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God, what a challenge!!

Favourite games, so many, but a selection
Leeds - CC semi 96, OMG, where did that come from!!
Wigan - Odsal 96, beating them with 12 men, Bull power had landed
Halifax - Away - 97. Elliotts wobbly moment after match
Sheffield - Away 97 - fantastic night
Penrith Home 97 - defeat but what an atmosphere, place felt like a pressure cooker!
Leeds CC Murrayfield - 2000 a day (if I had to vote for one, this would get it!)
Sts Away 2000- after the pain of Withers knock on
Sts Home - both matches at VP 2001 - fantastic games, especially Rigon blasting Long aside to score icon_smile.gif
Wire away - 2001 (2nd game) - we played like a team from another planet that night!
Wigan GF - 2001 - best all round performance - no chokers that night
Leeds Home 2012 - no way they were going to beat us
Wigan away 2012 one of proudest night as a supporter

Fave moment - some mentioned above, but add
Anderson hand off on Connolly
Leeds sending all 4 subs on at same time that night to stem the tide!
Big Les scoring on farewell at Headingley in another win
Hape in corner at Sts in 2005 has to be up there
Reardon charging McGuire into touch in 2003
HP's performance v Sts at home in 99, still best individual performance I've ever seen in a Bulls/Northern shirt, including seeing most of Hanley's 55 tries in 85!!
Bradley smacking Farrell when he mucks about at a play the ball as Scales score final try in 96 at Odsal (oh for a player like Bradley at the moment!!!)
Withers drop goal v Leeds
Withers hat trick try in GF

Fave player
Obvious ones
HP - the best!
Robbie - especially when he moved in 4 doors away
Bradley
Lowes
Forshaw
Jimmy
JP
Joe
Stuart F
Withers
Sam!
Less obvious
Ian Henderson - rescued 2005!
Naylor (love reading in Robbie's book about he treated Renouf in 2001 GF!)
Brad Mackay - for 2/3 of season he was best player in league by a mile!
Danny Peacock - did any player run a better line!
Plus too many to mention

Should we add a couple of new categories

Players who gave their all but weren't very good
Platt
Ainscough
Zisti!!!!!!!

Players you didn't rate, but really regret losing now
Ferres
Bridge
Atkins (didn't know him, never mind didn't rate him!!)

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Quote: Errol Stock "Feb 1996 v Leigh Away CC - first time I witnessed what was coming. Playing to a plan - not seen in decades, attacking, attractive, expansive rugby. Robbie Paul finding his form.

March 1996 v Leeds CC semi - NOBODY KNEW (apart from Bulls faithful) what was to be unleashed that day. I still have the BBC pre-match "expert" opinions that 100% tipped Leeds for a win. Absolutely best moment in 30 years, couldn't stop crying at full time and its bring a lump to my throat as type now.

May 1996 v Saints CC Final - never gave a stuff about the result - fantastic day and burst with pride. Still can see RP scoring that second half try and Jon Scales powering down the wing.

July 1996 v Saints at Odsal - packed stadium - hairs on back of my neck stood up as the team came onto the pitch, shaking with emotion as Bulls totally disected Saints to win 50 - 22.

I cannot argue that some of your memories are up there for me too.

But for me - 1996 was the most exciting year of my 50 years following the game.

Watching the transformation overseen by Chris Caisley, Brian Smith and Peter Deakin was tantamout to a miracle given the previous decades of mediocrity and the fickle folk of Bradford who at best are difficult to attract.

There are moments from that year burned into my brains and still make me emotional now.

I doubt I will live long enough to experience anything like that again.'"


hear, hear, it was a vintage year, even though we won nothing and finished 4th! Fantastic memory of KO against Wigan being put back 15-20 minutes because of queues to get in!!!

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Quote: Pumpetypump "Yeah that was utterly grim too. Mind you, the only time I have had a genuine saler eyeball moment is on holiday reading that we'd gone into Admin. Made GF losses seem somehow irrelevant.

