2007 Bradford Bulls season

2007 Bradford Bulls season
Super League XII 3rd
Play-off result Elimination Playoff
Challenge Cup Semi Final
2007 record Wins: 20; Draws: 1; Losses: 11
Points scored For: 912; Against: 666
Team information
Chairman Peter Hood
Head Coach Steve McNamara
Captain
Stadium Odsal Stadium
Avg. Attend. 11,476
High. Attend. 18,195 vs. Leeds Rhinos
Top scorers
Tries Lesley Vainikolo – 19
Goals Paul Deacon – 112
Points Paul Deacon – 244
< 2006 List of seasons 2008 >

This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2007 season. This is the 12th season of the Super League era.

Season Review

February 2007

March 2007

April 2007

May 2007

2007 Milestones

Table

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 St Helens 271908783422+36138
    2 Leeds Rhinos 271818747487+26037
    3 Bradford Bulls 271719778560+21833a[]
    4 Hull F.C. 2714211573553+2030
    5 Huddersfield Giants 2713113638543+9527
    6 Wigan Warriors 2715111621527+9427b[]
    7 Warrington Wolves 2713014693736−4326
    8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2711115596714−11823
    9 Harlequins RL 2710314495636−14123
    10 Catalans Dragons 2710116570685−11521
    11 Hull Kingston Rovers 2710017491723−23220
    12 Salford City Reds 276120475874−39913
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
      Relegated

    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.

    Notes

    ^ a: Bradford deducted two points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules[1]
    ^ b: Wigan deducted four points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules[2]

    2007 Fixtures and results

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss

    2007 Engage Super League

    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    11 February 2007 Super League XII 1 Huddersfield H Odsal Stadium W 18–14 Hape, Morrison, Solomona Deacon 3/4 12,130
    18 February 2007 Super League XII 2 Warrington A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 36–20 Platt (3), Evans, Morrison, Vainikolo Deacon 6/7 12,607
    24 February 2007 Super League XII 3 Wigan H Odsal Stadium W 32–28 Vainikolo (3), Morrison, Newton Deacon 6/6 12,798
    2 March 2007 Super League XII 4 St Helens A Knowsley Road L 22–34 Hape (2), Langley, Solomona Deacon 3/4 11,793
    11 March 2007 Super League XII 5 Salford H Odsal Stadium W 56–18 Platt (3), Hape (2), McKenna (2), Henderson, Solomona, St Hilaire Deacon 8/10 10,640
    17 March 2007 Super League XII 6 Harlequins A Twickenham Stoop W 36–22 Morrison (2), I.Harris, Langley, Platt, Vainikolo Deacon 6/6 4,011
    25 March 2007 Super League XII 7 Catalan H Odsal Stadium L 22–29 Evans (2), Deacon, Platt Deacon 3/4 11,298
    5 April 2007 Super League XII 8 Leeds H Odsal Stadium L 14–18 St Hilaire, Vainikolo Deacon 3/5 16,706
    9 April 2007 Super League XII 9 Wakefield A Belle Vue W 36–24 Vainikolo (2), Henderson, McKenna, Platt, Solomona Deacon 6/7 9,106
    15 April 2007 Super League XII 10 Hull KR H Odsal Stadium W 52–22 I.Harris (2), Lynch (2), Halley, B.Harris, Langley, Platt, Solomona Deacon 8/9 10,881
    20 April 2007 Super League XII 11 Hull FC A KC Stadium W 32–22 Evans (2), B.Harris, Lynch, Newton, Vagana Deacon 4/6 12,767
    29 April 2007 Super League XII 12 Warrington H Odsal Stadium W 36–24 Platt (2), Deacon, Evans, Langley, Vainikolo Deacon 3/3, I.Harris 3/5 11,276
    6 May 2007 Magic Weekend 13 Leeds N Millennium Stadium L 38–42 Platt (2), B.Harris, Henderson, Lynch, Vainikolo Deacon 7/7 26,447
    18 May 2007 Super League XII 14 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 12–36 B.Harris, Vainikolo I.Harris 2/2 8,667
    27 May 2007 Super League XII 15 Harlequins H Odsal Stadium W 44–18 Vainikolo (3), Deacon, Hawkyard, Henderson, Morrison, Vagana Deacon 6/8 10,418
    2 June 2007 Super League XII 16 Catalan A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 28–20 Deacon, Evans, Newton, Vagana, Vainikolo Deacon 4/6 7,555
    17 June 2007 Super League XII 17 Hull FC H Odsal Stadium W 34–8 Newton (4), Deacon, Tupou Deacon 4/5, Vainikolo 1/1 11,557
    29 June 2007 Super League XII 18 Leeds A Headingley Stadium W 38–14 Evans, Lynch, Morrison, St Hilaire, Tupou, Vainikolo Deacon 7/7 22,000
    6 July 2007 Super League XII 19 Wigan A JJB Stadium L 18–25 Evans, B.Harris Deacon 5/5 15,107
    13 July 2007 Super League XII 20 St Helens H Odsal Stadium W 10–4 St Hilaire Deacon 3/5 11,214
    21 July 2007 Super League XII 21 Salford A The Willows L 10–14 Tupou (2) Deacon 1/2 3,438
    5 August 2007 Super League XII 22 Wakefield H Odsal Stadium W 38–24 Evans (2), Burgess, Halley, Morrison, Solomona, Tupou Burgess 5/8 10,701
    12 August 2007 Super League XII 23 Hull KR A Craven Park W 28–10 Burgess, Henderson, Morrison, Newton, St Hilaire I.Harris 4/5 6,695
    19 August 2007 Super League XII 24 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 22–26 Henderson, McKenna, Solomona I.Harris 5/5 6,824
    2 September 2007 Super League XII 25 Leeds H Odsal Stadium D 16–16 Evans, B.Harris, Lynch Deacon 2/4 18,195
    9 September 2007 Super League XII 26 Catalan H Odsal Stadium W 40–8 Halley, I.Harris, Morrison, McAvoy, Newton, Solomona, Vagana I.Harris 6/7 9,350
    14 September 2007 Super League XII 27 Hull FC A KC Stadium L 10–20 Solomona, Tupou I.Harris 1/2 14,402

