2006 Bradford Bulls season

This article details Bradford Bulls rugby league club's 2006 season.

1 New Era - 2006
2 Fixtures
3 2006 Player Statistics
4 Table
5 See also

New Era - 2006

Position	Pld	Won	Drew	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Differential	Points
4th of (of 12)	28	16	2	10	802	568	234	32

The Bulls started the 2006 season by beating Wests Tigers 30-10 in the World Club Challenge Match at the Galpharm Stadium. This was their third such win in four years. Coach Brian Noble left Bradford to coach relegation threatened Wigan Warriors on 20 April 2006, Steve McNamara took over as head coach. Stuart Fielden followed Noble, moving to Wigan for a record fee of £450,000. McNamara's finest hour so far may have been the 20-18 defeat of St Helens at Odsal in June, which proved to be Fielden's last match for the Bulls.

Bradford Bulls didn't reach the Grand Final for the 1st time in 6 years, going out to Hull in the Final Eliminator.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Opponent	Result	Bulls.	Opp.	Venue
03/02/06	WCC	Wests Tigers	Won	30	10	Galpharm Stadium
12/02/06	1	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	20	14
18/02/06	2	Harlequins RL	Draw	18	18
24/02/06	3	Salford City Reds	Won	34	4
4/03/06	4	Catalans Dragons	Won	50	18
10/03/06	5	Hull	Won	18	12
17/03/06	6	St Helens		38	16
24/03/06	7	Wigan Warriors	Won	34	12
01/04/06	CCR4	Hull	Won	23	12
08/04/06	8	Warrington Wolves		18	22
13/04/06	9	Leeds Rhinos	Won	20	18
18/04/06	10	Huddersfield Giants	Won	52	12
23/04/06	11	Warrington Wolves		4	27
28/04/06	12	Catalans Dragons	Won	54	6
05/05/06	13	Hull		12	28
13/05/06	14	Harlequins RL	Won	58	16
20/05/06	CCR5	St Helens		18	42
26/05/06	15	Leeds Rhinos		0	30
11/06/06	16	Castleford Tigers	Draw	26	26
16/06/06	17	St Helens	Won	20	18
23/06/06	18	Huddersfield Giants	Won	42	16
30/06/06	19	Salford City Reds		16	17
07/07/06	20	Leeds Rhinos		24	26
14/07/06	21	Catalans Dragons	Won	30	16
21/07/06	22	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	42	20
04/08/06	23	Warrington Wolves	Won	50	22
12/08/06	24	Harlequins RL		26	28
18/08/06	25	Castleford Tigers	Won	48	10
01/09/06	26	Wigan Warriors		16	38
08/09/06	27	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats		12	20
17/09/06	28	Huddersfield Giants	Won	42	30
23/09/06	PO	Salford City Reds	Won	52	6
30/09/06	PO	Warrington Wolves	Won	40	24
06/10/06	PO	Hull		12	19

2006 Player Statistics

No	Player	Pld	Tries	Goals	YC	Pts
1	Michael Withers	24	7	0	0	28
2	Marcus Bai	21	9	0	0	36
3	Ben Harris	26	12	1	0	50
4	Shontayne Hape	28	17	0	0	68
5	Lesley Vainikolo	21	17	0	0	68
6	Iestyn Harris	27	4	10	1	36
7	Paul Deacon	25	5	100	0	220
8	Joe Vagana	28	2	0	0	8
9	Ian Henderson	26	2	0	1	8
10	Brad Meyers	19	4	0	0	16
11	Chris McKenna	21	2	0	0	8
12	Paul Johnson	11	1	0	0	4
13	Terry Newton	17	5	0	1	20
14	Andy Lynch	28	8	0	0	32
15	Stanley Gene	21	7	0	0	28
16	Jamie Langley	26	4	0	0	16
17	Karl Pryce	21	17	0	0	68
18	Adam Watene	4	0	0	0	0
19	Brett Ferres	25	8	2	1	36
20	Matt Cook	8	0	0	0	0
22	Nicky Saxton	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ryan Atkins	0	0	0	0	0
24	Antony Tonks	0	0	0	0	0
25	Matty Brooks	0	0	0	0	0
26	Matt James	4	0	0	0	0
27	Dave Halley	0	0	0	0	0
28	Craig Kopczak	4	0	0	0	0
29	Stuart Fielden	17	4	0	0	16
30	Sam Burgess	6	1	0	0	4
31	Marcus St Hilaire	15	7	0	0	28
32	Andy Smith	5	1	0	0	4
Totals			144	113	4	802

Table

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points Diff	Points
1	St Helens	28	24	0	4	939	430	509	48
2	Hull	28	20	0	8	720	578	142	40
3	Leeds Rhinos	28	19	0	9	869	543	326	38
4	Bradford Bulls††	28	16	2	10	802	568	234	32
5	Salford City Reds	28	13	0	15	600	539	61	26
6	Warrington Wolves	28	13	0	15	743	721	22	26
7	Harlequins RL	28	11	1	16	556	823	-267	23
8	Wigan Warriors††	28	12	0	16	664	715	-71	22
9	Huddersfield Giants	28	11	0	17	609	753	-114	22
10	Wakefield Wildcats	28	10	0	18	591	717	-126	20
11	Castleford Tigers	28	9	1	18	575	968	-393	19
12	Catalans Dragons†	28	8	0	20	601	894	-293	16

↑ Catalans Dragons were exempt form relegation in 2006 so if they finished bottom of the league the team in 11th place would be relegated.

†† Deducted 2 points for breach of the salary cap in 2005.

Preceded by Bradford Bulls 2005	Season Bradford Bulls 2006	Succeeded by Bradford Bulls 2007

Bradford Bulls

Est. 1907 in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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2006 Bradford Bulls season

Contents

New Era - 2006

Fixtures

2006 Player Statistics

Table

See also