Monday 24th march by Thomas Fynn. 

Good evening and welcome to this weeks edition of BULLieve, 

Due to Jay being away at the moment I have taken on the reigns of writing BULLIeve for this short period so please bear with me and I hope you all still enjoy the page.

 It's certainly been a turbulent time at the Provident Stadium first of all we had Mandy koucash willing to buy us only to be knocked back by the administrator and she certainly showed her willingness as herself and her husband attended the game at home against the Huddersfield giants and even mingled among the fans outlining her ambition should she be successful in her bid. During the past week it has been announced in the press that Richard lamb has been successful in his bid but confirmation has not yet been given by either the administrator or the RFL. 

Moving back to the on field issues the Bulls were beaten heavily last weekend at home to the Huddersfield giants 18-66 despite early in the game leading 6-4 the game itself was a headache for cummins who only had one available prop in the shape of manuokafoa as Mullally was not allowed to play against his home team, and Adam sidlow withdrew due to illness. Scott Grix opened the scoring before Adam Henry replied for Bradford but the Giants ran amok during the rest of the first half. 

The giants try scorers were Joe Wardle, Michael Lawrence, Grix, Luke Robinson and Jason Chan. This put the giants with an unassailable 32-6 half time lead. The bulls did hit back through Adam Henry 2 minutes into the restart but that was about as good as it got for the home side and a late consolation for o brien. It was evident to see that the bulls lack of forward power was brutally exposed by the sheer size of  the Huddersfield pack.

The giants other scorers were Wardle, Ukuma Ta’ia (2), Jermaine McGillvary (2) and Brett Ferres. Chev walker also received a one match ban for a grade B offence of striking and a £300 fine. Moving onto this weeks game at the Lightstream stadium craven park the bulls travelled once again to East Yorkshire looking to finally get away from the -2 points. Once again I enquired regarding obtaining a media pass for the game of which the robins were very gracious and allowing myself to gain behind the scenes access to the match so here is your exclusive report for BULLieve.          

 It was a wet and bitterly cold afternoon on the east side of hull, injuries during the game really proved to be the difference for the bulls as they struggled to gain any real stronghold the game. Bradford had the early pressure but came to no avail after which the rovers kept the bulls firmly in there own half, sadly on 9 minutes diskin came off injured and further more played no more part in the game. 

Some great defence from the bulls kept rovers out but the line was soon to give as caro went over for the try in the left corner and burns duly adding the extras 6-0. Once again the bulls were guilty of there own down fall as errors crept in and coughed up possession early in the tackle count and on 18 minutes Keating went in for the rovers with burns converting 12-0. To be fair to bradford they were forced to make early changes early on especially when sidlow came off in a similar fashion to diskin. Rovers now really piled on the pressure and were literally running over the bulls. Bradford found the conditions very difficult and really could not keep possession when the bulls did threaten the line on a rare occasion it came to nothing. The second half started in similar fashion as the first and very error strewn from the bulls, heavy downpours hardly helped conditions. The bulls defence was far superior from the giants game but could only hold out for so long as with 19 mins remaining larroyer went over for the try after good pressure from rovers but the conversion was missed 16-0 with around 20 minutes to go. 

With no interchange left the bulls really were in trouble but they kept strong and held out without any further damage to the scoreline. And that's how it stayed 16-0 to the rovers. In the post match interview cummins said "diskin has torn his hamstring and sidlow was a possible broken leg and was being sent for x rays" Matty Blythe has a sore back after a dangerous tackle and hoping it does not stiffen up. Cummins thought that it was the best Brett Kearney had played so far this term and was extremely proud of the goal line defence. When asked regarding ownership "not fretting been here before but I'm short on props". 

As if they could not rub salt into our wounds any more the one and only Jamie Langley graced there programme. Well this has been my first time writing Bullieve and I hope you all enjoy it Jay will be back in a few weeks and there will be some new features too. 

Thank you to all to take the time to read this and remember to BULLieve. 

