2004 Bradford Bulls season

This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league club's 2004 season.

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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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

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

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

References

Preceded by
Bradford Bulls 2003
Season
Bradford Bulls

2004
Succeeded by
Bradford Bulls 2005