Bradford Bulls

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Bradford Bulls
Current season
Club information
Full name	Bradford Bulls Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	Bulls
Ground	Grattan Stadium, Bradford (Capacity 27,000 - 5,000 Seats)
Current
Chairman	Peter Hood
Coach	Steve McNamara
Captain	Paul Deacon
League	Super League (Europe)
2007 position	3rd
History
Founded	1863
Championships	6
Challenge Cups	5
World Club Champions	3
Kit(s)
Home colours 　 Away colours
Website	Official site

The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, 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 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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 1863 - 1907: In the Beginning 1.2 Bradford Northern 1.3 1940s 1.4 1950s 1.5 1960s 1.6 1970s 1.7 1980s 2 The Super League era 2.1 Season Summaries 3 Statistics and records 4 Stadium 5 2008 Squad Stats 5.1 2008 Out of Contract Players 6 2008 Fixtures/Results 6.1 Results summary 6.2 Results by round 7 2009 Transfers In/Out 8 Captains 9 Coaching Register 10 Player Records 11 Former Super League Players 11.1 Retired numbers 12 Team of the Century 13 See also 14 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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 Northern's first home was Greenfield Athletic Ground.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. 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.

[edit] 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.

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. 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.

The reformed club won its first cup in 1965-66 by beating Hunslet 17-8 in the final of the Yorkshire Cup.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. 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. 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.

[edit] 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.

For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls Super League History.

[edit] Season Summaries

P=Premiers, R=Runner-Ups, M=Minor Premierships, F=Finals Appearance, W=Wooden Spoons
(Brackets Represent Finals Games)

Competition Playing In	Games Played	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Ladder Position	P	R	M	F	W	Coach	Captain	Main Article
Super League 1	22	17	0	5	3/12						Brian Smith	Robbie Paul	Bradford Bulls 1996
Super League 2	22	20	0	2	1/12	X					Matthew Elliott		Bradford Bulls 1997
Super League 3	23	12	0	11	5/12				X				Bradford Bulls 1998
Super League 4	30	25	1	4	1\12		X	X	X				Bradford Bulls 1999
Super League 5	28	20	3	5	3/12				X				Bradford Bulls 2000
Super League 6	28	22	1	5	1/12	X		X	X		Brian Noble		Bradford Bulls 2001
Super League 7	30	24	0	6	3/12		X		X				Bradford Bulls 2002
Super League 8	30	24	0	6	1/12	X		X	X				Bradford Bulls 2003
Super League 9	28	20	1	7	2/12		X		X				Bradford Bulls 2004
Super League 10	28	18	1	9	3/12	X			X			Jamie Peacock	Bradford Bulls 2005
Super League 11	28	16	2	10	4/12				X			Iestyn Harris	Bradford Bulls 2006
											Steve McNamara
Super League 12	27	16	1	9	3 / 12				X			Paul Deacon	Bradford Bulls 2007
Super League 13	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Bradford Bulls 2008
Super League 14	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Bradford Bulls 2009
Super League 15	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			Bradford Bulls 2010

[edit] Statistics and records

Main article: Bradford Bulls statistics

[edit] Stadium

For more details on this topic, see Odsal 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.

[edit] 2008 Squad Stats

For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls 2008.

• Appearances and Points include all matches (As of Rd 15, June 8th 2008)