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                                                                   BULLieve

                                                                    10th march 2014

                                     Good evening and welcome to another edition of BULLieve.

For all our new readers here is a quick run down of how BULLieve has come about.

BULLieve has been set up by the fans, for the fans.

 Back in 2013 I was part of a Bulls group on Facebook and was given an admin role, part of the role was to keep members up to date and informed in all things Bradford Bulls. One idea from myself was to write a weekly write up of what had happened all in one place rather than scrolling down groups and pages for missed information. BULLieve was born. 

I decided i would start up a blog page for BULLieve and was very basic to say the least and a lot of errors had been made within the blog. As time has gone on I have added pictures and videos and made a unique layout for the blog page itself.

It went official for a short time under OK Bulls LTD but then back independent.

This is a voluntary blog and we do not receive any payment and use our own time to help spread the word to all Bulls fans throughout our fan base.

On the back of this we have also got a Facebook group and also a Twitter account set up solely for BULLieve. The links are; Facebook Group @bullieve2013

The popularity was global and, the page has had over 15,000 views and rising each and everyday. During the off season myself and now team member Thomas Fynn, had been deliberating how we can move BULLieve forward again as, BULLieve had not had a post since June 2013.

Regular readers will notice that the layout has changed and we would like some feedback on the layout and the blog by all readers please.

We had come up with an idea and, due to this we have been able to obtain press passes for the away game with Hull FC in which we would like to express our sincere gratitude to both Hull FC and Bradford Bulls for pointing us in the right direction, all under the name of BULLieve. 

As we all know we have off field issues and we here at BULLieve will not be reporting on anything until the new owner/owners are revealed.

The Bradford Bulls has today revealed that Warrington loan player, Danny Bridge has extended his deal with us by another month. This is excellent news as we have a very small squad and Bridge is a great edition to our pack.

So now onto the exclusive match report from Thomas Fynn in the Hull FC media suite.

Good evening and welcome to my first ever blog. I was lucky enough to obtain a press pass for this Fridays game against hull FC enabling myself to gain access to areas that fans are not normally able too. On this note I would like to thank Hull FC in this matter and their hospitality.

 Bradford came into the game brimming with confidence after back to back victories and looking to get the points tally to zero.

 The bulls started brightly and after hull had gifted them possession from kicking out on the full the bulls were soon on hulls 20m line and from the first set of 6 bulls scored via Diskin who burrowed over from dummy half and foster duly adding the extras to make it 6-0.

The bulls had all the early pressure but the scores were soon to be level as a huge hole opened up in the bulls defense as Ellis raced through and scored from close range and whiting adding the extras. Hull now were really piling the pressure on the bulls and forcing 2 goal line drop outs eventually the pressure paid off and Westerman went in at the corner to further the score whiting missing the conversion.

 Once again though it was hull to post the next score with Shaul crossing for the hosts and it seemed that it could become one way traffic at this stage as Bradford were not seeming to gain any ground with ball in hand and some really silly errors creeping into there play. That was until after some great handling and passing from Bradford Purtell managed to squeeze in at the corner and this put the bulls to within 6 points of hull. The bulls in the first half were guilty of there own downfall as  Manuokafoa knocked on on the first tackle which immediately saw hull score again with whiting on his 250th appearance racing through to the corner to touch down but unable to add his own score bulls were now struggling. Diskin was replaced by O,Brien but once again after some very sloppy defense hull were able to score with heremia in under the posts. Just before half time and Houghton went in again for the black and whites giving them a 22 point lead at half time and the match seemingly over. Bradford seemed to be very one dimensional. 32-10 half time. 

