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2017 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2017 season. This is the Bulls 3rd season in the Championship. They come into this season as Championship Shield winners after defeating the Sheffield Eagles 27-16 in the Championship Shield Final. Season review August 2016 It was announced that French international Jean-Philippe Baile left the Bulls by mutual consent after playing just one game in the 2016 season.During the same week, newly formed League 1 side Toronto Wolfpack signed Bulls Dan Fleming on a one-year contract. Tongan winger Etu Uaisele also left Bradford after being sent on loan to Dewsbury Rams, he returned home to Australia following his release. Fullback Richie Mathers announced his retirement shortly after the defeat by Dewsbury Rams. Super League side Warrington Wolves signed Bradford centre and former player Matty Blythe on a one-year deal. Captain Adrian Purtell announced that he would join the London Broncos on a two-year deal, sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship (rugby League)
The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, and consists of 14 teams, with promotion to the Super League and relegation to the third-tier competition, League One. The league announced a two-year sponsorship deal with the bookmaking company Betfred ahead of the 2018 season. The current champions are Leigh Centurions, winners of the 2022 season after beating Batley Bulldogs in the Million Pound Game to win promotion to Super League 2023. From 2003 to 2009, the competition was known as National League One. History 1902–1973: Establishment and regular competition Second division rugby league competitions have been played at various times since 1902, and have been in place annually since 1973. When Super League began in 1996, the second division continued to operate a system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Fleming (rugby League)
Daniel Fleming (born 8 July 1992) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 938) in the Super League, the Bradford Bulls in the Championship and the Toronto Wolfpack in League 1. Background Fleming was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. He went to Sowerby Bridge High School and he now owns his own business, G's Cakes. He has 2 sons George and Henry. Playing career Fleming made his Super League début for Castleford against London Broncos in 2013. In June 2014, Fleming signed for Bradford Bulls on a two-year deal. 2015 He featured between round 4 and round 12 and then between round 19 and round 21. Fleming also played in round 23 against Halifax. Fleming played in qualifier 7 against Halifax. He featured in the Challenge Cup in round 5 against the Hull Kingston Rovers. 2016 Fleming featured in the pre-season friendlies against L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Foster (rugby League)
Alex Foster (born 25 September 1993) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League, on a season-long loan from Newcastle Thunder in the RFL Championship. He has previously played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, and on loan from Leeds at the Hunslet Hawks, London Broncos and Featherstone Rovers. He played one season for the London Broncos in the RFL Championship, Championship before returning to the Super League with the Castleford Tigers, where he spent the longest spell of his career. He appeared on dual registration from Castleford at Oxford Rugby League, Oxford and Halifax R.L.F.C., Halifax. He played for Newcastle Thunder in the RFL Championship, Championship and was appointed club captain, before re-joining the Castleford Tigers on loan. Background Foster was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Foster played junior rugby league for Wetherby Bulldogs before joining the Leeds Rhinos ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilies Macani
Iliess Macani (born 6 December 1993) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the London Broncos in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the London Broncos. Macani came through the London Broncos Scholarship and Academy teams and also played for the London Skolars juniors. Background Macani was born in Tottenham, London, England. Playing career London Broncos Macani made his Super League début for the London Broncos on 9 August 2013 against St Helens scoring a try. He went on to make 1 more appearance that season against Hull Kingston Rovers. In 2014, Macani made 14 Super League appearances for the London Broncos in 2014 scoring four tries with his standout performance being away at Leeds Rhinos impressing the nation at . On 4 July 2014, Iliess Macani signed a two-year contract extension with the London Broncos to keep him at the club until the end of the 2016 season. The 2015 season was Macani's best season to date with the winger p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Lovegrove
Rhys Lovegrove (born 11 March 1987) is an Australian rugby league coach who was most recently the head coach of the Keighley Cougars and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Bradford Bulls, Hull Kingston Rovers and the London Broncos, primarily as a forward and occasionally as a . After retiring from playing Lovegrove moved into coaching and took up his first head coaching role at Cougar Park in June 2019. Background Lovegrove was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A Como Jannali Crocadiles junior who, while attending Endeavour Sports High School, played for the Australian Schoolboys Team in 2004. Playing career He was initially signed by the Hull Kingston Rovers on loan from the St George-Illawarra Dragons until the end of the 2007 Super League season, but then made the move permanent. In September 2014, he joined the London Broncos. He was named in the Scotland Training Squad for the 2008 Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Pitts
