2009 Bradford Bulls season

Super League XIV

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

Paul Deacon

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. 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.
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

Super League XIV
	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

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	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

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

For more details on this topic, see 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

= Captain = Injured = Suspended

References

External links

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