Once the second half begun hull were soon back in there stride when Shaul was the first to react Hornes brilliant kick to touch down. Just when we thought it couldn't get worse Bradford seemed to self destruct Rankin powered over to make it an unassailable 44-10 lead. Until the last 4 minutes that's the way it stayed a brilliant run from Sutcliffe put Bradford in a great position and gales cross field kick was grounded by Henry to give Bradford some consolation. Foster duly added the extras but it was too little too late bulls showing some great skill and determination in the dying minutes. On a sad note Burke came off nursing an injured shoulder and certainly looked in considerable pain and even though hull had won with a comfortable margin also had there own worries with Lineham coming off in the dying seconds.

 Hull were very fast and really controlled the ruck far better than bulls.

 In the post match interview with Francis Cumming, Francis was full of praise for Hull but admitted himself that it looked like they had not played together for a long time, Burke was sent for an x ray after the game but there were no other concerns injury wise just bumps and bruises and very gracious to Sutcliffe who really did create chances from nothing. Chev walker was rested this week after picking up a knock against London previous week. The second half performance really did please Cummins but is hoping to dust themselves down and get set to go again against the giants. Mullally will miss the game against giants. To hear the exclusive post match interview with head coach Francis Cummins please visit our Facebook page.

Burke is to see a specialist to find out the extent of the injury this week. We have also found out that Hull's Tom Lineham has in fact suffered a broken ankle and, we would like to wish him a speedy recovery.

On Saturday March 8th 2014 it was the turn of the Bradford Bulls academy team to take on Hulls academy team.

The game was played at Bishop Burton college and the home side raced into a comfortable half time lead of 20-10.

The Bulls however were not going to take that lying down. In the second half Hull scored again but that only spurred the lads on and, at the full time whistle the Bulls were victorious with a 26-28 win.

The academy side are now unbeaten in 2 games out of 2 and really put their bodies on the line as, Stephen Copeland ended up with a very nasty gash on his leg which will see a short spell on the sidelines.Well done lads, keep up the great work.

Please turn up to the Provident Stadium  in big numbers this coming Sunday 16th March 2014 as we face the Huddersfield Giants with a 3 o'clock kick off.

Lets back the lads now as they need us more than ever before. 

As in the previous blogs we would of added the events section but, as we don't know the events we cannot do this.

Special Mentions

we would like to give the following people a special mention.

First and foremost  we thank YOU for being the best and loyal supporters in the world!

We give a special mention to our team. Thank you for sticking by us in the good and bad and also the backroom staff who are working tirelessly to keep things going.

Our head coach Francis Cummins and his family as it must be a very tough and trying time right now!

Get well soon to Kirsty Dew who has been struck down with Glandular fever and has been ill for almost a month now! Tom says thank you for putting up with him and his obsession with the Bulls! 

Get well soon love from Tom and the boys and Also me and Family.

Happy birthday to Andrew Godwin who turned 51 yesterday (09/03/2014) sent in by his wife Diane Godwin.

We would like to thank Ryan Sparks of Bradford Bulls ( media executive) for helping us in contacting Hull Fc.

Special Thanks go to Hull FCs Matthew Holden (media executive)  for our press passes and hospitality.

The BCB Radio team Mark "Hobbo" Hobson and Jonathan "JP" Parry for their continued coverage of all Bulls games for those who, for whatever reason cannot make the game.

The 18th man ( @the18thmanUK ) are looking for writers who would like to get involved in sports media mainly Rugby League. Give them a follow for more details.

As always we would like to thank each and every reader who reads and ask if you would, please share with other Bulls fans.

Until next week,

Don't stop BULLieving!

Jay and Tom.

WE ARE BACK!!!

New for 2014.

Hi everyone just a quick post to say we're back! Yes this time i have another writer for BULLieve so there are now 2 of us.

I myself (Jay) have returned after a while and decided to bring BULLieve back to life. As you can see their are a few differences to the blog, in which we hope you will like. Please feel free to send us feedback on this matter.

I would like to welcome Tom to BULLieve and hope we have a successful partnership. 

THIS Monday evening will see the 1st BULLieve of 2014 and, we hope you will enjoy it and spread the word! Look out for the link posted on line or even bookmark this page for future reference.

Thank you for reading

Jay and Tom.