    Challenge Cup

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    28 March 2007 Cup 4th Castleford H Odsal Stadium W 24–16 Morrison, Solomona, St Hilaire, Vainikolo Deacon 4/4 6,748
    13 May 2007 Cup 5th Wakefield A Belle Vue W 14–4 Vainikolo (2), Cook Deacon 1/3 3,700
    10 June 2007 Cup QF Huddersfield H Odsal Stadium W 52–20 B.Harris (2), Tupou (2), Burgess, Henderson, Newton, Solomona, St Hilaire Deacon 8/10 7,811
    28 July 2007 Cup SF St Helens H Odsal Stadium L 14–35 Evans, Tupou, Vagana Deacon 1/3 14,316

    Playoffs

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    21 September 2007 Play-offs EPO Wigan H Odsal Stadium L 30–31 Solomona (3), I.Harris, Tupou I.Harris 5/6 9,055

    2007 squad statistics

    For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls.
    No Player Position Tries Goals DG Points
    1 Marcus St Hilaire Fullback 7 0 0 28
    2 Nathan McAvoy Wing 1 0 0 4
    3 Ben Harris Centre 8 0 0 32
    4 Shontayne Hape Centre 5 0 0 20
    5 Lesley Vainikolo Wing 19 1 0 78
    6 Iestyn Harris Stand Off 5 26 0 72
    7 Paul Deacon Scrum-half 5 112 0 244
    8 Joe Vagana Prop 5 0 0 20
    9 Terry Newton Hooker 10 0 0 40
    10 Andy Lynch Prop 6 0 0 24
    11 Chris McKenna Second Row 4 0 0 16
    12 Glenn Morrison Second Row 11 0 0 44
    13 Jamie Langley Loose forward 11 0 0 44
    14 Chris Feather Prop 0 0 0 0
    15 Matt Cook Second Row 1 0 0 4
    16 Ian Henderson Hooker 7 0 0 28
    17 James Evans Centre 13 0 0 52
    18 Sam Burgess Loose forward 3 5 0 22
    19 Michael Platt Fullback 14 0 0 56
    20 Tame Tupou Wing 10 0 0 40
    22 Craig Kopczak Prop 0 0 0 0
    23 Matt James Prop 0 0 0 0
    24 Dave Halley Wing 3 0 0 12
    25 Jason Crookes Centre 0 0 0 0
    26 David Solomona Second Row 14 0 0 56
    27 Richard Hawkyard Scrum-half 1 0 0 4

    = Captain = Injured = Suspended

    References

    1. Dave Hadfield (2007-07-13). "Bradford docked two points over salary cap breach". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
    2. BBC Sport (2007-07-25). "Wigan lose points over salary cap". BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

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