2009 Bradford Bulls season

This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2009 season, the 14th season of the Super League era.

2009 Bradford Bulls season
Super League XIV Rank9th
Play-off resultDid Not Qualify
Challenge Cup4th Round
2009 recordWins: 12; Draws: 1; Losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 691; Against: 708
Team information
ChairmanPeter Hood
Head CoachSteve McNamara
Captain
StadiumOdsal Stadium
Avg. Attend.9,677
High. Attend.14,554 vs. Leeds Rhinos
Top scorers
TriesSemi Tadulala (14)
GoalsPaul Deacon (91)
PointsPaul Deacon (201)
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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
1 Leeds Rhinos 272106805453+35242
2 St. Helens 271908733466+26738
3 Huddersfield Giants 271809690416+27436
4 Hull KR 271719650516+13435
5 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2716011685609+7632
6 Wigan Warriors 2715012659551+10830
7 Castleford Tigers 2714013645702–5728
8 Catalans Dragons 2713014613660–4726
9 Bradford Bulls 2712114653668–1525
10 Warrington Wolves 2712015649705–5624
11 Harlequins RL 2711016591691–10022
12 Hull FC 2710017502623–12120
13 Salford City Reds 277020456754–29814
14 Celtic Crusaders 273024357874–5176
  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

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
15 February 2009Super League XIV1Hull Kingston RoversHOdsal StadiumD13-13Nero, TadulalaDeacon 2/2, Deacon 1 DG12,141
27 February 2009Super League XIV3Huddersfield GiantsHOdsal StadiumL12-16MorrisonDeacon 4/410,186
7 March 2009Super League XIV4Wigan WarriorsAJJB StadiumL10-44Menzies, SheriffeDeacon 1/212,588
15 March 2009Super League XIV5Hull F.C.HOdsal StadiumL24-36Jeffries, Menzies, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 4/411,327
21 March 2009Super League XIV6Catalans DragonsAStade Gilbert BrutusW30-24Halley, Menzies, Newton, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 3/3, Sykes 2/27,620
29 March 2009Super League XIV7Castleford TigersAThe JungleL26-28Deacon, Lynch, Morrison, Platt, TadulalaDeacon 2/4, Sykes 1/29,185
10 April 2009Super League XIV8Leeds RhinosHOdsal StadiumW10-6Sheriffe, WorrincySykes 1/414,554
13 April 2009Super League XIV9Wakefield Trinity WildcatsABelle VueL22-24Menzies (2), Platt, WorrincySykes 3/46,516
17 April 2009Super League XIV10Warrington WolvesHOdsal StadiumL22-58Solomona (2), Jeffries, PlattSykes 3/48,643
24 April 2009Super League XIV11St. HelensAKnowsley RoadW34-30Tadulala (2), Worrincy (2), Burgess, KopczakSykes 5/614,000
2 May 2009Super League XIV12Wakefield Trinity WildcatsNMurrayfield StadiumW32-16Sykes (3), Menzies, Newton, WorrincyDeacon 4/629,627
17 May 2009Super League XIV13Celtic CrusadersHOdsal StadiumL24-30Lynch, Menzies, Sykes, WorrincyDeacon 4/47,602
22 May 2009Super League XIV14Salford City RedsAThe WillowsL10-18Sykes (2)Deacon 1/24,383
7 June 2009Super League XIV15Wakefield Trinity WildcatsHOdsal StadiumW36-22Menzies (2), Nero (2), RinaldiDeacon 8/88,387
14 June 2009Super League XIV16Warrington WolvesAHalliwell Jones StadiumW21-10Morrison, Nero, NewtonDeacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG9,606
21 June 2009Super League XIV17St. HelensHOdsal StadiumL18-44Morrison, Sheriffe, TadulalaDeacon 3/410,599
26 June 2009Super League XIV18Leeds RhinosAHeadingley StadiumL20-33Deacon, Menzies, TadulalaDeacon 4/517,824
5 July 2009Super League XIV19Castleford TigersHOdsal StadiumL38-40Jeffries (2), Burgess, Halley, Scruton, Tadulala, WorrincyDeacon 4/6, Sykes 1/18,971
12 July 2009Super League XIV20Hull Kingston RoversACraven ParkL12-32Halley, WorrincyDeacon 1/1, Sykes 1/18,206
19 July 2009Super League XIV21Wigan WarriorsHOdsal StadiumL14-20Donaldson, NeroDeacon 3/39,487
25 July 2009Super League XIV22Celtic CrusadersABrewery FieldW34-12Lynch (2), Halley, Morrison, Tadulala, WhiteheadDeacon 5/63,089
2 August 2009Super League XIV23Harlequins RLHOdsal StadiumL14-22Nero, Sykes, TadulalaDeacon 1/37,813
8 August 2009Super League XIV2Harlequins RLATwickenham StoopW42-18Halley (3), Burgess, Godwin, Menzies, WorrincyDeacon 7/73,112
16 August 2009Super League XIV24Huddersfield GiantsAGalpharm StadiumW28-18Nero (2), Platt, SykesDeacon 6/67,982
23 August 2009Super League XIV25Catalans DragonsHOdsal StadiumW42-18Burgess, Deacon, Godwin, Menzies, Morrison, Nero, Sheriffe, SykesDeacon 5/87,919
6 September 2009Super League XIV26Salford City RedsHOdsal StadiumW44-18Nero (3), Langley (2), Tadulala (2), LynchDeacon 6/88,167
11 September 2009Super League XIV27Hull F.C.AKC StadiumW21-18Deacon, Donaldson, WorrincyDeacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG10,412

Challenge Cup
LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
5 April 2009Cup4thCatalans DragonsAStade Gilbert BrutusL38-40Cook, Halley, Menzies, Nero, Sheriffe, Sykes, TadulalaDeacon 5/76,450

2009 squad statistics
Further information: Bradford Bulls
  • Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 2016.
No Player Position Tries Goals DG Points
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 Andy Tate Prop 0 0 0 0
32 Duane Straugheir Centre 0 0 0 0
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