2009 Bradford Bulls season

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	Report
27/2/2009	League	3	Giants	H	Grattan Stadium	L	12-16	Morrison	Deacon 4/4	10,186	Boots N All	Report
07/03/2009	League	4	Warriors	A	JJB Stadium	L	10-44	Sheriffe, Menzies	Deacon 1/2	12,588	Sky Sports	Report
15/3/2009	League	5	Hull	H	Grattan Stadium	L	24-36	Jeffries, Sherriffe, Menzies, Tadulala	Deacon 4/4	11,327	Boots N All	Report
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	Report
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	Report
10/4/2009	League	8	Rhinos	H	Grattan Stadium	W	10-6	Worrincy , Sheriffe	Sykes 1/4	14.554	Sky Sports	Report
13/4/2009	League	9	Wildcats	A	Belle Vue	L	22-24	Menzies 2, Worrincy, Platt	Sykes 3/4	6,516	Boots N All	Report
19/4/2009	League	10	Wolves	H	Grattan Stadium	L	22-58	Solomona 2, Platt, Jeffries	Sykes 3/4	8,643	Sky Sports	Report
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	Report
2/5/2009	League	12	Wildcats	N	Murrayfield		32-16	Sykes 3, Newton, Menzies, Worrincy	Deacon 4/6		Boots N All	Report
17/5/2009	League	13	Celtic Crusaders	H	Grattan Stadium	L	24-30	Lynch, Worrincy, Menzies Sykes	Deacon 4/4	7,602	Boots N All	Report
22/5/2009	League	14	City Reds	A	The Willows	L	10-18	Sykes 2	Deacon 1/2	4,383	Boots N All	Report
7/6/2009	League	15	Wildcats	H	Grattan Stadium	W	36-22	Menzies ,2 Nero 2, Rinaldi	Deacon 8	8,387	Boots N All	Report
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	Report
21/6/2009	League	17	Saints	H	Grattan Stadium	L	18-44	Sheriffe, Morrison, Tadulala	Deacon 3	10,599	Boots N All	Report
26/6/2009	League	18	Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	20-33	Tadulala, Deacon, Menzies	Deacon 4/4	17,824	Highlights	Report
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	Report
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	Report
19/7/2009	League	21	Warriors	H	Grattan Stadium	L	14-20	Donaldson , Nero	Deacon 3/3	9,487	Boots N All	Report
25/7/2009	League	22	Celtic Crusaders	A	Brewery Field	W	34-12	Morrison, Whitehead, Halley, 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	Report
8/8/2009	League	1	Harlequins	A	Stoop	W	42-18	Burgess, Menzies, Halley 3, Worrincy, Godwin	Deacon 7/7	3,112	Highlights	Report
16/8/2009	League	24	Giants	A	Galpharm	W	28-18	Platt, Sykes, Nero 2	Deacon 6/6	7,982	Boots N All	Report
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	Report
6/9/2009	League	26	City Reds	H	Grattan Stadium	W	44-18	Tadulala 2, Nero 3, Langley 2, Lynch	Deacon 6/8	8,167	Boots N All	Report
11/9/2009	League	27	Hull	A	KC Stadium	W	18-21	Deacon, Worrincy, Donaldson	Deacon 3/4, 1 DG	10,412	Boots N All	Report

Challenge Cup

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
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

2009 Squad Stats

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Appearances and Points include all matches As of Rd 27, 11th September 2009

