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Bulls 42 Hull FC 14
4:39pm Sunday 17th August 2008
Skipper Paul Deacon returned from injury to inspire his Bulls side to victory.
The ex-Great Britain scrum-half produced some real quality moments in what was largely a low standard Super League match.
His brilliant individual try finally made sure of success on the hour mark after his boot had also played a part in scores for James Evans and Matt Cook.
The Bulls were 12-0 up after just four minutes courtesy of tries from Evans and Terry Newton, both converted by their returning captain.
But they never kicked on in a lacklustre first period where both sides struggled to produce much momentum.
Bulls Semi Tadulala and Hull’s Jamie Thackray were sin-binned for fighting and it was the visitors who struck when both sides were down to 12.
They had already responded through Motu Tony before Matt Sing finished off Craig Hall’s break, Hall adding the extras to see his side trail just 12-10 at the turnaround.
But ex-Hull hooker Wayne Godwin got Bradford off to a flier just after the re-start and - although Great Britain centre Kirk Yeaman hit back - it was then all one way as the Bulls found their groove.
Matt Cook finished off a well-worked move involving Deacon on 53 minutes and then the No7 craftily jinxed his way through before stepping Tony and speeding to the line himself.
Bradford, whose top six spot is now all but confirmed, finished strongest with both David Solomona and Craig Kopczak held up over the whitewash before Joe Vagana showed them how it’s done, bulldozing in for his first of the season.
Ben Jeffries hacked on a loose ball just before the hooter for their seventh of the afternoon, the excellent Deacon maintaining his 100 per cent record converting to finish with a personal haul of 18 points.
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harigeorgeson, Morley says...
7:36pm Sun 17 Aug 08
He is a real leader of men & I predict that we will not be crowned Superleague Champions of 2008.
oddshapedballs, eccleshill says...
8:28pm Sun 17 Aug 08
micksey, Wibsey says...
8:34pm Sun 17 Aug 08
oddshapedballs, eccleshill says...
8:53pm Sun 17 Aug 08
As for Langley I have never been a massive fan but I think now is the time to give him a rest and bring in some young blood. Deacon for World cup!!!
haitch, Lincolnshire says...
9:23pm Sun 17 Aug 08
damo37, wibsey says...
9:31pm Sun 17 Aug 08
damo37, wibsey says...
9:32pm Sun 17 Aug 08
damo37, wibsey says...
9:32pm Sun 17 Aug 08
stever, wibsey says...
10:32pm Sun 17 Aug 08
soulman, baildon says...
10:57pm Sun 17 Aug 08
andy j, liversedge says...
11:48pm Sun 17 Aug 08
micksey, Wibsey says...
8:37am Mon 18 Aug 08
Gumshoe, Queensbury says...
11:40am Mon 18 Aug 08
A few decent performances from individuals, Deacs, Finnigan, Lynch, Joe and co but also some not so good, Langley and Newton were dreadful as was our overall shape on offence, we had backs to the ball, dummy half did not know where to go, standing way too flat (Langley). Halley did v well at FB especially picking up moving balls which Platt would have been fumbling about with. Nero first half poor, 2nd half much better and made some quality breaks alongside Sol but need to do it for 80 mins every game. Hate to say it but at times we missed Harris....
Cracking right hander from Semi on ginger whinger Thackray!!!!
Need to improve further for KR whos tails will be up from beating Wolves.
Mickster, Bradford says...
12:25pm Mon 18 Aug 08
oddshapedballs wrote:lol, have you heard this guy, one good game from Deacon and he's tuggng away over him.
Mickster, Damo where are you now. Mickster with your super league experience with Bowling wasn't it and Damo with your wrestling I bow down to your nsuperior knowlege. I have been saying that Deacon makes us play completely different and keeps us moving forward. But no you are totally correct he is cr@p and not worth the shirt. Oh you are so right he does nothing for the team you are so right and not one bit wrong.
You must somehow forget all the other garbage performances from the guy.
lol, what a chump.
Having said that, Deacon did have a very good game, alongside a few others, Cook was immese again and even Zero started to get stuck in. Tadulala is a workhorse and really aggressive. I like the guy.
theviking52, shaw says...
2:47pm Mon 18 Aug 08
so why not give up slagging city off and put it to bed.
as a bradfordians we should be behind both pro teams.
theviking52, shaw says...
2:51pm Mon 18 Aug 08
Mickster, Bradford says...
4:27pm Mon 18 Aug 08
theviking52 wrote:Maybe 3 years ago whe he wast past it and hehad plnty of other quality players around him.
mickster, deacons good games far outway his bad.
e's done nothing since 2005.
cj, ey says...
6:34pm Mon 18 Aug 08
why is it very few people sing? i keep trying but it's hard to keep it up when you're on your own, so to speak. everyone is complaining about lack of atmosphere but no one wants to join in with the chants. come on you lot lets make plenty of noise next week and improve the atmosphere!
Mickster, Bradford says...
7:34pm Mon 18 Aug 08
cj wrote:Yeah, we arnt very vocal in terms of chanting. I wonder if its because of the same old boring mundane 'Come on you Bulls'. We dont have any fun songs to sing really.
sorry but i have to disagree with those that thought halley had a good game at fb. i thought he was woeful going forward, he never breaks the line and doesn't us his speed going forward, he runs sideways giving the defence time to catch him. so i'd rather see platt there, halleys ok at picking the ball up but he's just too light and submissive. not a great performance but the 2 points are welcome. i thought we couldn't finish better than 6th?why is it very few people sing? i keep trying but it's hard to keep it up when you're on your own, so to speak. everyone is complaining about lack of atmosphere but no one wants to join in with the chants. come on you lot lets make plenty of noise next week and improve the atmosphere!
I actually stood in the Hull end for the first time, its very different and to be fair, the noise comeing from the pop side is a bit louder than I imagined.
andy j, liversedge says...
9:48pm Mon 18 Aug 08
cj wrote:hi cj, we are 0n 24 points in 6th wigan are on 28 points in 5th, our last two games hull kr and cas, wigans last two games are leeds and saints and we have a 68 points advantage over them.
sorry but i have to disagree with those that thought halley had a good game at fb. i thought he was woeful going forward, he never breaks the line and doesn't us his speed going forward, he runs sideways giving the defence time to catch him. so i'd rather see platt there, halleys ok at picking the ball up but he's just too light and submissive. not a great performance but the 2 points are welcome. i thought we couldn't finish better than 6th?why is it very few people sing? i keep trying but it's hard to keep it up when you're on your own, so to speak. everyone is complaining about lack of atmosphere but no one wants to join in with the chants. come on you lot lets make plenty of noise next week and improve the atmosphere!
Mickster, Bradford says...
9:56pm Mon 18 Aug 08
andy j, liversedge says...
10:45pm Mon 18 Aug 08
Mickster wrote:i agree mickster, and weve already beaten them on there patch this season.
I think I would rather play Catalans than Wolves. I think they arereally struggling for form at the minute.
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Blotto, Ilkley says...
7:23pm Sun 17 Aug 08
Overall it wasn't as good as the scoreline suggests. Langley should be put in the reserves and let Richard Johnson do a full spell. There are too many basic errors with the team at the moment and all the players have got to take responsibilty for this. Next week is now a must win to ensure 6th place ( not a phrase most of would be expecting to use at any season in SL). It would still be nice to have the best reason to visit OT this year despite everything!