2009 Bradford Bulls season

2009 Bradford Bulls season
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. Attend. 9,677
High. Attend. 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

Table

    		 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    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
      Win
      Draw
      Loss

    2009 Engage Super League

    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    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 Huddersfield H Odsal Stadium L 12-16 Morrison Deacon 4/4 10,186
    7 March 2009 Super League XIV 4 Wigan 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 Castleford 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 Leeds H Odsal Stadium W 10-6 Sheriffe, Worrincy Sykes 1/4 14,554
    13 April 2009 Super League XIV 9 Wakefield A Belle Vue L 22-24 Menzies (2), Platt, Worrincy Sykes 3/4 6,516
    17 April 2009 Super League XIV 10 Warrington H Odsal Stadium L 22-58 Solomona (2), Jeffries, Platt Sykes 3/4 8,643
    24 April 2009 Super League XIV 11 St 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield H Odsal Stadium W 36-22 Menzies (2), Nero (2), Rinaldi Deacon 8/8 8,387
    14 June 2009 Super League XIV 16 Warrington 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 St Helens H Odsal Stadium L 18-44 Morrison, Sheriffe, Tadulala Deacon 3/4 10,599
    26 June 2009 Super League XIV 18 Leeds A Headingley Stadium L 20-33 Deacon, Menzies, Tadulala Deacon 4/5 17,824
    5 July 2009 Super League XIV 19 Castleford 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 Wigan H Odsal Stadium L 14-20 Donaldson, Nero Deacon 3/3 9,487
    25 July 2009 Super League XIV 22 Celtic A Brewery Field W 34-12 Lynch (2), Halley, Morrison, Tadulala, Whitehead Deacon 5/6 3,089
    2 August 2009 Super League XIV 23 Harlequins H Odsal Stadium L 14-22 Nero, Sykes, Tadulala Deacon 1/3 7,813
    8 August 2009 Super League XIV 2 Harlequins A Twickenham Stoop W 42-18 Halley (3), Burgess, Godwin, Menzies, Worrincy Deacon 7/7 3,112
    16 August 2009 Super League XIV 24 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium W 28-18 Nero (2), Platt, Sykes Deacon 6/6 7,982
    23 August 2009 Super League XIV 25 Catalan H Odsal Stadium W 42-18 Burgess, Deacon, Godwin, Menzies, Morrison, Nero, Sheriffe, Sykes Deacon 5/8 7,919
    6 September 2009 Super League XIV 26 Salford H Odsal Stadium W 44-18 Nero (3), Langley (2), Tadulala (2), Lynch Deacon 6/8 8,167
    11 September 2009 Super League XIV 27 Hull FC A KC Stadium W 21-18 Deacon, Donaldson, Worrincy Deacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG 10,412

    Challenge Cup

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    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

    For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls.
    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

    = Captain = Injured = Suspended

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