Tre-BULL Champions -2003

Position	Pld	Won	Drew	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Differential	Points
1st of (of 12)	30	24	6	933	555	378	48

The first match played following the clubs' return to Odsal was against Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 rivals Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

on Sunday 9 March 2003 and attracted an attendance of 20,283. Bradford Bulls won the game 22-10.

Bradford Bulls became the first club to win the Challenge Cup and Super League Grand Final in the same season in 2003. The team travelled to Cardiff to beat the Leeds Rhinos at the Millennium Stadium 22-20 in front of 71,212 fans, then went on to lift the League Leaders Shield for finishing top of the Super League after 28 rounds, before defeating Leeds Rhinos again, for the fifth time in the season, in the Qualifying Semi Final play-off to reach the Tetley's Rugby Super League Grand Final. The Bulls claimed the Super League title with victory over Wigan Warriors before a record, sell-out crowd of 65,537 at Old Trafford, Manchester.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Opponent	Result	Bulls.	Opp.	Venue	Crowd	Position
08/02/03	CCR4	Warrington Wolves	Won	38	12
21/02/03		St Helens		22	46
02/03/03		Hunslet Hawks	Won	82	0
09/03/03		Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	22	10	Grattan Stadium
15/03/03		Widnes Vikings	Won	38	28
23/03/03		Halifax RLFC	Won	62	22	Grattan Stadium
30/03/03		Widnes Vikings	Won	26	18
06/04/03		Warrington Wolves	Won	32	8	Grattan Stadium
13/04/03		Wigan Warriors	Won	36	22	Grattan Stadium
18/04/03		Hull FC	Won	48	24	Grattan Stadium
26/04/03		Leeds Rhinos	Won	22	20	Grattan Stadium
02/05/03		Wigan Warriors	Won	14	8
11/05/03		Castleford Tigers	Won	30	10	Grattan Stadium
18/05/03		Huddersfield Giants	Won	52	6
23/05/03		Leeds Rhinos	Won	48	22	Grattan Stadium
01/06/03		London Broncos		12	22	Grattan Stadium
08/06/03		Hull FC	Won	26	20
15/06/03		Warrington Wolves	Won	24	20
21/06/03		Wigan Warriors		22	35	Grattan Stadium
27/06/03		St Helens		0	35	Grattan Stadium
06/07/03		Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	30	18
11/07/03		Halifax RLFC	Won	60	12
20/07/03		Widnes Vikings	Won	40	8	Grattan Stadium
27/07/03		Castleford Tigers	Won	40	20
30/07/03		London Broncos	Won	60	6
03/08/03		Huddersfield Giants	Won	30	16	Grattan Stadium
08/08/03		Leeds Rhinos	Won	18	16
16/08/03		Hull FC	Won	36	22	Grattan Stadium
25/08/03		Wigan Warriors		12	26
31/08/03		London Broncos	Won	54	12
07/09/03		Leeds Rhinos	Won	22	21	Grattan Stadium
14/09/03		Castleford Tigers		14	28	Grattan Stadium
19/09/03		St Helens	Won	22	18
04/10/03		Leeds Rhinos	Won	30	14	Grattan Stadium
18/10/03		Wigan Warriors	Won	25	12

2003 Player Statistics

No	Player	Position	Pld	Tries	Goals	D Goal	YC	RC	Pts
1	Robbie Paul	Scrum Half	14	10	0	0	0	0	40
2	Tevita Vaikona	Winger	24	16	0	0	0	0	64
3	Leon Pryce	Winger	23	16	0	0	0	1	64
4	Shontayne Hape	Centre	27	11	0	0	0	0	44
5	Lesley Vainikolo	Winger	25	20	0	0	0	0	80
6	Michael Withers	Full Back	2	2	0	0	0	0	8
7	Paul Deacon	Scrum Half	27	9	124	2	0	0	286
8	Joe Vagana	Prop	26	5	0	0	0	0	20
9	James Lowes	Hooker	25	8	2	0	2	0	36
10	Paul Anderson	Prop	26	5	0	0	0	0	20
11	Daniel Gartner	Second Row	22	7	0	0	0	0	28
12	Jamie Peacock	Second Row	22	3	0	0	1	0	12
13	Mike Forshaw	Loose	25	2	0	0	0	0	8
14	Lee Gilmour	Second Row	27	4	0	0	0	0	16
15	Karl Pratt	Winger	19	7	0	0	1	0	28
16	Alex Wilkinson	Winger	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Stuart Reardon	Full Back	18	4	0	0	0	0	16
18	Lee Radford	Second Row	26	7	12	0	1	0	52
19	Jamie Langley	Loose	15	2	0	0	0	0	8
20	Scott Naylor	Centre	27	7	0	0	0	0	28
22	Karl Pryce	Winger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Vinny Myler	Prop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	|
26	Chris Bridge	Stand Off	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	|
27	Rob Parker	Second Row	27	5	0	0	0	0	20
29	Stuart Fielden	Prop	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Richard Moore	Prop	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
			Totals	150	138	2	5	1	878

Final Premiership table for the 2003 season

Team	PLD	W	L	D	F	A	PTS
Bradford	28	22	6	0	878	529	44
Leeds	28	19	6	3	751	555	41
Wigan	28	19	7	2	776	512	40
St Helens	28	16	11	1	845	535	* 31
London	28	14	12	2	643	696	30
Warrington	28	14	13	1	748	619	29
Hull	28	13	12	3	701	577	* 27
Castleford	28	12	15	1	612	633	25
Widnes	28	12	15	1	640	727	25
Huddersfield	28	11	16	1	628	715	23
Wakefield	28	7	20	1	505	774	15
Halifax	28	1	27	0	372	1227	* 0