1999 Bradford Bulls season

The Bulls kicked off their 1999 season with a huge bang as they thrashed Workington Town 92–0 in the Challenge Cup. They progressed through to the quarter-finals by defeating Wakefield Wildcats 26–8.

March 1999

Bradford won their first Super League game of the year 18–6 against Sheffield Eagles. The Bulls progressed to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup by beating Warrington Wolves 52–16. Bradford's winning streak continued with an 8–3 win over Hull Sharks. Bradford's first loss of the season came in the Challenge Cup semi-final as they were beaten 23–10 by arch-rivals Leeds Rhinos.

April 1999

The Bulls didn't have to wait long to avenge the semi-final loss, the very next week Bradford beat Leeds 18–14 in front of a 16,000 plus crowd at Odsal which meant the Bulls retained 2nd place in the table. After the high of beating Leeds the Bulls came crashing back down to earth after suffering a 58–14 loss to St Helens. However they soon got their season back on track with a 26–16 win against Wakefield Wildcats at home, they followed this win with another victory, this time a 22–14 win away at Warrington Wolves. Bradford finished the month with a 20–2 win against fellow Yorkshire team Halifax Blue Sox.

May 1999

Bradford kicked May off with an 18–18 draw against Castleford Tigers which was the Bulls first draw in Super League history. The following week Bradford hammered Salford City Reds with a 46–6 victory, soon after the Bulls beat Gateshead Thunder 22–12 at the Thunderdome. In one of the Bulls best performances of the year they beat Wigan Warriors 19–2, keeping the Super League champions try less. Bradford's dominance throughout May ended with a 22–20 win against Huddersfield Giants.

June 1999

Bradford kicked off June with an outstanding 52–2 win against Sheffield Eagles. The Bulls great run of form continued with an astonishing 74–12 win against London Broncos at Odsal Stadium, however they were soon brought to a low as they crashed to a 45–16 loss against arch rivals Leeds Rhinos. They didn't let this heavy defeat get them down as they took St Helens apart the following week and won 46–22 ensuring that they stayed at the top of the league.

July 1999

The Bulls beat Wakefield Wildcats 36–8 in the first game in July, this win kept them at the top of the table. They followed this win with a clinical performance against Huddersfield Giants and came out 26–0 winners. Bradford's good run of results continued with an outstanding 56–6 win against Warrington Wolves. They travelled to Halifax RLFC and beat them 34–20 in a tough match to make sure their status as league leaders was intact, this continued with a 24–22 win against Castleford Tigers. The next match saw the Bulls beat London Broncos 19–16 in a hard fought game at Welford Road.

August 1999

Bradford started off August with a comprehensive 58–20 win over Salford City Reds. Gateshead Thunder was the next to lose in the Bulls run of impressive victories as Bradford beat them 30–14. Bradford's long run of successive wins was brought to and end as Wigan Warriors beat the Bulls 14–0 which makes it the first time in Super League history that the Bulls have been scoreless in a game. However they bounced back a week later to thrash Sheffield Eagles 52–4. Bradford then beat Hull Sharks 44–12 to ensure that they stayed at the top of the league and would be Super League minor premiers for the 1999 season.

September 1999

Bradford beat their arch-rivals Leeds Rhinos 19–18 with a last minute drop goal from Michael Withers in front of a 24,020 crowd at Odsal Stadium. The Bulls finished off the regular season with a 25–16 loss to St Helens however Bradford were awarded the League Leader's Shield for finishing top of the league. Bradford once again faced St Helens but this time in the Qualifying Semi-final, Bradford beat the Saints 40–4 with Henry Paul pulling the strings and contributing by scoring 2 tries. However Saints were to get their revenge as they beat Bradford 8–6 in a hard fought Grand Final with Henry Paul scoring all 6 of Bradford's points.

