Bradford 1929 Other Nations; while at Huddersfield 1932 Wales x 2; 1933 Other Nations, Australia; while at Leeds 1935 France, Wales; 1936 Wales x 2, France; 1938 Wales; while at Hull 1938 Wales; 1939 France; 1941 Wales; 1943 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Huddersfield 1929-30 Australia; 1932 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3; 1933 Australia x 2; while at Leeds 1936 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1937 Australia x 2
- Matthew "Matt" Calland, for England
while at Bradford 1996 France (sub)
- Leonard "Len" Casey, for England
while at Hull K.R. 1978 France, Wales; 1980 Wales; 1981 France, Wales, for Great Britain
while at Hull K.R. 1977 France (sub), New Zealand (sub), Australia; 1978 Australia; while at Bradford 1979 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 3; while at Hull K.R. 1980 New Zealand x 3; 1983 France x 2
- Matthew "Matt" Cook, for England
while at Bradford 2006 France (sub), Tonga (sub)
- Gerald Cordle, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1990
- Paul Deacon, for England
while at Bradford 1999 France x 2; 2000 Russia, Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand; 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2001 France, Australia; 2002 New Zealand x 3; 2003 Australia x 2, Australia (sub); 2005 Australia, New Zealand x 2
- Karl Fairbank, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1993
- Stanley "Stan" Fearnley , for England
while at Bradford 1975 Australia
- J. Feather, for England
while at Bradford 1905 Other Nations
- Brett Ferres, for England
while at Bradford 2006 France, Tonga x 2, Samoa
- Stuart Fielden, for England
while at Bradford 2000 Australia, Russia (sub), Fiji (sub), Ireland, New Zealand, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2001 Australia, Australia (sub) x 2, France (sub); 2002 Australia, New Zealand x 3; 2003 Australia x 3; 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 2005 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2; while at Wigan 2006 New Zealand x 3, Australia x 2
- Tony Fisher, for Wales
while at Bradford 1970 England; while at Leeds 1975 France, England, Australia, New, Zealand, England, Australia, New, Zealand; 1977 England, France; 1978 Australia, for Great Britain
while at Bradford/Leeds 1970 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 3, Australia x 2; while at Leeds 1971 France x 2; 1978 Australia x 2 (World Cup 1970 2-caps)
- Michael "Mike" Forshaw, for England
while at Bradford 2000 Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1997 ASL x 2 (sub); 1998 New Zealand (sub); 1999 New Zealand (sub); 2001 France (sub), Australia x 3; 2002 New Zealand x 3; 2003 Australia x 2, Australia (sub)
- Colin Forsyth, for England
while at Bradford 1975 France, New Zealand, Wales
- Deryck Fox, for England
while at Bradford 1995 Wales, France, for Great Britain
while at Featherstone 1985 France x 2, New Zealand x 3; 1986 France x 2, Australia x 2; 1989 New Zealand (sub); 1990 Papua New Guinea (sub); 1991 Papua New Guinea (sub); 1992 France (sub); while at Bradford 1992 Australia
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- G. Grainge, for England
while at Bradford 1938 France
- Jeff Grayshon, for England
while at Dewsbury 1975 Wales, France, New Zealand, Australia, Australia; 1977 Wales; while at Bradford 1979 Wales, France; 1980 Wales (sub), France; 1981 Wales, for Great Britain
, 1979 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 3; 1980 New Zealand x 2; 1981 France x 2; 1982 Australia x 2; while at Leeds 1985 New Zealand x 2
- Ellery Hanley, for England
while at Bradford 1984 Wales; while at Leeds 1992 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1984 France (sub), France, Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3, Papua New Guinea; 1985 France x 2; while at Wigan 1985 New Zealand x 3; 1986 France, Australia; 1987 France x 2, Papua New Guinea; 1988 France x 2, Papua New Guinea, Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1989 France x 2; 1990 France, Australia x 3; 1991 France x 2; while at Leeds 1992 Australia; 1993 France
- Iestyn Harris, for Wales
while at Warrington while at Leeds while at Bradford =1995 ?-caps, for Great Britain
while at Warrington while at Leeds while at Bradford 1996…2004 12-caps, for Wales RU
while at Cardiff Blues 2001…04 ?-caps
- Leonard "Len" Higson, for England
while at Wakefield 1932 Wales; while at Bradford 1941 Wales
- David Hobbs, for England
while at Featherstone 1984 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Featherstone 1984 France x 2, Australia, Australia (sub), New Zealand x 3, Papua New Guinea; while at Oldham 1987 France x 2; while at Bradford 1989 New Zealand, New Zealand (sub)