No	Nat	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	24	Castleford Tigers	2011	11	2	0	0	8
2		Dave Halley	Left Wing	78 kg, 5 ft 9 in	21	Bradford Bulls	2009	14	7	0	0	28
3		James Evans	Left Centre	89 kg, 6 ft 0 in	29	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2008	18	6	0	0	24
4		Shontayne Hape	Left Centre	104 kg, 6 ft 2 in	26	New Zealand Warriors	2008	17	5	0	0	20
5		Tame Tupou	Left Wing	110 kg, 6 ft 4 in	25	Brisbane Broncos	2010	10	3	0	0	12
6		Iestyn Harris	Stand Off	92 kg, 6 ft	31	Cardiff Blues Rugby Union	2008	16	0	26/30	0	52
7		Paul Deacon (c)	Scrum Half	80 kg, 5 ft 9 in	29	Oldham Bears	2010	14	1	67/79	1	133
8		Joe Vagana	Prop	120 kg, 6 ft 3 in	33	New Zealand Warriors	2008	7	0	0	0	0
9		Terry Newton	Hooker	98 kg, 5 ft 10 in	29	Wigan Warriors	2009	16	4	0	0	16
10		Andy Lynch	Prop	108 kg, 6 ft 2 in	29	Castleford Tigers	2008	18	0	0	0	0
11		David Solomona	Second Row	108 kg, 6 ft 0 in	30	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2009	13	3	0	0	12
12		Glenn Morrison	Second Row	97 kg, 6 ft 3 in	32	Parramatta Eels	2009	12	6	0	0	24
13		Jamie Langley	Loose Forward	108 kg, 6 ft 2 in	24	Bradford Bulls	2010	16	2	0	0	8
14		Chris Feather	Prop	114 kg, 6 ft 4 in	26	Leeds Rhinos	2009	8	1	0	0	4
15		Matt Cook	Second Row	95 kg, 6 ft 0 in	21	Bradford Bulls	2009	6	1	0	0	4
16		Sam Burgess	Loose Forward	111 kg, 6 ft 3 in	19	Bradford Bulls	2009	19	8	0	0	32
17		Matt James	Prop	100 kg, 6 ft 2 in	21	Bradford Bulls	2009	10	0	0	0	0
18		Craig Kopczak	Prop	98 kg, 6 ft 4 in	21	Bradford Bulls	2008	6	0	0	0	0
19		Simon Finnigan	Loose Forward	95 kg, 6 ft 4 in	26	Salford City Reds	2008	18	6	0	0	24
20		Wayne Godwin	Hooker	13 st, 5 ft 6 in	26	Hull FC	2011	14	2	0	0	8
22		Ben Jeffries	Stand Off	14 st, 5 ft 9 in	27	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2009	15	7	0	0	28
23		Chris Nero	Second Row	15 st, 6 ft 1 in	27	Huddersfield Giants	2010	15	3	0	0	12
24		Paul Sykes	Right Centre	92 kg, 5 ft 10 in	26	Harlequins RL	2010	18	10	1/3	0	42
25		Semi Tadulala	Right Wing	14 st 10 lb, 6 ft	30	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2008	13	14	0	0	52
26		Jason Crookes	Right Centre	83 kg, 5 ft 10 in	17	Bradford Bulls	2008	0	0	0	0	0
27		Richard Johnson	Centre	80kg, 5 ft 10 in	17	Bradford Bulls	2008	0	0	0	0	0
28		Keale Carlile	Hooker			Bradford Bulls		0	0	0	0	0

								Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
									88	92/110	1	541

Ever Present

• 16 Sam Burgess

Players used = 24

Average age = 25.8

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

• 26Jason Crookes - Widnes Vikings

[edit] 2008 Out of Contract Players

3 James Evans 6 Iestyn Harris 8 Joe Vagana 10 Andy Lynch

18 Craig Kopczak 19 Simon Finnigan 25 Semi Tadulala 26 Jason Crookes 27 Richard Johnson

[edit] 2008 Fixtures/Results

2008 Engage Super League

Date	Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
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

[edit] Results summary

As of Rd 14, 18th May 2008

Overall								Home						Away
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

[edit] 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

[edit] 2009 Transfers In/Out

In

	Name	Signed from	Fee	Date

Out

	Name	Signed for	Fee	Date
	Shontayne Hape	Bath Rugby		May 2008

Re Signing

	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

[edit] Captains

From 1996 -

• Robbie Paul 1996 - 2004
• Jamie Peacock 2005
• Iestyn Harris 2006
• Paul Deacon 2007 -

[edit] Coaching Register

From 1930 -

Dai Rees 1936 - 1960 Trevor Foster 1960 - 1961 Doug Greenall 1961 Jimmy Ledgard 1961 - 1962 Harry Beverley 1962 - 1963

Jack Wilkinson 1963 Gus Risman 1964 - 1971 Harry Street 1971 1972 Ian Brooke 1973 - 1975 Roy Francis 1975 - 1977

Peter Fox 1977 - 1985 Barry Seaborne 1985 - 1989 David Hobbs 1989 Ron Willey 1989 - 1990 David Hobbs 1990 - 1993

Peter Fox 1993 - 1995 Brian Smith 1995 - 1996 Matthew Elliott 1996 - 2000 Brian Noble 2001 - 2006 Steve McNamara 2006

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Kevin Crouthers Jason Donahue Brandon Costin 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

Gareth Handford Neil Harmon 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 Richard Moore Adrian Morley Brad Meyers Scott Naylor

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

[edit] Retired numbers

• 21 Karl Fairbank
• 28 Stuart Spruce

[edit] Team of the Century

As announced in Bradford's T&A Paper on 31 August 2007 :Bradford's Team of the Century

Bradford Bulls Team Of The Century
8 Stuart Fielden 9 James Lowes 10 Joe Vagana 11 Trevor Foster 12 Karl Fairbank 13Ken Traill 7 Paul Deacon 6 Robbie Paul 4Shontayne Hape 3Ernest Ward 5 Lesley Vainikolo 2Jack McLean 1 Keith Mumby

Head Coach

• 00 Brian Noble

Kit man

• 00 Fred Robinson

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

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