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1999 Bradford 6 l. St Helens 8
9th October 1999
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,717
Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)
Harry Sunderland Trophy: Henry Paul (Bradford)
Bradford
Tries: Henry Paul
Goals: Henry Paul
St Helens
Tries: Kevin Iro
Goals: Sean Long (2)
Bradford: Stuart Spruce, Tevita Vaikona, Scott Naylor, Michael Withers, Leon Pryce, Henry Paul, Robbie Paul, Paul Anderson, James Lowes, Stuart Fielden, David Boyle, Bernard Dwyer, Steve Mcnamara. Subs: Paul Deacon, Nathan Mcavoy, Mike Forshaw, Brian Mcdermott
St Helens: Paul Atcheson, Chris Smith, Kevin Iro, Paul Newlove, Anthony Sullivan, Paul Sculthorpe, Tommy Martyn, Apollo Perelini, Keiron Cunningham, Julian O'neill, Fereti Tuilagi, Sonny Nickle, Chris Joynt. Subs: Paul Wellens, Sean Long, Sean Hoppe, Vila Matautia
It still staggers me to this day the lack of weight on our bench that night. Considering Matautia didnt play that many minutes the starting pack played most of the game against a formidable Bradford pack. Makes that night even more of a achievement.
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| Quote: foz_13 "1999 Bradford 6 l. St Helens 8
9th October 1999
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance
To be fair, Bradford had a half-back and a 3/4 on the bench too - we hadn't quite reached the "bench-full of barge" rotation era then yet. Those were the days...
Those were also the days when we used to "do a Leeds" by being gash for most of the year and then just turning up for the playoffs - 1999 was a particularly fine example of the breed. I miss them...
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| I just wish we still had half that team  |
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| Quote: foz_13 "
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Just look at that side though. 
To be fair you'd happily pick a snowman instead of Wellens, so not exactly a revelation. 
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How some people have a 'dream team' choice with two teams and manage to come up with Matautia on the bench I'll never know.
Also, my memory isn't the greatest, but I don't recall Sean Hoppe ever playing in the halves.
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| Quote: Clearwing "Interesting comments, I didn't see the game, only the scoreline. I'd always imagined it must have been a straightforward battle between the packs rather than a game won by speed and handling.'"
That game was all down to defence. Bradford in 1999 were all about being bigger than you and running over you. Chances are your opposite number when playing Bradford was 4-5 stone heavier than you. They did have some real craft with Lowes and the Pauls but in the end Bradford had "Plan A" which was run over you. Saints that day manned up in defense and Bradford didn't know what to do no one had been able to tackle them out all season.
Saints tackled 1-17 heroicly, if it had been a "straightforward battle between the packs" we would have lost by 50. The 1999 grand final was our greatest hour, not 75-0 not the 1996 cup final not anything in 2006. |
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| Quote: Noel Cleal "Saints tackled 1-17 heroicly, if it had been a "straightforward battle between the packs" we would have lost by 50. The 1999 grand final was our greatest hour, not 75-0 not the 1996 cup final not anything in 2006.'"
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