- Harvey Howard, for England
while at Leeds 1995 Wales; while at Brisbane 2000 Australia, Russia (sub), Fiji (sub), Ireland (sub), New Zealand, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1998 New Zealand (sub)
- W. Hutchinson, for England
while at Bradford 1944 Wales; 1945 Wales
- Phil Jackson (#10), for England
while at Bradford 1975 Wales, France (World Cup 1975 1-cap 10-goals)
- Richard "Dick" Jasiewicz, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1984
- John "Jack" Kitching, for England
while at Bradford 1945 Wales; 1946 France, Wales; 1947 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1946 Australia
- Jamie Langley, for England
while at Bradford 2004 Russia, France, Ireland, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2007 Fiji (sub)
- Andrew "Andy" Lynch, for England
while at Castleford 2004 Russia, France, Ireland; while at Bradford 2005 France (sub), New Zealand (sub), for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2007 France
- Arthur Mann, for England
while at Bradford 1908 Wales; 1909 Australia x 3, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1908-09 Australia x 2
- G. H. Marsden, for England
while at Bradford 1905 Other Nations
- Nathan McAvoy, for England
while at Salford 1996 Wales; while at Bradford 1999 France, France (sub)
- Brian McDermott, for England
while at Bradford 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1996 Fiji; 1997 ASL x 3
- Steve McNamara, for England
while at Hull 1995 Wales (sub), France; while at Bradford 1996 France; 1999 France x 2, for Great Britain
while at Hull 1992 France (sub); 1993 France (sub); while at Bradford 1997 ASL x 2 (sub)
- J. W. Moore, for England
while at Bradford 1940 Wales
- E. P. Mosby, for England
while at Bradford 1905 Other Nations
- Keith Mumby, for England
while at Bradford 1979 Wales, France, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1982 Australia; 1983 France; 1984 France x 2, Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3, Papua New Guinea
- Michael "Mick" Murphy (#8/#10), for Wales
while at Bradford circa-1975 ?-caps (World Cup 1975 3-caps)
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- Scott Naylor, for England
while at Bradford 2000 Australia, Fiji, Ireland (sub), New Zealand
- Paul Newlove, for England
while at Featherstone 1992 Wales; while at Bradford 1995 Wales, Australia x 2, Fiji, Wales; St. Helens 1996 France, for Great Britain
while at Featherstone 1989 New Zealand (sub), New Zealand x 2; 1991 Papua New Guinea; 1992 Papua New Guinea (sub), Australia x 3, New Zealand (sub); 1993 France; while at Bradford New Zealand x 3; 1994 France, Australia, Australia (sub); St. Helens 1997 ASL x 3; 1998 New Zealand
- Terry Newton, for England
while at Leeds 1999 France x 2; while at Wigan 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Leeds 1998 New Zealand; while at Wigan 2002 Australia (sub); 2003 Australia x 3; 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand; while at Bradford 2006 New Zealand x 2, New Zealand (sub), Australia x 2; 2007 New Zealand
- Rob Parker, for England
while at Bradford 2004 Russia, France, Ireland
- Jamie Peacock, for England
while at Bradford 2000 Russia, Fiji, Ireland (sub), New Zealand (sub); 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2001 Australia x 2, Australia (sub); 2002 Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand (sub) x 2; 2003 Australia x 3; 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 2005 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2; while at Leeds 2006 New Zealand x 3, Australia x 2; 2007 New Zealand x 3
- Leon Pryce, for England
while at Bradford 1999 France; 2000 Australia, Russia; 2001 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2001 Australia x 3; 2002 New Zealand x 3; 2005 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2; St. Helens 2006 New Zealand x 3, Australia x 2; 2007 New Zealand x 2
- Lee Radford, for England
while at Bradford 2001 Wales (sub); 2005 France, New Zealand; while at Hull 2006 France, Tonga x 2, Samoa
- John "Johnny" Rae, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1965
- Alan Rathbone, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1983
- Stuart Reardon, for England
while at Bradford 2005 France, New Zealand (sub), for Great Britain
while at Bradford 2004 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2
- Alan Redfearn, for England
while at Bradford 1979 France; 1980 France, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1979 Australia
