2002 Bradford Bulls season

This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league club's 2002 season.

World beaters- 2002

Position	Pld	Won	Drew	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Differential	Points
3rd of (of 12)	30	0	24	6	956	564	392	48

The Bulls were crowned World Club Champions on 1 February 2002 after defeating Australian Premiers Newcastle Knights 41-26 in front of a crowd of 21,113 at Huddersfield's McAlpine Stadium. James Lowes was named as Man of the Match and Paul Deacon kicked eight goals from nine attempts plus a drop goal for a total of 17 points in the match, an individual scoring record for this competition. Bradford again controversially lost the Super League Grand Final to St Helens this time losing 19-18 in the last minute of the game.

A proposed takeover by of Wakefield RFC in January 2002 came to nothing.

1 Fixtures
2 2002 Player Statistics
3 Table
4 See also

Fixtures

Date	Opponent	Result	Bulls.	Opp.	Venue
02/02/02	Newcastle Knights	Won	41	26
09/02/02	Leeds Rhinos		4	17	Valley Parade
01/03/02	Wigan Warriors	Won	18	4
10/03/02	Warrington Wolves	Won	38	12	Valley Parade
24/03/02	Widnes Vikings	Won	22	16
28/03/02	Hull FC	Won	32	18	Valley Parade
01/04/02	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	44	12
07/04/02	London		14	15
20/04/02	St Helens	Won	54	22	Valley Parade
29/04/02	Salford City Reds	Won	44	18	Valley Parade
03/05/02	Castleford Tigers	Won	32	8
10/05/02	Leeds Rhinos		20	28
17/05/02	Halifax RLFC	Won	46	22	Valley Parade
24/05/02	Wigan Warriors	Won	28	26	Valley Parade
02/06/02	Warrington Wolves	Won	40	12
07/06/02	London Broncos	Won	22	12	Valley Parade
23/06/02	Salford City Reds	Won	48	10
28/06/02	St Helens		26	34
04/07/02	Widnes Vikings	Won	44	6	Valley Parade
12/07/02	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	36	18	Valley Parade
19/07/02	Hull FC	Won	25	24
26/07/02	Castleford Tigers	Won	40	18	Valley Parade
02/08/02	Leeds Rhinos	Won	46	18	Valley Parade
09/08/02	Halifax RLFC	Won	25	8
16/08/02	St Helens		22	22	Valley Parade
25/08/02	Castleford Tigers		14	44
01/09/02	London Broncos	Won	46	14	Valley Parade
06/09/02	Leeds Rhinos	Won	20	18
14/09/02	Wigan Warriors	Won	32	14	Valley Parade
20/09/02	Hull FC	Won	18	32
05/10/02	Bradford Bulls	Won	26	28
19/10/02	St Helens		18	19

2002 Player Statistics

2003 Player Statistics

No	Player	Pld	Tries	Goals	D Goal	Pts
1	Robbie Paul	26	12	1	0	50
2	Tevita Vaikona	26	19	0	0	76
3	Leon Pryce	22	9	0	0	36
4	Nathan McAvoy	26	14	0	0	56
5	Lesley Vainikolo	18	9	0	0	36
6	Michael Withers	21	17	8	1	85
7	Paul Deacon	26	5	140	1	301
8	Joe Vagana	28	1	0	0	4
9	James Lowes	25	9	0	0	36
10	Paul Anderson	15	3	0	0	12
11	Daniel Gartner	22	6	0	0	24
12	Jamie Peacock	26	2	0	0	8
13	Mike Forshaw	27	4	0	0	16
14	Lee Gilmour	23	9	0	0	36
15	Brandon Costin	19	7	0	0	28
16	Alex Wilkinson	2	0	0	0	0
18	Lee Radford	22	2	0	0	8
19	Jamie Langley	2	0	0	0	0
20	Scott Naylor	24	12	0	0	48
22	Brian McDermott	26	4	0	0	16
26	Paul Sykes	3	0	3	0	6
27	Rob Parker	11	0	0	0	0
29	Stuart Fielden	27	7	0	0	28
30	Richard Moore	9	0	0	0	0
		Totals	151	152	2	910

Table

2002 Final Table

Team	PLD	W	L	D	F	A	PTS
St Helens	28	23	5	0	927	522	46
Bradford	28	23	5	0	910	519	46
Wigan	28	19	8	1	817	475	39
Leeds	28	17	11	0	865	700	34
Hull	28	16	12	0	742	674	32
Castleford	28	14	12	2	736	615	30
Widnes	28	14	13	1	590	716	29
London	28	13	14	1	661	635	27
Halifax	28	8	20	0	558	856	16
Warrington	28	7	21	0	483	878	14
Wakefield	28	5	21	2	566	899	12
Salford	28	5	22	1	490	856	11

Bradford Bulls

Est. 1907 in Bradford, West Yorkshire

The Club	History (Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.) · Records (All time • Super League) • Honours · Coaches • Coaching staff · Internationals • Super League era • Super League era • Statistics • Former players • Academy • Officials

Home grounds	Greenfield Athletic Ground • Birch Lane • Grattan Stadium, Odsal • Valley Parade

Culture	[[]] · [[]]

Important Figures	Trevor Foster • Peter Hood

League	RFL · SL

Championships (6)	1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1997 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005

World Club Challenges (3)	2002 · 2004 · 2006

Challenge Cups (5)	1943–44 • 1946–47 • 1948–49 • 2000 • 2003

Seasons (105)	1900–01 • 1901–02 • 1902–03 • 1903–04 • 1904–05 • 1905–06 • 1906–07 • 1907–08 • 1908–09 • 1909–10 1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1915–16 • 1916–17 • 1917–18 • 1918–19 • 1919–20 1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30 1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40 1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50 1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996xx•xx1997xx•xx1998xx•xx1999 xx2000xx•xx2001xx•xx2002xx•xx2003xx•xx2004xx•xx2005xx•xx2006xx•xx2007xx•xx2008xx•xx2009xx xx2010xx•xx2011xx•xx2012xx•xx2013xx•xx2014xx•xx2015xx•xx2016xx•xx2017xx•xx2018xx•xx2019xx

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Preceded by Bradford Bulls 2001	Season Bradford Bulls 2002	Succeeded by Bradford Bulls 2003

2002 Bradford Bulls season

Contents

Fixtures

2002 Player Statistics

Table

See also