1999 milestones

CCR4: Nathan McAvoy scored his 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
CCR4: Michael Withers scored his 1st try, 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
CCR4: Nick Zisti and Stuart Fielden scored their 1st tries for the Bulls.
CCR5: Henry Paul scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
Round 1: Henry Paul kicked his 1st goal for the Bulls.
CCQF: Tevita Vaikona scored his 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
CCQF: David Boyle and Scott Naylor scored their 1st tries for the Bulls.
Round 5: Steve McNamara kicked his 300th goal for the Bulls.
Round 9: Leon Pryce scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
Round 11: Robbie Paul scored his 50th try and reaches 200 points for the Bulls.
Round 11: Paul Deacon kicked his 1st drop-goal for the Bulls.
Round 13: Jamie Peacock scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
Round 13: Steve McNamara reached 700 points for the Bulls.
Round 14: Paul Deacon reached 100 points for the Bulls.
Round 14: Mike Forshaw scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
Round 15: Nathan McAvoy scored his 2nd four-try haul and 2nd hat-trick for the Bulls.
Round 18: James Lowes reached 200 points for the Bulls.
Round 18: Phil Howlett scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
Round 20: Brian McDermott scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
Round 20: James Lowes scored his 50th try for the Bulls.
Round 24: Steve McNamara reached 800 points for the Bulls.
Round 27: Brian McDermott scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls.
Round 28: Michael Withers scored his 2nd four-try haul and 2nd hat-trick for the Bulls.
Round 29: Tevita Vaikona scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls.
Round 29: Michael Withers kicked his 1st drop-goal for the Bulls.
Qualifying Semi-final: Henry Paul reached 100 points for the Bulls.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bradford Bulls	30	25	1	4	897	445	+452	51
2	St Helens	30	23	0	7	1034	561	+473	46
3	Leeds Rhinos	30	22	1	7	910	558	+352	45
4	Wigan Warriors	30	21	1	8	877	390	+487	43
5	Castleford Tigers	30	19	3	8	712	451	+261	41
6	Gateshead Thunder	30	19	1	10	775	576	+199	39
7	Warrington Wolves	30	15	1	14	700	717	−17	31
8	London Broncos	30	13	2	15	644	708	−64	28
9	Halifax Blue Sox	30	11	0	19	573	792	−219	22
10	Sheffield Eagles	30	10	1	19	518	818	−300	21
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	30	10	0	20	608	795	−187	20
12	Salford City Reds	30	6	1	23	526	916	−390	13
13	Hull Sharks	30	5	0	25	422	921	−499	10
14	Huddersfield Giants	30	5	0	25	463	1011	−548	10

Play-offs

1999 fixtures and results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

1999 JJB Sports Super League

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
7 March 1999	Super League IV	1	Sheffield	H	Odsal Stadium	W	18–6	Lowes, McAvoy, Withers	H.Paul 3/3	12,044
21 March 1999	Super League IV	2	Hull FC	A	The Boulevard	W	8–3	McAvoy	McNamara 2/2	6,577
1 April 1999	Super League IV	3	Leeds	H	Odsal Stadium	W	18–14	Forshaw, H.Paul, R.Paul	McNamara 1/1, H.Paul 2/2	16,049
5 April 1999	Super League IV	4	St Helens	A	Knowsley Road	L	14–58	Dwyer, Harmon	Deacon 3/3	15,042
11 April 1999	Super League IV	5	Wakefield	H	Odsal Stadium	W	26–16	Boyle, Lowes, Naylor, D.Peacock	McNamara 5/5	11,802
18 April 1999	Super League IV	6	Warrington	A	Wilderspool Stadium	W	22–14	Boyle, Naylor, Spruce, Withers	H.Paul 3/4	7,591
23 April 1999	Super League IV	7	Halifax	H	Odsal Stadium	W	20–2	Fielden, McAvoy, Vaikona, Withers	McNamara 2/4	11,103
3 May 1999	Super League IV	8	Castleford	A	The Jungle	D	18–18	McNamara, R.Paul	McNamara 5/5	10,122
9 May 1999	Super League IV	9	Salford	H	Odsal Stadium	W	46–6	Spruce (2), Jowitt, McAvoy, McDermott, McNamara, R.Paul, Pryce	McNamara 4/5, Deacon 3/3	11,863
16 May 1999	Super League IV	10	Gateshead	A	Thunderdome	W	22–12	Jowitt, H.Paul, Pryce	McNamara 1/1, Deacon 2/2, H.Paul 2/2	6,631
22 May 1999	Super League IV	11	Wigan	H	Odsal Stadium	W	19–2	R.Paul, Withers	McNamara 1/1, Deacon 4/4, Deacon 1 DG	13,476
30 May 1999	Super League IV	12	Huddersfield	H	Odsal Stadium	W	22–20	Fielden, Lowes, Pryce, Spruce	Deacon 3/4	11,032
5 June 1999	Super League IV	13	Sheffield	A	Saltergate	W	52–2	Spruce (2), Boyle, Lowes, McAvoy, McDermott, R.Paul, J.Peacock, Pryce	Deacon 3/3, H.Paul 3/3, McNamara 2/3	4,801
9 June 1999	Super League IV	14	London	H	Odsal Stadium	W	74–12	Forshaw (3), J.Peacock (2), Spruce (2), Deacon, Fielden, McAvoy, Naylor, R.Paul, Withers	Deacon 6/7, H.Paul 5/6	9,575
13 June 1999	Super League IV	15	Hull FC	H	Odsal Stadium	W	42–14	McAvoy (4), R.Paul (2), Fielden	McNamara 5/5, Deacon 2/3	11,757
18 June 1999	Super League IV	16	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	16–45	H.Paul (2), Boyle	McNamara 1/2, H.Paul 1/1	21,666
25 June 1999	Super League IV	17	St Helens	H	Odsal Stadium	W	46–22	Lowes (2), Pryce (2), Forshaw, McAvoy, Naylor, H.Paul, Spruce	Deacon 3/5, McNamara 2/4	15,107
2 July 1999	Super League IV	18	Wakefield	A	Belle Vue	W	36–8	Lowes (2), Boyle, Donougher, Howlett, J.Peacock	McNamara 5/5, Deacon 1/1	4,685
7 July 1999	Super League IV	19	Huddersfield	A	McAlpine Stadium	W	26–0	Lowes, McNamara, Naylor, Withers	McNamara 5/5	6,581
11 July 1999	Super League IV	20	Warrington	H	Odsal Stadium	W	56–6	McDermott (3), Jowitt (2), Anderson, Lowes, Pryce, Spruce	McNamara 10/10	13,063
18 July 1999	Super League IV	21	Halifax	A	The Shay	W	34–20	Lowes (2), Vaikona (2), Fielden, Spruce	McNamara 5/6	9,342
25 July 1999	Super League IV	22	Castleford	H	Odsal Stadium	W	24–22	Lowes, McAvoy, H.Paul, Spruce	McNamara 4/4	13,824
28 July 1999	Super League IV	23	London	A	Welford Road	W	19–16	Boyle, McAvoy, Withers	McNamara 3/3, McNamara 1 DG	8,233
1 August 1999	Super League IV	24	Salford	A	The Willows	W	58–20	J.Peacock (2), Spruce (2), Withers (2), Boyle, Howlett, McAvoy, McNamara, H.Paul	McNamara 6/9, Deacon 1/2	6,680
8 August 1999	Super League IV	25	Gateshead	H	Odsal Stadium	W	30–14	Boyle (2), Pryce (2), Lowes, Withers	H.Paul 2/3, McNamara 1/3	12,492
13 August 1999	Super League IV	26	Wigan	A	JJB Stadium	L	0–14	–	–	10,734
22 August 1999	Super League IV	27	Sheffield	H	Odsal Stadium	W	52–4	Vaikona (2), Anderson, Donougher, Forshaw, McDermott, Naylor, H.Paul, Withers	McNamara 8/9	11,029
29 August 1999	Super League IV	28	Hull FC	A	The Boulevard	W	44–12	Withers (4), Pryce (2), Boyle, Vaikona	McNamara 6/8	5,036
3 September 1999	Super League IV	29	Leeds	H	Odsal Stadium	W	19–18	McAvoy, Pryce, Vaikona	McNamara 3/3, Withers 1 DG	24,020
10 September 1999	Super League IV	30	St Helens	A	Knowsley Road	L	16–25	Fielden, McNamara, R.Paul	McNamara 2/3	8,490