- David Redfearn, for England
while at Bradford 1975 France, Australia, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1972 New Zealand (sub); 1974 France x 2, Australia, New Zealand x 3 (World Cup 1972 1-cap)
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- Roger Simpson, for England
while at Bradford 1995 France (sub)
- Thomas "Tommy" Smales, for England
while at Huddersfield 1962 France; while Unattached 1975 Papua New Guinea (sub) (Is the only player to ever win an England cap while Unattached), for Great Britain
while at Huddersfield 1962 France; 1963 France, Australia; 1964 France x 2; while at Bradford 1965 New Zealand x 3
- Herbert Smith, for England
while at Halifax 1927 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1926-27 New Zealand x 2
- Stuart Spruce, for England
while at Widnes 1992 Wales; while at Bradford 2000 Russia (sub), Fiji, for Great Britain
while at Widnes 1993 France; while at Bradford 1996 Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand x 3
- T. Surman, for England
while at Bradford 1906 Other Nations
- James "Jimmy" Thompson (#11), for England
while at Featherstone 1970 France; 1975 Australia, Australia; 1977 Wales; while at Bradford 1978 France (sub), Wales (sub), for Great Britain
while at Featherstone 1970 Australia x 2, New Zealand x 2, Australia x 2, France, New Zealand; 1971 France, France (sub); 1974 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 3; 1977 France, New Zealand, Australia x 2; while at Bradford 1978 Australia (World Cup 1970 4-caps)
- Kenneth "Ken" Traill, for England
while at Bradford 1949 France; 1953 Wales, Other Nations; 1955 Other Nations, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1950 New Zealand x 2; 1951 New Zealand; 1952 Australia x 3; 1954 Australia, New Zealand
- Edward Ward, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1947
- Ernest Ward, for England
while at Bradford 1941 Wales; 1945 Wales x 2; 1946 France x 2, Wales x 2; 1947 France, Wales; 1948 France x 2; 1949 Wales, France x 2; 1950 Wales x 2, France; 1952 Other Nations2, Wales, for Great Britain
while at Bradford 1946 Australia x 3, New Zealand; 1947 New Zealand x 2; 1948 Australia x 3; 1950 Australia x 3, New Zealand x 2; 1951 New Zealand x 3; 1952 Australia x 3
- Frank Whitcombe, won caps for Great Britain
while at Bradford circa-1946
- Thomas "Tom"/"Tommy" Winnard, for England
while at Bradford 1937 France
- Harold Young, for England
while at Bradford 1928 Wales; while at Huddersfield 1929 Other Nations; 1930 Other Nations; 1931 Wales, for Great Britain
while at Huddersfield 1929-30 Australia
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Players Receiving Testimonial matches
- Ronald "Ron" Barritt (Testimonial match 1989)
- Michael "Mick" Blacker (Testimonial match 1977)
- Paul Deacon (Testimonial match 2008)
- Jon Hamer (Testimonial match 1994)
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- Brian McDermott (Testimonial match 2002)
- Steve McGowan (Testimonial match 1993)
- Keith Mumby (Testimonial match 1985)
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- Brian Noble (Testimonial match 1988)
- Robbie Paul (Testimonial match 2006)
- Alan Redfearn (Testimonial match 1983)
- David Redfearn (Testimonial match 1981)
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- Dennis Trotter (Testimonial match 1981
- Ernest Ward (Testimonial match 1950)
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Team of the Century
As announced in Bradford's T&A Paper on 31 August 2007 :
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Stuart Fielden
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James Lowes
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Joe Vagana
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Trevor Foster
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Karl Fairbank
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Ken Traill
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Paul Deacon
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Robbie Paul
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Shontayne Hape
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Ernest Ward
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Lesley Vainikolo
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Jack McLean
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Keith Mumby
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Head Coach
Kit man
Famous Fans
- Duncan Preston
- Ryan Sidebottom
- Gareth Gates
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
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