This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2009 season, the 14th season of the Super League era.
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
2009 fixtures and results LEGEND Win Draw Loss
2009 Engage Super League DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt15 February 2009Super League XIV1Hull Kingston RoversHOdsal StadiumD13-13Nero, TadulalaDeacon 2/2, Deacon 1 DG12,14127 February 2009Super League XIV3Huddersfield GiantsHOdsal StadiumL12-16MorrisonDeacon 4/410,1867 March 2009Super League XIV4Wigan WarriorsAJJB StadiumL10-44Menzies, SheriffeDeacon 1/212,58815 March 2009Super League XIV5Hull F.C.HOdsal StadiumL24-36Jeffries, Menzies, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 4/411,32721 March 2009Super League XIV6Catalans DragonsAStade Gilbert BrutusW30-24Halley, Menzies, Newton, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 3/3, Sykes 2/27,62029 March 2009Super League XIV7Castleford TigersAThe JungleL26-28Deacon, Lynch, Morrison, Platt, TadulalaDeacon 2/4, Sykes 1/29,18510 April 2009Super League XIV8Leeds RhinosHOdsal StadiumW10-6Sheriffe, WorrincySykes 1/414,55413 April 2009Super League XIV9Wakefield Trinity WildcatsABelle VueL22-24Menzies (2), Platt, WorrincySykes 3/46,51617 April 2009Super League XIV10Warrington WolvesHOdsal StadiumL22-58Solomona (2), Jeffries, PlattSykes 3/48,64324 April 2009Super League XIV11St. HelensAKnowsley RoadW34-30Tadulala (2), Worrincy (2), Burgess, KopczakSykes 5/614,0002 May 2009Super League XIV12Wakefield Trinity WildcatsNMurrayfield StadiumW32-16Sykes (3), Menzies, Newton, WorrincyDeacon 4/629,62717 May 2009Super League XIV13Celtic CrusadersHOdsal StadiumL24-30Lynch, Menzies, Sykes, WorrincyDeacon 4/47,60222 May 2009Super League XIV14Salford City RedsAThe WillowsL10-18Sykes (2)Deacon 1/24,3837 June 2009Super League XIV15Wakefield Trinity WildcatsHOdsal StadiumW36-22Menzies (2), Nero (2), RinaldiDeacon 8/88,38714 June 2009Super League XIV16Warrington WolvesAHalliwell Jones StadiumW21-10Morrison, Nero, NewtonDeacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG9,60621 June 2009Super League XIV17St. HelensHOdsal StadiumL18-44Morrison, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 3/410,59926 June 2009Super League XIV18Leeds RhinosAHeadingley StadiumL20-33Deacon, Menzies, TadulalaDeacon 4/517,8245 July 2009Super League XIV19Castleford TigersHOdsal StadiumL38-40Jeffries (2), Burgess, Halley, Scruton, Tadulala, WorrincyDeacon 4/6, Sykes 1/18,97112 July 2009Super League XIV20Hull Kingston RoversACraven ParkL12-32Halley, WorrincyDeacon 1/1, Sykes 1/18,20619 July 2009Super League XIV21Wigan WarriorsHOdsal StadiumL14-20Donaldson, NeroDeacon 3/39,48725 July 2009Super League XIV22Celtic CrusadersABrewery FieldW34-12Lynch (2), Halley, Morrison, Tadulala, WhiteheadDeacon 5/63,0892 August 2009Super League XIV23Harlequins RLHOdsal StadiumL14-22Nero, Sykes, TadulalaDeacon 1/37,8138 August 2009Super League XIV2Harlequins RLATwickenham StoopW42-18Halley (3), Burgess, Godwin, Menzies, WorrincyDeacon 7/73,11216 August 2009Super League XIV24Huddersfield GiantsAGalpharm StadiumW28-18Nero (2), Platt, SykesDeacon 6/67,98223 August 2009Super League XIV25Catalans DragonsHOdsal StadiumW42-18Burgess, Deacon, Godwin, Menzies, Morrison, Nero, Sheriffe, SykesDeacon 5/87,9196 September 2009Super League XIV26Salford City RedsHOdsal StadiumW44-18Nero (3), Langley (2), Tadulala (2), LynchDeacon 6/88,16711 September 2009Super League XIV27Hull F.C.AKC StadiumW21-18Deacon, Donaldson, WorrincyDeacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG10,412
Challenge Cup LEGEND Win Draw Loss
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt5 April 2009Cup4thCatalans DragonsAStade Gilbert BrutusL38-40Cook, Halley, Menzies, Nero, Sheriffe, Sykes, TadulalaDeacon 5/76,450
2009 squad statistics
Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs).
NoPlayerPositionTriesGoalsDGPoints1Michael PlattFullback400162Rikki SheriffeWing700283Paul SykesCentre10170744Chris NeroCentre1300525Semi TadulalaWing1400566Ben JeffriesStand off400167Paul DeaconScrum-half39132978Sam BurgessProp400169Terry NewtonHooker3001210Andy LynchProp5002011Steve MenziesSecond row13005212Glenn MorrisonSecond row6002413Jamie LangleyLoose forward200814Wayne GodwinHooker200815Matt CookSecond row100416Michael WorrincySecond row10004017Nick ScrutonProp100419Craig KopczakProp100420Dave HalleyWing9003622Matt JamesLoose forward000023Jason CrookesCentre000024Julien RinaldiHooker100426David SolomonaSecond row200828Elliott WhiteheadSecond row100429Tom OlbisonSecond row000030James DonaldsonLoose forward2008 Source:
References
External links Bradford Bulls Website Bradford Bulls in T&A Bradford Bulls on Sky Sports Bradford on Super League Site Red, Black and Amber