Bradford Bulls 40–4 St Helens — Qualifying Semi-Final, 1999 Super League Finals Series

26 Sep 1999 · Odsal Stadium, Bradford · Attendance: 16,126

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

Qualifying Semi-Final, 1999 Super League finals series: Bradford Bulls 40–4 St Helens, at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on 26 Sep 1999.

Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Lineups sourced this round from Rugby League Project's per-match page (rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/3305). Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers and complete 4-player benches on the first pass. St Helens' entire thirteen and bench recurred number-for-number and unchanged from the Qualifying Final nine days earlier — including Paul Sculthorpe again printed at Five-Eighth (13) rather than his more familiar later lock/second-row berth, now confirmed twice on independently-fetched pages, so accepted as printed and genuine for this season rather than a transcription artifact. Coaches confirmed via web search: Matthew Elliott (Bradford Bulls — directly named on the source page, consistent with 13bf's already-established finding that his Bradford tenure covered the full 2000 season and therefore plausibly the preceding 1999 season too, now independently confirmed for 1999 itself) and Ellery Hanley (St Helens — reused from this round's own Qualifying Final finding).

Scorers

Bradford BullsTries: Paul (2); Fielden; Naylor; Vaikona; Withers
Goals: McNamara (7 conversions); Deacon (1 conversion)
St HelensTries: Newlove

Team sheets

Bradford BullsSt Helens
28Stuart SpruceFullbackPaul Atcheson1
2Tevita VaikonaWingChris Smith14
20Scott NaylorCentreKevin Iro3
5Michael WithersCentrePaul Newlove4
17Leon PryceWingAnthony Sullivan5
6Henry PaulFive-EighthPaul Sculthorpe13
1Robbie Hunter-PaulHalfbackTommy Martyn20
10Paul AndersonPropApollo Perelini8
9James LowesHookerKeiron Cunningham9
29Stuart FieldenPropJulian O'Neill10
23Bernard DwyerSecond RowSonny Nickle21
15David BoyleSecond RowDes Clark22
13Steve McNamaraLockChris Joynt11
Substitutes
7Paul DeaconPaul Wellens26
4Nathan McAvoyFereti Tuilagi2
19Jamie PeacockSean Hoppe6
22Brian McDermottVila Mata'utia16
Matthew ElliottCoachEllery Hanley

Match officials

RefereeSteve Presley

Match report

Bradford Bulls, this season's top seed, beat St Helens 40-4 at Odsal Stadium on 26 September 1999 in a Super League Qualifying Semi-Final. The result sent Bradford directly through to the Grand Final and dropped St Helens into the Preliminary Final.

Sources

← 1999 Super League Season — ladder & full finals series