Who's Next?'"


Ditto, 96 CC Final (we threw it away!), 99 GF and 2002 seemed bad at the time, but.........now feels so much worse!

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Quote: Mirfieldbull "Wigan - Odsal 96, beating them with 12 men, Bull power had landed'"

This. For a heady mix of rugby and personal reasons.
Quote: Mirfieldbull "Leeds CC Murrayfield - 2000 a day (if I had to vote for one, this would get it!)'"

This. Likewise.

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I'm going to say my fondest memory is Wigan at home 2010, 20-0 down in the first half getting the flack in ear from my Wigan supporting ex, then for the ox show to kick into gear and hall to crash over with minutes left to play and 22-20 win, with the atmosphere and the chills after it was fantastic.

Crappest mooment is throwing 30-6 halftime lead away against Wigan at home in the CC.

The volcano or champagne shontayne for me.

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For me, it wasn't a game or result, or even a piece of individualistic brilliance. No, the banner saying, "Thanks to Bradford Bulls for the highs and thanks to Leeds Rhinos for the Lowes", [I'm sure you can all remember it] gets the award. Just brilliant.

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Yes, I do. I was always fond of "God is Withers" as well

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Too many to pick out one moment or game, but fave players have to include Danny peacock, Grahame Bradley and James lowes who IMO have no peers in a bulls shirt for their positions since inception of super league.( Bradley as skipper just in the side anywhere, played with a passion that inspired) Henry Paul has to be the best half we've had and the Aussie forwards that have played have been a joy to watch, brad Mackay, Morrison, Menzies, Gardner, Meyers. Quality in the back row would love a couple of these today!!!

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Quote: Mirfieldbull "Less obvious
Ian Henderson - rescued 2005!'"


Totally agree on that. A lot of people at the time thought it was Hape that made the difference that season. Personally I thought he was more talismanic, but signing Hendo (was it midway through the year?) was what really did it IMO - the first proper decent replacement for Jimmy we had.

Heath was a very similar player for us too, always thought he'd have gone great guns for us if the time had been right. As an aside, I think Heath has been our "most missed" this year - think we'd have been in the mix a bit more with his never say die attitude.

Another top moment that came to mind today when Karl Pratt was doing the half time draw was when he scored for us at Odsal in that 2003 thrashing and he started winding the Leeds fans up! Did like the Anderson fend, although wish it had happened to a more hated player - always quite liked Connolly.

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From a Leeds perspective...
Sinfield opting not to take the 2
Harris single handedly winning for Leeds at Odaal
Ryan Sheridan ball steal
Getting thrashed at Hudds in CC semi. Leeds were smashed in 1st 20 mins
Your Awesome Foursome pack

Finally...a memory that will live long in the memory for Leeds/bradford fans.....
JORDAN TANSEY!!!!!

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Quote: vbfg "Yes, I do. I was always fond of "God is Withers" as well'"



Ediie Hemmings "will the rest of SL please take note" comment before the saints game was a goodun.

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What a great thread

I've seen a lot of the Bulls as a neutral but unless Wakefield were playing would probably have been on the Bulls side.

I loved the awesome foursome and even more so the Robbie show.
Top moments would include Vainikolo (spell?) scoring on his last game and the Anderson hand off. But Lowes show in the World Club challenge was pretty special too.

So top player I'm picking Robbie.
Top moment I'll pick Vainikolo scoring six tries
Top game I'm leaning towards the challenge cup at Murrayfield

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The MacAvoy chip over...er...who was it again...at Murrayfield was pretty special. Especially considering what MacAvoy did the rest of the time...

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One moment I recall occurred at the very beginning of the Bulls .
I thought the decision of Brian Smith to name Jon Hamer in the side for Wembley somehow made fans realise that the new people at the club ( Smith Deakin ET al) recognised and would reward team loyalty and were about to create something special.

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