Bradford Bulls 2004
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World Champions - 2004
| Position | Pld | Won | Drew | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Differential | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of (of 12) | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 918 | 555 | 353 | 41 |
Bradford Bulls regained the World Club Challenge in 2004 by beating the NRL champions Penrith Panthers 22–4 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. They also beat Leeds Rhinos in the play-offs to reach the Grand Final, only to meet their arch-rivals two weeks later at Old Trafford in front of a record grand final crowd of 67,000. This time Bradford were beaten by Leeds 16–8. 2004 was also a superb year for the ‘The Volcano’ Lesley Vainikolo as he smashed the Super League try scoring record with a total of 37 tries from 26 appearances. This achievement started in the first round of the regular Super League season as he crossed the try line on five separate occasions against Wigan Warriors to equal the record for the total number of tries in a Super League game.
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[edit] Fixtures
| Date | Round | Opponent | Result | Bulls. | Opp. | Venue | Crowd | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/02/04 | WCC | Penrith Panthers | Won | 22 | 4 | Galpharm Stadium | |||
| 20/02/04 | 1 | Wigan Warriors | Won | 34 | 6 | Grattan Stadium | |||
| 29/02/04 | CCR4 | St Helens | 10 | 30 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 07/03/04 | 2 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Won | 40 | 6 | ||||
| 21/03/04 | Huddersfield Giants | Won | 20 | 6 | |||||
| 02/04/04 | Salford City Reds | Won | 25 | 18 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 08/04/04 | Leeds Rhinos | 18 | 26 | Headingley | |||||
| 12/04/04 | St Helens | Won | 54 | 8 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 23/04/04 | Hull FC | 18 | 26 | Grattan Stadium | |||||
| 27/04/04 | Warrington Wolves | Drew | 22 | 22 | Warrington | ||||
| 03/05/04 | London Broncos | Won | 24 | 12 | |||||
| 09/05/04 | Castleford Tigers | Won | 44 | 18 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 23/05/04 | Widnes Vikings | Won | 30 | 20 | |||||
| 29/05/04 | St Helens | 30 | 35 | ||||||
| 05/06/04 | Leeds Rhinos | 12 | 26 | Grattan Stadium | |||||
| 13/06/04 | Salford | Won | 35 | 28 | |||||
| 20/06/04 | Huddersfield Giants | Won | 40 | 12 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 27/06/04 | Widnes Vikings | Won | 38 | 30 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 04/07/04 | Castleford Tigers | Won | 60 | 12 | |||||
| 11/07/04 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Won | 36 | 26 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 16/07/04 | Wigan Warriors | 16 | 32 | ||||||
| 25/07/04 | London Broncos | Won | 44 | 16 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 01/08/04 | Hull FC | 14 | 25 | Grattan Stadium | |||||
| 08/08/04 | Warrington Wolves | Won | 36 | 22 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 13/08/04 | Wigan Warriors | Won | 38 | 12 | Grattan Stadium | ||||
| 22/08/04 | Leeds Rhinos | 40 | 12 | ||||||
| 30/08/04 | 25 | Hull FC | Won | 26 | 12 | KC Stadium | |||
| 05/09/04 | 26 | London Broncos | Won | 60 | 18 | Grattan Stadium | |||
| 12/09/04 | 27 | Warrington Wolves | Won | 28 | 27 | ||||
| 17/09/04 | 28 | St Helens | Won | 64 | 24 | Grattan Stadium | |||
| 02/10/04 | SLSF | Leeds Rhinos | Won | 26 | 12 | ||||
| 16/10/04 | SLGF | Leeds Rhinos | 8 | 16 | Old Trafford |
[edit] Squad
2004 Player Statistics(Super League Only)
| No | Player | Position | Pld | Tries | Goals | D Goal | YC | RC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie Paul | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| 2 | Tevita Vaikona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
| 3 | Leon Pryce | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | ||
| 4 | Shontayne Hape | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| 5 | Lesley Vainikolo | 24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
| 6 | Michael Withers | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 44 | ||
| 7 | Paul Deacon | 26 | 7 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 270 | |
| 8 | Joe Vagana | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Paul Anderson | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Lee Radford | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Jamie Peacock | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 13 | Logan Swann | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 14 | Toa Kohe-Love | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Karl Pratt | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| 16 | Paul Johnson | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | |
| 17 | Stuart Reardon | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | |
| 18 | Iestyn Harris | 11 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| 19 | Jamie Langley | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| 20 | Matt Cook | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | Karl Pryce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Vinny Myler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Aaron Smith | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 25 | Brett Ferres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Chris Bridge | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| 27 | Rob Parker | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| 28 | Nicky Saxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Stuart Fielden | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 30 | Richard Moore | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Richard Colley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Andy Smith | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 160 | 137 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 918 |
[edit] Table
Premiership Table
Final Premiership table for the 2004 season.
| Team | PLD | W | L | D | F | A | PTS |
| Leeds | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1037 | 443 | 50 |
| Bradford | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 918 | 565 | 41 |
| Hull | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 843 | 478 | 40 |
| Wigan | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 736 | 558 | 38 |
| St Helens | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 821 | 662 | 35 |
| Wakefield | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 788 | 662 | 30 |
| Huddersfield | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 518 | 757 | 24 |
| Warrington | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 700 | 715 | 21 |
| Salford | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 507 | 828 | 16 |
| London | 28 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 561 | 968 | 15 |
| Widnes | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 466 | 850 | 14 |
| Castleford | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 515 | 924 | 12 |
[edit] See also
| Bradford Bulls |
|---|
| The Club Representatives • History • Statistics • Honours • Players |
| Seasons 1996 • 1997 •1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002• 2003 2004• 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 •2011 |
| Stadiums Greenfield Athletic Ground • Birth Lane • Grattan Stadium • Valley Parade |
| Captains Robbie Paul (1996-2004) • Jamie Peacock (2005) Iestyn Harris (2006) • Paul Deacon (2007 -present) |
| Coaches David Hobbs (1990 - 1993) • Peter Fox (1993-1995) Brian Smith (1995-1996) • Matthew Elliott (1996-2000) Brian Noble (2001-2006) • Steve McNamara (2006 - present) |
| Preceded by Bradford Bulls 2003 |
Season Bradford Bulls 2004 |
Succeeded by Bradford Bulls 2005 |
