BRADFORD BULLS 1997

'Bradford Bulls 1997'
=='Champions-1997'==

Position	Pld	Won	Drew	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Differential	Points
'1st of (12)'	22	20	0	2	769	397		40

Bradford won the 1997 Super League title with a record run of 20 successive victories from the start of the season. The Bulls were also Challenge Cup runners-up for a second season, losing 32-22 to St Helens. James Lowes was the Super League Player of the Season while Matthew Elliot was chosen as Super League Coach of the Season. Bradford was once again the best supported club, with an average of over 15,000.

Contents

Fixtures

Table

Fixtures

Round	Opponent	Result	Bulls.	Opp.	Date	Venue	Crowd	Position
CC 4th Round	Hunslet Hawks	Win	62	10	9 Feb	Elland Road	6,102
CC 5th Round	London Broncos	Win	34	12	22 Feb	Stoop	6,102
CC Q/F	Oldham Roughyeds	Win	38	12	9 March	Boundary Park	11,284
1	Warrington Wolves	Win	58	20	14 Mar	Grattan Stadium	15,017
2	Oldham Roughyeds	Win	30	12	21st Mar	Boundary Park	5,604
CC S/F	Leeds Rhinos	Win	24	12	29 Mar	Galpharm Stadium	18,193
3	Castleford Tigers	Win	38	12	1st Apr	Grattan Stadium	7,882
4	London Broncos	Win	19	14	6th Apr	Grattan Stadium	15,566
5	Wigan Warriors	Win	22	18	11 Apr	Central Park	10,710
6	Paris St Germain	Win	30	18	18 Apr	Paris	9,745
7	Halifax Blue Sox	Win	28	26	23rd Apr	Thrum Hall	13,285
8	Sheffield Eagles	Win	54	10	27th Apr	Grattan Stadium	14,834
CC Final	St Helens		22	32	5th May	Wembley Stadium	78,022
9	St Helens	Win	38	18	11th May	Grattan Stadium	18,387
10	Warrington Wolves	Win	38	18	18th May	Wilderspool	7,043
11	Oldham Roughyeds	Win	42	18	23rd May	Grattan Stadium	13,262
12	Halifax Blue Sox	Win	30	26	27th May	Thrum Hall	6,252
13	Salford City Reds	Win	40	24	1st June	The Willows	8,241
WCC	Penrith Panthers	Lost	16	20	9th June	Grattan Stadium	14,378
WCC	Auckland Warriors	Lost	16	20	14th June	Grattan Stadium	13,133
WCC	Cronulla Sharks	Lost	10	30	20th June	Grattan Stadium	10,756
14	Leeds Rhinos	Win	32	16	29th June	Headingley	11,873
15	Castleford Tigers	Win	34	20	2nd July	Grattan Stadium	11,873
16	St Helens	Win	38	20	6th July	Knowsley Road	10,277
17	Salford Reds	Win	34	-14	13th July	Grattan Stadium	14,095
WCC	Auckland Warriors	Lost	14	64	19th July	Auckland	13,000
WCC	Penrith Panthers	Lost	14	54	26th July	Penrith	5,336
WCC	Cronulla Sharks	Lost	12	40	3rd August	Toyota Park	8,272
18	Leeds Rhinos	Win	22	8	10th August	Grattan Stadium	16,542
19	Sheffield Eagles	Win	32	12	17th August	Don Valley Stadium	10,500
20	Paris St Germain	Win	68	0	22nd August	Grattan Stadium	17,128
21	Wigan Warriors	Lost	18	33	25th August	Grattan Stadium	16,767
22	London Broncos	Lost	24	28	31st August	The Stoop	9,161
Prem Q/F	Castleford Tigers	Lost	12	25	14th September	Grattan Stadium	10,300
WCC Q/F	Auckland Warriors	Lost	14	62	3rd Oct	Auckland	12,084

Table

Stones European Championship

As at 31 August 1997

Team	PLD	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Bradford Bulls	22	20	0	2	769	397	40
London Broncos	22	15	3	4	616	418	33
St Helens Saints	22	14	1	7	592	506	29
Wigan Warriors	22	14	0	8	683	398	28
Leeds Rhinos	22	13	1	8	544	463	27
Salford Reds	22	11	0	11	428	495	22
Halifax Blue Sox	22	8	2	12	524	549	18
Sheffield Eagles	22	9	0	13	415	574	18
Warrington Wolves	22	8	0	14	437	647	16
Castleford Tigers	22	5	2	15	334	515	12
Paris St Germain	22	6	0	16	362	572	12
Oldham Bears	22	4	1	17	461	631	9