This is Stuart's second spell with the club he originally joined in 2000. Stuart was a late starter in the professional game, playing only one Junior Academy game for the club before age ruled him ineligible for that competition. He made steady progress with the Bulls and became a regular in the First Team and he was at Full Back as the Bulls won the 2003 Grand Final against Wigan and his display that day won him the coveted Harry Sunderland Award as Man of the Match. He left the Bulls at the end of 2005 to join Warrington but a ruptured Achilles ultimately saw him leave the Wolves and he joined Hull, only to be released following a medical. Now fully fit he is looking forward to starting his career once again with the Bulls.
Stuart Reardon turned professional from West Bowling to sign for Bradford Bulls in 2000 and he shot to prominence in late 2002 when former Bulls assistant coach Karl Harrison took over as head coach of Salford City Reds and signed Reardon to boost the Reds' fight against relegation.
He enjoyed a rapid rise from Academy to Super League and Test Rugby League between 2002 and 2004. Though the Reds were unable to escape the drop, Reardon earned a call up to the England 'A' tour of Fiji and Tonga, where he worked with Warrington Wolves coach Paul Cullen.
He returned to the Bulls in 2003 and found a place in the first team after a long term injury to Mick Withers, making 20 appearances in the title-winning Bradford Bulls side including the Grand Final against Wigan Warriors. Reardon won the Harry Sunderland Trophy for Man of the Match in the Old Trafford showdown.
The following year he broke into the Great Britain squad for the Tri Nations series, and scored four tries in the tournament. He missed the back end of the 2005 campaign with injury but made the England side at the end of the season, and toured Australia and New Zealand as a stand-by for the Great Britain squad in 2006.
He joined Warrington Wolves at the end of 2005 and Paul Cullen described as the 'best kick returner in Super League' during the 2006 season. Reardon was the Warrington Wolves leading tackle-buster with 66 in his first year at the club but an Achilles Tendon injury sustained in May 2008 saw the end of his Warrington career. In April 2009, it was announced that he has been signed until the end of the season for Super League club Hull FC but a medical showed his injury had not healed and his contract was terminated.
Bulls Career details to end of 2009 season:
Apps 66, Sub 13, Tries 34, Points 136
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