Jay Pitts (born 9 December 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Leeds Rhinos, Hull FC and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League, and the London Broncos in the Championship and the top flight. Background Pitts was born in Ossett, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career He has also played at club level for the Bradford Bulls ( Heritage No.), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ( Heritage No. 1261), Leeds Rhinos ( Heritage No.) and Hull F.C. ( Heritage No.). Pitts signed a contract with Leeds beginning at the end of the 2009 season. In March 2012, Pitts signed a -year deal with Hull F.C. after they negotiated a deal with Leeds. Bradford Bulls 2014 - 2014 Season Pitts featured in round 11 against Warrington to round 15 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Pitts then played in round 17 against Hull Kingston Rovers to round 27 London Broncos. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Broncos
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegated to the Championship. They returned to the Super League after achieving promotion by winning the Million Pound Game against the Toronto Wolfpack in 2018, but were relegated back to the Championship at the end of the 2019 Super League season after finishing 12th. The club was originally formed in 1980 as Fulham Rugby League Club and entered the Second Division for the 1980–81 season. The club has also previously been known as London Crusaders (1991–1994), London Broncos (between 1994–2005, and since 2012) and Harlequins Rugby League (2006–2011). Whilst the club has never won a major trophy, they were finalists in the 1999 Challenge Cup and finished the 1997 Super League season in second place. The first trophy the club has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Purtell
Adrian Purtell (born 31 January 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Albury Thunder. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders, Penrith Panthers, Bradford Bulls and the London Broncos. His usual position is as a . Career Early career Purtell played junior rugby league with Albury Rams and Lavington Panthers. Canberra Raiders He made his début for the Canberra Raiders in round 1 2006 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In 2006, he was crowned the club's Rookie of the Year. During the season, he also re-signed with the club until the end of 2008. In round 6 of the 2007 NRL season, Purtell was shifted from the wing to the centres. Purtell took this opportunity with both hands, scoring two tries in his first match in the new position and showing consistent form after that match. Purtell was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in the middle of 2007. He missed the rest of the season as a result. This came at a cruel time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matty Blythe
Matty Blythe (born 20 November 1988) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in the Super League for the Warrington Wolves (two spells) and the Bradford Bulls, and in the Championship for the Leigh Centurions (loan), the Bradford Bulls, and the Rochdale Hornets ( dual registration), as a or . Playing career Warrington Wolves Blythe's career began with the Warrington club in 2007. Bradford Bulls In 2013 Blythe was loaned out to Super League side the Bradford Bulls for the 2013 Bradford Bulls season. Blythe played in the pre-season friendlies against Dewsbury and Leeds. The following year, he featured in six consecutive games from the commencement of the season. He then missed a large chunk of games through injury. Blythe returned and featured in Round 14 Leeds to Round 21 Wigan and also in the Challenge Cup against London Broncos. Blythe scored seven tries in the regular season that year, which includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Zingari Football Club in 1876, they are one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895 and the only one that has played every season in the top flight. They are nicknamed "The Wire" in reference to the wire-drawing industry in the town. Warrington have local rivalries with Widnes, St Helens and Wigan. They have won three league championships and are the fourth most successful team in the Challenge Cup with nine victories, behind Wigan, St Helens and Leeds. Their most successful season came in 1953–54 when they completed a championship and Challenge Cup 'double', beating Halifax twice in the space of four days to first win the Challenge Cup 8–4 in a replay at Odsal, then clinch the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of which eleven are from Northern England, reflecting the sport's geographic heartland within the UK, and one from southern France. The Super League began in 1996, replacing the existing First Division and, significantly, switching from a traditional winter season to a summer season. Each team plays 27 games between February and September: 11 home games, 11 away games, Magic Weekend and an additional 4 'loop fixtures' decided by league positions. The top six then enter the play-off series leading to the Grand Final which determines the champions. The bottom team is relegated to the Championship. In a recent tradition, the Super League champions play the National Rugby League champions from Australasia in the World Club Challenge at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Mathers
Richard 'Richie' Mathers (born 24 October 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. An England international representative , he started his professional career at the Leeds Rhinos, with whom he won the 2004 Championship. He played as a for a number of clubs throughout his career. Background Mathers was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career Mathers first started off his rugby league career at amateur rugby league club Milford Marlins and East Leeds. Mathers is one of numerous players who rose through the ranks at Leeds. A star of the academy, with whom he played in two consecutive Grand Final wins with, he broke into the first team at the end of 2002 after a loan spell with Warrington. Leeds Rhinos After making seven appearances with the Warrington club, Mathers rejoined the Leeds Rhinos, scoring a try in just his second appearance. The following season Mathers became a first team regular and his form in 2004 was such that the Leeds c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