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
14 February 1999	Cup	4th	Workington	H	Odsal Stadium	W	92–0	McAvoy (4), Withers (4), Lowes (2), Zisti (2), Deacon, Fielden, McDermott, R.Paul, Vaikona	Deacon 12/17	7,593
28 February 1999	Cup	5th	Wakefield	A	Belle Vue Stadium	W	26–8	Fielden, Lowes, McNamara, H.Paul	Deacon 3/3, McNamara 2/2	7,385
14 March 1999	Cup	QF	Warrington	H	Odsal Stadium	W	52–16	Vaikona (4), Boyle, Forshaw, Naylor, R.Paul, Spruce, Withers	H.Paul 6/10	10,430
28 March 1999	Cup	SF	Leeds	N	McAlpine Stadium	L	10–23	Boyle, Lowes	H.Paul 1/2	23,438

Playoffs

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
26 September 1999	Play-offs	QSF	St Helens	H	Odsal Stadium	W	40–4	H.Paul (2), Fielden, Naylor, Vaikona, Withers	McNamara 7/7, Deacon 1/1	16,162
9 October 1999	Play-offs	GF	St Helens	N	Old Trafford	L	6–8	H.Paul	H.Paul 1/1	50,717

1999 squad statistics

For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls.

Appearances and Points include (Super League,Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 2012.

No	Player	Position	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Robbie Paul	Fullback	11	0	0	44
2	Tevita Vaikona	Wing	13	0	0	52
3	Danny Peacock	Centre	1	0	0	4
4	Nathan McAvoy	Centre	19	0	0	76
5	Michael Withers	Wing	21	0	1	85
6	Henry Paul	Stand Off	12	29	0	106
7	Paul Deacon	Scrum-half	2	47	1	103
8	Neil Harmon	Prop	1	0	0	4
9	James Lowes	Hooker	18	0	0	72
10	Paul Anderson	Prop	2	0	0	8
11	Jeremy Donougher	Second Row	2	0	0	8
12	Mike Forshaw	Second Row	7	0	0	28
13	Steve McNamara	Loose forward	6	98	1	221
14	Nick Zisti	Wing	2	0	0	8
15	David Boyle	Second Row	12	0	0	48
16	Warren Jowitt	Prop	4	0	0	16
17	Leon Pryce	Wing	12	0	0	48
18	Lee Radford	Wing	0	0	0	0
19	Jamie Peacock	Second Row	6	0	0	24
20	Scott Naylor	Centre	8	0	0	32
22	Brian McDermott	Prop	7	0	0	28
23	Bernard Dwyer	Second Row	1	0	0	4
25	Phil Howlett	Wing	2	0	0	8
26	Paul Sykes	Centre	0	0	0	0
28	Stuart Spruce	Fullback	15	0	0	60
29	Stuart Fielden	Prop	9	0	0	36

= Captain = Injured = Suspended

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