Bradford Bulls 30–14 Leeds Rhinos — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2003 Super League Finals Series

Qualifying Semi-Final, 2003 Super League finals series: Bradford Bulls 30–14 Leeds Rhinos, at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on 4 Oct 2003.

Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. This page showed the position-order/squad-number conflation flagged as a known pitfall for this backlog: an initial fetch returned both a sequential 1-17 position index AND a separate real squad number for each player (e.g. "1. Stuart Reardon - 17 - FB", "10. Stuart Fielden - 29 - FR"); the real squad number (the second figure) was used throughout, not the position-order index. The resulting numbers are real and varied (Bradford's Stuart Fielden at 29, Robbie Hunter-Paul absent from the 22 with James Lowes starting at Hooker instead; Leeds' Francis Cummins at 1 (Wing) and Richard Mathers at 21 (Fullback)) and cross-match closely with Bradford's independently-sourced 2004 squad numbers recorded elsewhere in this file (Jamie Peacock consistently 12, Stuart Fielden consistently 29), giving good confidence the disambiguation was correct. Martin Forshaw's brace and Leon Pryce's and Lesley Vainikolo's tries directly corroborate their listed numbers. No duplicate or missing shirt numbers were encountered. Coaches confirmed via web search: Brian Noble (Bradford Bulls — already established via this file's own Grand Final entry, which quotes him directly) and Daryl Powell (Leeds Rhinos — NOT Tony Smith, who is already established elsewhere in this file as Leeds' coach from November 2003, AFTER this September/October 2003 finals series; the Yorkshire Evening Post's ranking of Leeds' Super League-era coaches gives Powell's tenure as "April 2001 - 2003" and states Smith "was brought in from Huddersfield Giants to replace Daryl Powell at the end of 2003", and Powell's own Wikipedia biography confirms he was "moved into a director of rugby role the following season" [2004], meaning Powell was still Leeds' head coach throughout this September/October 2003 finals campaign).