No	Player	Position	Weight & Height	Age	Previous Club	Contracted Until	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Michael Platt	Full Back	93 kg, 6 ft 2 in	25	Castleford Tigers	2011	20	4			16
2	Rikki Sheriffe	Right Wing	14 st, 6 ft	25	Harlequins RL	2010	26	7			28
3	Paul Sykes	Right Centre	92 kg, 5 ft 10 in	28	Harlequins RL	2010	25	10	20/24		76
4	Chris Nero	Left Centre	15 st, 6 ft 1 in	28	Huddersfield Giants	2010	24	13			52
5	Semi Tadulala	Left Wing	14 st, 6 ft	31	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2009	25	14			56
6	Ben Jeffries	Stand Off	14 st, 5 ft 9 in	29	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2009	21	5			20
7	Paul Deacon (c)	Scrum Half	80 kg, 5 ft 9 in	30	Oldham Roughyeds	2010	24	3	90/102	3	187
8	Sam Burgess	Prop	114 kg, 6 ft 4 in	20	Bradford Bulls	2009	25	4			16
9	Terry Newton	Hooker	98 kg, 5 ft 10 in	30	Wigan Warriors	2009	24	3			12
10	Andy Lynch	Prop	108 kg, 6 ft 2 in	30	Castleford Tigers	2012	24	4			16
11	Steve Menzies	Second Row	98 kg, 6 ft 3 in	35	Manly Sea Eagles	2011	26	13			52
12	Glenn Morrison	Second Row	97 kg, 6 ft	33	Parramatta Eels	2009	15	6			24
13	Jamie Langley	Loose Forward	108 kg, 6 ft 2 in	25	Bradford Bulls	2010	23	2			8
14	Wayne Godwin	Hooker	13 st, 5 ft 6 in	26	Hull	2011	13	2			8
15	Matt Cook	Second Row	95 kg, 6 ft	22	Bradford Bulls	2009	13	1			4
16	Michael Worrincy	Second Row	98 kg, 6 ft 1 in	23	Harlequins RL	2010	24	10			40
17	Nick Scruton	Prop	106 kg, 6 ft	24	Leeds Rhinos	2011	26	1			4
19	Craig Kopczak	Prop	98 kg, 6 ft 4 in	22	Bradford Bulls	2009	24	1			4
20	Dave Halley	Right Wing	78 kg, 5 ft 9 in	22	Bradford Bulls	2011	22	9			36
22	Matt James	Prop	100 kg, 6 ft 3 in	21	Bradford Bulls	2010	2
23	Jason Crookes	Right Centre	83 kg, 5 ft	19	Bradford Bulls	2011	3
24	Julien Rinaldi	Scrum Half/Hooker	13 st, 5 ft	29	Sunshine Sea Eagles	2009	6	2
--	Richard Johnson	Left Centre	87 kg 5 ft 11 in	23	Bradford Bulls	2010
25	Steve Crossley	Prop	104 kg, 6 ft 2 in	19	Bradford Bulls	2010
26	David Solomona	Second Row	108 kg, 6 ft	31	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2009	3
27	Kieran Hyde	Full Back	85 kg, 5 ft 11 in	18	Bradford Bulls	2011
28	Elliott Whitehead	Second Row	93 kg, 6 ft	19	Bradford Bulls	2010	7
29	Tom Olbison	Centre	96 kg, 6 ft 1 in	18	Bradford Bulls	2010	1
30	James Donaldson	Second Row	87 kg, 5 ft 10 in	17	Bradford Bulls	2010	7	2			8
31	Andy Tate	Right Centre	85 kg, 6 ft 3 in	17	Bradford Bulls	2011
32	Duane Straugheir	Right Centre	90 kg, 6 ft	19	Bradford Bulls	2009

									Tries	Goals	DG	Points
								-	111	100/ 116	3	636

Players used = 26

Average age = 27.44

2009 Transfers In/Out

Name	Signed from	Fee	Date
Steve Menzies	Manly		July 2008
Nick Scruton	Leeds Rhinos		September 2008
Rikki Sheriffe	Harlequins RL		September 2008
Michael Worrincy	Harlequins RL		September 2008
Julien Rinaldi	Harlequins RL	Until end of June	April 2009

Re Signings

Name	Contract until	Years Signed	Date
Paul Deacon	2010	2 years	April 2008
Glenn Morrison	2009	1 year	May 2008
Michael Platt	2011	3 Years	May 2008
Wayne Godwin	2011	3 Years	May 2008
Dave Halley	2009	1 Year	May 2008
Jason Crookes	2011	3 Years	July 2008
Craig Kopczak	2010	2 Years	August 2008
Semi Tadulala	2009	1 Year	September 2008

Out

Name	Signed for	Fee	Date
Shontayne Hape	Bath	4 Years	May 2008
Iestyn Harris	Featherstone Rovers	2 Years	September 2008
Joe Vagana	Retiring		September 2008
James Evans	Castleford Tigers	1 Year	September 2008
Simon Finnigan	Huddersfield Giants	3 Years	September 2008
Matt James	Halifax	1 Year Loan	September 2008
Chris Feather	Castleford Tigers	1 Year	September 2008
Tame Tupou			April 2009

League table

Super League XIV v t e
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leeds Rhinos	27	21	0	6	805	453	+352	42
2	St Helens	27	19	0	8	733	466	+267	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	18	0	9	690	416	+274	36
4	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	17	1	9	650	516	+134	35
5	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	16	0	11	685	609	+76	32
6	Wigan Warriors	27	15	0	12	659	551	+108	30
7	Castleford Tigers	27	14	0	13	645	702	–57	28
8	Catalans Dragons	27	13	0	14	613	660	–47	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	12	1	14	653	668	–15	25
10	Warrington Wolves	27	12	0	15	649	705	–56	24
11	Harlequins RL	27	11	0	16	591	691	–100	22
12	Hull	27	10	0	17	502	623	–121	20
13	Salford City Reds	27	7	0	20	456	754	–298	14
14	Celtic Crusaders	27	3	0	24	357	874	–517	6

	Teams qualifying for the Play-offs

Source: superleague.co.uk.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

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