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 Bulls | Tries: Paul (2); Fielden; Naylor; Vaikona; Withers Goals: McNamara (7 conversions); Deacon (1 conversion) |
| St Helens | Tries: Newlove |
Team sheets
| Bradford Bulls | St Helens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Stuart Spruce | Fullback | Paul Atcheson | 1 |
| 2 | Tevita Vaikona | Wing | Chris Smith | 14 |
| 20 | Scott Naylor | Centre | Kevin Iro | 3 |
| 5 | Michael Withers | Centre | Paul Newlove | 4 |
| 17 | Leon Pryce | Wing | Anthony Sullivan | 5 |
| 6 | Henry Paul | Five-Eighth | Paul Sculthorpe | 13 |
| 1 | Robbie Hunter-Paul | Halfback | Tommy Martyn | 20 |
| 10 | Paul Anderson | Prop | Apollo Perelini | 8 |
| 9 | James Lowes | Hooker | Keiron Cunningham | 9 |
| 29 | Stuart Fielden | Prop | Julian O'Neill | 10 |
| 23 | Bernard Dwyer | Second Row | Sonny Nickle | 21 |
| 15 | David Boyle | Second Row | Des Clark | 22 |
| 13 | Steve McNamara | Lock | Chris Joynt | 11 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 7 | Paul Deacon | Paul Wellens | 26 | |
| 4 | Nathan McAvoy | Fereti Tuilagi | 2 | |
| 19 | Jamie Peacock | Sean Hoppe | 6 | |
| 22 | Brian McDermott | Vila Mata'utia | 16 | |
| Matthew Elliott | Coach | Ellery Hanley | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve 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.