2009 Bradford Bulls season

2009 Bradford Bulls season
Super League XIV	N/A
2009 record	Wins: 0; Draws: 0; Losses: 0
Points scored	For: 0; Against: 0
Team information
Chairman	Peter Hood
Head Coach	Steve McNamara
Captain	Paul Deacon
Stadium	Odsal Stadium
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This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2009 season. This is 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.

Table

Super League XIV
#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos	27	21	0	6	805	453	+352	42
2	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	27	19	0	8	733	466	+267	38
3	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants	27	18	0	9	690	416	+274	36
4	Hull KR	27	17	1	9	650	516	+134	35
5	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	16	0	11	685	609	+76	32
6	File:Wigancolours.svg 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	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves	27	12	0	15	649	705	–56	24
11	File:Quinscolours.svg 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
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2009 Engage Super League

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
15 February 2009	Super League XIV	1	Hull KR	H	Odsal Stadium	D	13-13	Nero, Tadulala	Deacon 2/2, Deacon 1 DG	12,141
27 February 2009	Super League XIV	3	12pxHuddersfield	H	Odsal Stadium	L	12-16	Morrison	Deacon 4/4	10,186
7 March 2009	Super League XIV	4	12pxWigan	A	JJB Stadium	L	10-44	Menzies, Sheriffe	Deacon 1/2	12,588
15 March 2009	Super League XIV	5	Hull FC	H	Odsal Stadium	L	24-36	Jeffries, Menzies, Sheriffe, Tadulala	Deacon 4/4	11,327
21 March 2009	Super League XIV	6	Catalan	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	30-24	Halley, Menzies, Newton, Sheriffe, Tadulala	Deacon 3/3, Sykes 2/2	7,620
29 March 2009	Super League XIV	7	12pxCastleford	A	The Jungle	L	26-28	Deacon, Lynch, Morrison, Platt, Tadulala	Deacon 2/4, Sykes 1/2	9,185
10 April 2009	Super League XIV	8	12pxLeeds	H	Odsal Stadium	W	10-6	Sheriffe, Worrincy	Sykes 1/4	14,554
13 April 2009	Super League XIV	9	12pxWakefield	A	Belle Vue	L	22-24	Menzies (2), Platt, Worrincy	Sykes 3/4	6,516
17 April 2009	Super League XIV	10	12pxWarrington	H	Odsal Stadium	L	22-58	Solomona (2), Jeffries, Platt	Sykes 3/4	8,643
24 April 2009	Super League XIV	11	12pxSt Helens	A	Knowsley Road	W	34-30	Tadulala (2), Worrincy (2), Burgess, Kopczak	Sykes 5/6	14,000
2 May 2009	Super League XIV	12	12pxWakefield	N	Murrayfield Stadium	W	32-16	Sykes (3), Menzies, Newton, Worrincy	Deacon 4/6	29,627
17 May 2009	Super League XIV	13	Celtic	H	Odsal Stadium	L	24-30	Lynch, Menzies, Sykes, Worrincy	Deacon 4/4	7,602
22 May 2009	Super League XIV	14	Salford	A	The Willows	L	10-18	Sykes (2)	Deacon 1/2	4,383
7 June 2009	Super League XIV	15	12pxWakefield	H	Odsal Stadium	W	36-22	Menzies (2), Nero (2), Rinaldi	Deacon 8/8	8,387
14 June 2009	Super League XIV	16	12pxWarrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	21-10	Morrison, Nero, Newton	Deacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG	9,606
21 June 2009	Super League XIV	17	12pxSt Helens	H	Odsal Stadium	L	18-44	Morrison, Sheriffe, Tadulala	Deacon 3/4	10,599
26 June 2009	Super League XIV	18	12pxLeeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	20-33	Deacon, Menzies, Tadulala	Deacon 4/5	17,824
5 July 2009	Super League XIV	19	12pxCastleford	H	Odsal Stadium	L	38-40	Jeffries (2), Burgess, Halley, Scruton, Tadulala, Worrincy	Deacon 4/6, Sykes 1/1	8,971
12 July 2009	Super League XIV	20	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	12-32	Halley, Worrincy	Deacon 1/1, Sykes 1/1	8,206
19 July 2009	Super League XIV	21	12pxWigan	H	Odsal Stadium	L	14-20	Donaldson, Nero	Deacon 3/3	9,487
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	22	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	23	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	2	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	24	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	25	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	26	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
10 February 2009	Super League XIV	27	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
5 April 2009	Cup	4th	Catalan	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 2014.

No	Player	Position	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Michael Platt	Fullback	5	0	0	20
2	Dave Halley	Wing	9	0	0	36
3	James Evans	Centre	9	0	0	36
4	Shontayne Hape	Centre	7	0	0	28
5	Tame Tupou	Wing	3	0	0	12
6	Iestyn Harris	Stand Off	3	49	0	110
7	Paul Deacon	Scrum-half	3	89	0	190
8	Joe Vagana	Prop	1	0	0	4
9	Terry Newton	Hooker	9	0	0	36
10	Andy Lynch	Prop	5	0	0	20
11	David Solomona	Second Row	5	0	0	20
12	Glenn Morrison	Second Row	6	0	0	24
13	Jamie Langley	Loose forward	2	0	0	8
14	Chris Feather	Prop	1	0	0	4
15	Matt Cook	Second Row	4	0	0	16
16	Sam Burgess	Prop	8	0	0	32
17	Matt James	Prop	0	0	0	0
18	Craig Kopczak	Prop	0	0	0	0
19	Simon Finnigan	Second Row	10	0	0	40
20	Wayne Godwin	Hooker	4	0	0	16
22	Ben Jeffries	Stand Off	11	0	0	44
23	Chris Nero	Centre	5	0	0	20
24	Paul Sykes	Centre	16	3	0	70
25	Semi Tadulala	Wing	23	0	0	92
26	Jason Crookes	Centre	0	0	0	0
27	Richard Johnson	Loose Forward	0	0	0	0
30	Keale Carlile	Hooker	0	0	0	0

= Captain 16px = Injured 16px = Suspended

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