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Hull FC vs Bradford Bulls (A) 36 - 22 L |
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22/06/08
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The Gratten Stadium
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Ian Smith
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Bradford Bulls
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22 - 36
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Bradford Bulls rediscovered their scoring touch with a 36-22 win over
Hull FC to halt their run of four successive defeats and climb back
into the top six of engage Super League.
Powerful winger Semi Tadulala typified the Bulls’ superior strength by
scoring two of his side’s seven tries against a depleted Hull side to
help avenge their shock Carnegie Challenge Cup defeat earlier this
month.
Hull centre Kirk Yeaman also touched down twice to press his England
claims as the visitors, who were without 10 members of their first-team
squad, rallied superbly after trailing 16-0 after 14 minutes.
Bradford were boosted by the return of forwards Andy Lynch, Terry
Newton and Sam Burgess and they made the perfect start with three early
tries in blustery conditions.
They took full advantage of a slipshod opening by Hull, with prop
forwards Garreth Carvell and Ewan Dowes both coming up with handling
errors inside their own half.
Lynch took Newton’s short pass to crash over for the first of three tries in a 12-minute spell.
Centre Paul Sykes jinked his way over and long passes by David Solomona
and Newton exposed holes in Hull’s right-sided defence and enabled
Tadulala and Shontayne Hape to touch down.
Hull, who gave a debut to 19-year-old centre Jodie Broughton, failed to
make full use of the stiff breeze at their backs but hooker Danny
Houghton took advantage of a slip on the greasy turf by full-back
Michael Platt to score a try and Yeaman added another just before
half-time.
The visitors had chances to get even closer, with Yeaman failing to
deliver the final pass to Tom Briscoe when in the clear and then, in a
separate move, putting a foot in touch just before he crossed the line.
Bradford made the most of the escapes by scoring two further tries in four minutes to ease into a comfortable 30-12 lead.
Tadulala took Hape’s pass to finish strongly for his second try and, in
the best move of the match, Platt took Ben Jeffries’ pass to race into
a gap and send the supporting Newton over for the Bulls’ six try.
Hull continued to play with plenty of spirit and enterprise and they
were rewarded on 65 minutes when second-rower Willie Manu finished off
a superb 50-metre move with a try.
Yeaman then grabbed his second after intercepting substitute Craig
Kopczak’s pass and Danny Tickle’s third goal cut the deficit to eight
points.
But impressive substitute Matt Cook put an end to the comeback when he
forced his way over from close range four minutes from the end and
Iestyn Harris kicked his fourth conversion. |
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Hall, Sing, Yeaman, Broughton, Briscoe, Washbrook, Berrigan, Dowes, Houghton, Carvell, Manu, Radford, Tickle.
Replacements: Thackray, Dale, Burnett, Wheeldon.
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Platt, Halley, Sykes, Hape, Tadulala, Harris, Jeffries, Vagana, Newton, Lynch, Solomona, Burgess, Langley.
Replacements: Kopczak, Finnigan, Cook, Evans.
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