# 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 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Leeds Rhinos (L, C) | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 805 | 453 | +352 | 42 | Play-offs |
| 2 | St Helens | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 733 | 466 | +267 | 38 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 690 | 416 | +274 | 36 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 650 | 516 | +134 | 35 | Play-offs |
| 5 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 685 | 609 | +76 | 32 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 659 | 551 | +108 | 30 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 645 | 702 | −57 | 28 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 613 | 660 | −47 | 26 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Bradford Bulls | 27 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 653 | 668 | −15 | 25 | |
| 10 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 649 | 705 | −56 | 24 | |
| 11 | Harlequins | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 591 | 691 | −100 | 22 | |
| 12 | Hull F.C. | 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 | |

## 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 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 (2), Platt, Worrincy | Sykes 3/4 | 6,516 |
| 17 April 2009 | Super League XIV | 10 | Warrington Wolves | 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 Trinity Wildcats | N | Murrayfield Stadium | W | 32-16 | Sykes (3), 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 (2) | Deacon 1/2 | 4,383 |
| 7 June 2009 | Super League XIV | 15 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | H | Odsal Stadium | W | 36-22 | Menzies (2), Nero (2), 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 (2), 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 (2), Halley, Morrison, Tadulala, Whitehead | Deacon 5/6 | 3,089 |
| 2 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 23 | Harlequins RL | H | Odsal Stadium | L | 14-22 | Nero, Sykes, Tadulala | Deacon 1/3 | 7,813 |
| 8 August 2009 | Super League XIV | 2 | Harlequins RL | 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 Giants | A | Galpharm Stadium | W | 28-18 | Nero (2), 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 (3), Langley (2), Tadulala (2), 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

LEGEND :
* Win
* Draw
* Loss
| 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 (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 |