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In light of all the doom and gloom going on off the field and that we won't hear anything now until Monday, let us all share our great moments, unbelievable matches and great feelings that we have witnessed over our time at the club! A lot of you are of the older generations and will have seen things that us younger folk may not have so it would be interesting to hear your stories!

One of my all time favourite Bulls moments was the 2001 Grand Final (I was 6 at the time) but I will always remember the Withers hat-trick and the feeling of "OMG" as we showed the most dominant half in a Super League Grand Final that there has ever been. When I watched the video recording back the next day I still couldn't believe we were Super League champions and that Henry Paul penalty goal in the first minute from inside our own half just set the tone!

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Merrifield and the amazing try by Nathan McEvoy. The ground was flooded and to their credit the Staff at Merrifield cleared the water away. We set off to watch Bulls v Leeds in the Cup Final, wondering if the game would be abandoned, but the weather changed and what a wonderful weekend we had- beating Leeds, but there was a lot of good banter between both sets of fans.

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All of the above and the pitch invasion at Don Valley when we beat Sheffield and won the league; the car park was chocker and hardly moving so everyone just played tunes on their car horns. So many memorable times - hope we have many more

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The more he talked of his honour,the faster we counted our spoons.:



Watching Mumby tackle,Hanley scattering defences when he was making his name and nobody knew him,Diabera running from the back of the scrum without the ball,as a foil,David Redfern beating every player on the pitch at Thrum hall while scoring a length of the field try,Van bellan dropping a goal,RP hatrick at Wembley,Berwyn Jones at Odsal galloping at blistering speed from his own corner flag to the oppositions corner flag hugging the touch line all the way,the effort and commitment of Fairbank,Grayshon,Idle and shaking the hand of the one and only Peter Fox.
What's happened here in recent times is nothing short of criminal.

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Quote: Smack him Jimmy "All of the above and the pitch invasion at Don Valley when we beat Sheffield and won the league; the car park was chocker and hardly moving so everyone just played tunes on their car horns. So many memorable times - hope we have many more'"


The Sheffield match will always be remembered by me, 'cos a mate of mine - well, a guy I worked with... - who had had a few too many sherberts, was picked up by the police for running round the track wearing just his undercrackers and a pair of socks. When a copper asked him to give one good reason why he shouldn't be thrown out, my mate, sorry work colleague, replied that one good reason was that he didn't have any clothes on.

Believe it or not but he got away with it. A good night it certainly was..

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Ellery's try v Fev at Headingley in CC semi final

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My favourite memory will always be the Murrayfield final. BBC sent a camera crew to follow our family all day and we eventually featured on a TV show called "Tartan Touchdown" which was all about the Bulls/Leeds fans and teams and their trips up to watch the final. The game itself was great and the McAvoy try is also one of my favourite most memorable on field moments. We still put the programme on now and again to reminisce. Our 5 mins of fame!

Notable mentions go to the game vs Leeds at Odsal in front of 24,020 and the winning drop goal from Michael Withers, the come back win against Halifax, Karl Pryce's near length of the field drop goal, absolutely walloping Hull at home in the play offs 71-0 with 4 tries from the Volcano and obviously all our trophy wins.

Whilst not in the same league me and my dad also got very excited watching Dane Chisholm's debut this season. It was a master class and made us realise just how bad we had been all year without a proper half back. Two tries and set up a load of others. Filled us with hope and optimism. Hoping we get to see him and Moss after a full pre season together in Rohan's new look team.

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Beating Leeds in what could have been our last ever game - will never forget that.

Drawing with Leigh despite being 26 points down with 19 minutes remaining - one of the best against all odds stories of recent rugby league!

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Too many to pick out one. And so many great players, many already mentioned.
Players who provided special moments - in some cases pure magical skill. Just as memorable were instances of sheer determination.
Perhaps the most emotional moment was at the end of the Murrayfield cup final.The big screen showed that Northern great Trevor Foster, a man who had inspired my love of Rugby League in the late 60's . I blubbed like a baby.

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This game is one of my fondest memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEhw3E1GJU
This game is one of my fondest memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEhw3E1GJU


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Chris Joynt's VT and Jimmy Lowes lip. There may have been a thread about it once upon a time -icon_smile.gif

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I have got to admit the 2010 game against Wigan was one that was filled with a lot of emotion for me. 20-0 down at half-time and when Kearney raced away to score I jokingly turned to my cousin and said comeback is on. But then Orford showed his masterclass and being 4 points down, man was I on edge! Then Roberts threatened to do a full length of the field effort until he was clobbered and dropped the ball with a min and a half to go! All the crowd urging the Bulls to get over that line and once L'Estrange dummied and laid a short ball to Glenn Hall, the crowd, the players, the staff just all erupted! It was phenomenal! A bit of revenge for the 31-30 loss against them a few years earlier!

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yes the Withers drop-goal was an epic.
And so many Hape & Volcano double acts.
I cant remember which game it was; but I remember Stevie Macnamara and Jez Donagher clashing heads - despite both having blood pouring from their heads they got straight back up and into the defensive line ready for the next tackle - tough guys or what.
My memory is going now but one season didnt we beat Leeds 5 times?
The Brian Mac punching 3 Leeds players then getting a red card, but we still won.
Paul, supersub Medley scoring the winner in the semi-final.
Big Joe Vagana bowling Keith Senior over at Headingley.
I remember drinking with the players at Cedar hotel off M606 after the game; in fact both Stevie Mac and Jimmy Lowes still owe me one.
Those were the good old days

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Quote: Smack him Jimmy "yes the Withers drop-goal was an epic.
And so many Hape & Volcano double acts.
I cant remember which game it was; but I remember Stevie Macnamara and Jez Donagher clashing heads - despite both having blood pouring from their heads they got straight back up and into the defensive line ready for the next tackle - tough guys or what.
My memory is going now but one season didnt we beat Leeds 5 times?
The Brian Mac punching 3 Leeds players then getting a red card, but we still won.
Paul, supersub Medley scoring the winner in the semi-final.
Big Joe Vagana bowling Keith Senior over at Headingley.
I remember drinking with the players at Cedar hotel off M606 after the game; in fact both Stevie Mac and Jimmy Lowes still owe me one.
Those were the good old days'"


Yes! What scenes they were haha!

Anyone remember big Paul 'Baloo' Anderson's massive hand-off on Gary Connelly on the way to a try under the sticks a014.gif icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif Still have a chuckle now when I see that!!

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Paul Grayshon playing the ball on the opponents 20 and it ending up on our own 40. God knows what happened.

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