2009 Bradford Bulls season
2009 Bradford Bulls season | ||||
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Super League XIV Rank | 9th | |||
Play-off result | Did Not Qualify | |||
Challenge Cup | 4th Round | |||
2009 record | Wins: 12; Draws: 1; Losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 691; Against: 708 | |||
Team information | ||||
Chairman | Peter Hood | |||
Head Coach | Steve McNamara | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Odsal Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 9,677 | |||
High attendance | 14,554 vs. Leeds Rhinos | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Semi Tadulala (14) | |||
Goals | Paul Deacon (91) | |||
Points | Paul Deacon (201) | |||
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This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2009 season, the 14th season of the Super League era.
Season Review[]
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
2009 Milestones[]
- Round 4: Steve Menzies and Rikki Sheriffe scored their 1st tries for the Bulls.
- Round 5: Semi Tadulala scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls.
- Round 6: Terry Newton scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls.
- Round 8: Michael Worrincy scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 9: Paul Sykes reached 100 points for the Bulls.
- Round 11: Craig Kopczak scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 12: Paul Sykes scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
- Round 14: Paul Sykes scored his 25th try for the Bulls.
- Round 15: Julien Rinaldi scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 17: Paul Deacon reached 2,500 points for the Bulls.
- Round 19: Nick Scruton scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 21: James Donaldson scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 22: Elliott Whitehead scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
- Round 22: Paul Deacon kicked his 1,100th goal for the Bulls.
- Round 2: Dave Halley scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Bulls.
- Round 25: Paul Deacon scored his 75th try for the Bulls.
- Round 26: Chris Nero scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
- Round 27: Paul Deacon reached 2,600 points for the Bulls.
Table[]
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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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 KR | 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 FC | 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.
2009 Fixtures and results[]
LEGEND | |
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Win | |
Draw | |
Loss |
2009 Engage Super League
Challenge Cup[]
LEGEND | |
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Win | |
Draw | |
Loss |
Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att |
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5 April 2009 | Cup | 4th | Catalans Dragons | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 38-40 | Cook, Halley, Menzies, Nero, Sheriffe, Sykes, Tadulala | Deacon 5/7 | 6,450 |
2009 squad statistics[]
- Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 2016.
No | Player | Position | Tries | Goals | DG | Points |
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1 | Michael Platt | Fullback | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
2 | Rikki Sheriffe | Wing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
3 | Paul Sykes | Centre | 10 | 17 | 0 | 74 |
4 | Chris Nero | Centre | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
5 | Semi Tadulala | Wing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
6 | Ben Jeffries | Stand Off | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
7 | Paul Deacon | Scrum-half | 4 | 91 | 3 | 201 |
8 | Sam Burgess | Prop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
9 | Terry Newton | Hooker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
10 | Andy Lynch | Prop | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
11 | Steve Menzies | Second Row | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
12 | Glenn Morrison | Second Row | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
13 | Jamie Langley | Loose forward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
14 | Wayne Godwin | Hooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
15 | Matt Cook | Second Row | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
16 | Michael Worrincy | Second Row | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
17 | Nick Scruton | Prop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
19 | Craig Kopczak | Prop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
20 | Dave Halley | Wing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
22 | Matt James | Loose Forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Jason Crookes | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Julien Rinaldi | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
25 | Steve Crossley | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | David Solomona | Second Row | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
27 | Keiran Hyde | Scrum Half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Elliott Whitehead | Second Row | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
29 | Tom Olbison | Second Row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | James Donaldson | Loose Forward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
31 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Duane Straugheir | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References[]
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Categories:
- Bradford Bulls seasons
- Super League XIV by club