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Rugby League in Bradford 1863 - 1900: In the Beginning 1901 - 1914: Pre-War 1919 - 1939: Northern Union to Rugby League 1940 - 1950: Wartime & Wembley 1951 - 1963: Decline & Fall 1964 - 1994: Renaissance 1995 - 1999: Birth of Super League 2000 to Present Day: A New Millennium

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18/03/2010

Well it all went wrong in the last twenty minutes at Warrington. We started well enough and scored some points but we made far too many errors. All the errors we made were unforced too and things like dropping the ball in our own quarter meant we had far too much tackling to do and that came back to bite us on the backside late in the game. We defended our try line really well in the first half and we were proud of that effort but eventually it took its toll and cost us dearly at the end. More

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1863 - 1900: In the Beginning

1863: The original Bradford Rugby Club is created founded by Oates Ingham, owner of a Dye works in Thornton Road.

1880 Merge with Bradford Cricket Athletic & Football Club move to Park Avenue.

1884: Bradford win the Yorkshire Challenge Cup Trophy. Between 1880 and 1895 becoming one of the countries most successful Rugby clubs, supplying players for Yorkshire and England.

1895: Bradford are among 22 clubs that secede from the Rugby Football Union after an historic meeting at The George Hotel in Huddersfield, in response to a long running dispute over "broken time" payments to players. These 22 clubs form the Northern Rugby Union.

Player Spotlight

Craig Kopczak

Squad No: 18

DOB: 20/12/1986

Height: 6ft 4in

Weight: 108kg

Position: Prop

Pulse Podcast

Bradford Bulls Pulse Podcast Week 7 2010

This week we catch up with Bulls Boss Steve McNamara and chat with players Paul Sykes & Heath L'estrange.

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