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.
Season Review
February 2009March 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
2009 Fixtures and results
2009 Engage Super League| Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att |
| 15 February 2009 | Super League XIV | 1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | H | Odsal Stadium | D | 13-13 | Nero, Tadulala | Deacon 2/2, Deacon 1 DG | 12,141 |
| 27 February 2009 | Super League XIV | 3 | Huddersfield Giants | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 12-16 | Morrison | Deacon 4/4 | 10,186 |
| 7 March 2009 | Super League XIV | 4 | Wigan Warriors | A | JJB Stadium | L | 10-44 | Menzies, Sheriffe | Deacon 1/2 | 12,588 |
| 15 March 2009 | Super League XIV | 5 | Hull F.C. | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 24-36 | Jeffries, Menzies, Sheriffe, Tadulala | Deacon 4/4 | 11,327 |
| 21 March 2009 | Super League XIV | 6 | Catalans Dragons | 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 Tigers | 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 Rhinos | H | Odsal Stadium | W | 10-6 | Sheriffe, Worrincy | Sykes 1/4 | 14,554 |
| 13 April 2009 | Super League XIV | 9 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | A | Belle Vue | L | 22-24 | Menzies, Platt, Worrincy | Sykes 3/4 | 6,516 |
| 17 April 2009 | Super League XIV | 10 | Warrington Wolves | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 22-58 | Solomona, Jeffries, Platt | Sykes 3/4 | 8,643 |
| 24 April 2009 | Super League XIV | 11 | St. Helens | A | Knowsley Road | W | 34-30 | Tadulala, Worrincy, Burgess, Kopczak | Sykes 5/6 | 14,000 |
| 2 May 2009 | Super League XIV | 12 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | N | Murrayfield Stadium | W | 32-16 | Sykes, Menzies, Newton, Worrincy | Deacon 4/6 | 29,627 |
| 17 May 2009 | Super League XIV | 13 | Celtic Crusaders | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 24-30 | Lynch, Menzies, Sykes, Worrincy | Deacon 4/4 | 7,602 |
| 22 May 2009 | Super League XIV | 14 | Salford City Reds | A | The Willows | L | 10-18 | Sykes | Deacon 1/2 | 4,383 |
| 7 June 2009 | Super League XIV | 15 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | H | Odsal Stadium | W | 36-22 | Menzies, Nero, Rinaldi | Deacon 8/8 | 8,387 |
| 14 June 2009 | Super League XIV | 16 | Warrington Wolves | 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 Rhinos | A | Headingley Stadium | L | 20-33 | Deacon, Menzies, Tadulala | Deacon 4/5 | 17,824 |
| 5 July 2009 | Super League XIV | 19 | Castleford Tigers | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 38-40 | Jeffries, Burgess, Halley, Scruton, Tadulala, Worrincy | Deacon 4/6, Sykes 1/1 | 8,971 |
| 12 July 2009 | Super League XIV | 20 | Hull Kingston Rovers | A | Craven Park | L | 12-32 | Halley, Worrincy | Deacon 1/1, Sykes 1/1 | 8,206 |
| 19 July 2009 | Super League XIV | 21 | Wigan Warriors | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 14-20 | Donaldson, Nero | Deacon 3/3 | 9,487 |
| 25 July 2009 | Super League XIV | 22 | Celtic Crusaders | A | Brewery Field | W | 34-12 | Lynch, Halley, Morrison, Tadulala, Whitehead | Deacon 5/6 | 3,089 |
| 2 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 23 | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 14-22 | Nero, Sykes, Tadulala | Deacon 1/3 | 7,813 | |
| 8 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 2 | A | Twickenham Stoop | W | 42-18 | Halley, Burgess, Godwin, Menzies, Worrincy | Deacon 7/7 | 3,112 | |
| 16 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 24 | Huddersfield Giants | A | Galpharm Stadium | W | 28-18 | Nero, Platt, Sykes | Deacon 6/6 | 7,982 |
| 23 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 25 | Catalans Dragons | 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 City Reds | H | Odsal Stadium | W | 44-18 | Nero, Langley, Tadulala, Lynch | Deacon 6/8 | 8,167 |
| 11 September 2009 | Super League XIV | 27 | Hull F.C. | A | KC Stadium | W | 21-18 | Deacon, Donaldson, Worrincy | Deacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG | 10,412 |
Challenge Cup
| Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att |
| 5 April 2009 | Cup | 4th | Catalans Dragons | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 38-40 | Cook, Halley, Menzies, Nero, Sheriffe, Sykes, Tadulala | Deacon 5/7 | 6,450 |
2009 squad statistics
- Appearances and Points include 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 |