
Bradford Bulls
44 - 12
London Broncos
8th July 2012
15:00
Grattan Stadium
Stobart Super League



The Londoners had looked for revenge after throwing away a match-winning lead when they hosted the Bulls back in May, Michael Platt's four tries then proving their undoing.
And the Broncos were certainly aiming for an improvement on last weekend's heavy defeat to Leeds.
Rob Powell had to do without the services of Antonio Kaufusi, and drafted in Chris Melling, Luke Dorn and Ben Bolger to replace Kaufusi, Olsi Krasniqi and Michael Channing.
All that changed minutes before kick-off though when Craig Gower failed a late fitness test, Dorn starting with Krasniqi moving to the bench.
The Londoners started the game strongly, but a loose pass near the Bradford line saw the Bulls go the length of the field to score, Manase Manuokafoa crashing over.
Minutes later things got worse for London, Brett Kearney skipping through a couple of sloppy tackles to touch down.
Former Harlequin Luke Gale then added his name to the scoresheet, befoe Kieran Dixon got the Broncos on the board with a stunning score, diving full length to secure and ground a Dorn grubber through.
That proved brief respite though, with Elliott Whitehead and Michael Platt adding further Bradford scores for a 26-4 interval lead.
The Bulls were quickest out of the blocks again after the break, Kearney adding his second.
But the Broncos picked things up after that, bossing the next 15 minutes.
All they had to show for their efforts though was another quality score from Dixon, darting in at the corner after 50 minutes after a flowing move involving David Howell and Jamie O'Callaghan.
Kearney snuffed out that revival though with his third and fourth scores.
London did have the final say though, a flowing move seeing Lovell go over in the corner at the death.
| No. | Name | T | G | F | ||
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| 1 | Brett Kearney |
4T |
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| 2 | Shaun Ainscough |
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| 3 | Michael Platt |
1T |
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| 4 | Keith Lulia |
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| 5 | Karl Pryce |
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| 6 | Ben Jeffries |
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| 7 | Luke Gale |
1T |
6G |
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| 8 | Manase Manuokafoa |
1T |
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| 9 | Heath l'Estrange |
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| 10 | Bryn Hargreaves |
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| 11 | John Bateman |
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| 12 | Elliott Whitehead |
1T |
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| 13 | Jamie Langley |
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| 14 | Tom Burgess |
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| 15 | Adam O'Brien |
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| 16 | Chev Walker |
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| 17 | Tom Olbison |
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| No. | Name | T | G | F | ||
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| 1 | Dan Sarginson |
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| 2 | Michael Robertson |
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| 3 | Will Lovell |
1T |
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| 4 | Jamie O'Callaghan |
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| 5 | Kieran Dixon |
2T |
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| 6 | Michael Witt |
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| 7 | Luke Dorn |
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| 8 | Mark Bryant |
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| 9 | Julien Rinaldi |
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| 10 | Scott Wheeldon |
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| 11 | Chris Bailey |
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| 12 | David Howell |
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| 13 | Tony Clubb |
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| 14 | Chad Randall |
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| 15 | Chris Melling |
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| 16 | Ben Bolger |
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| 17 | Olsi Krasniqi |
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