Bradford Bulls 44–22 London Broncos — Elimination Play-off, 2005 Super League Finals Series
23 Sep 2005 · Odsal Stadium, Bradford · Attendance: 9,167
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2005 Super League finals series: Bradford Bulls 44–22 London Broncos, at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on 23 Sep 2005.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. This is the first 2005-season match sourced in this backlog; both lineups fetched cleanly on the first attempt with real, varied squad numbers (e.g. Bradford's Leon Pryce at 3 (Fullback), Iestyn Harris at 18 (Five-Eighth); London's Feleti Mateo at 30 (Five-Eighth)) rather than a suspicious sequential 1-13 index, so no re-fetch was needed. Bradford's numbering here cross-matched exactly, unchanged, across all three of the club's further 2005 finals appearances (Elimination Semi-Final v Hull FC, Elimination Final v St Helens, Grand Final v Leeds), a strong four-way confirmation. Coaches confirmed via web search: Brian Noble (Bradford, already corroborated by this file's own Grand Final entry, which quotes him directly) and Tony Rea (London Broncos — Wikipedia's "2005 London Broncos season" article states the club "was coached by Tony Rea, competing in Super League X").
Scorers
| Bradford Bulls | Tries: Harris (2); Vainikolo (2); Hape; Henderson; Peacock; Pryce Goals: Harris (5/7 conversions); Pryce (1/1 conversions) |
| London Broncos | Tries: Haumono (2); Luisi; Wells Goals: Sykes (3/4 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Bradford Bulls | London Broncos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Leon Pryce | Fullback | Zebastian Luisi | 25 |
| 16 | Paul Johnson | Wing | Nick Bradley-Qalilawa | 3 |
| 13 | Ben Harris | Centre | Tyrone Smith | 24 |
| 4 | Shontayne Hape | Centre | Paul Sykes | 1 |
| 5 | Lesley Vainikolo | Wing | Jon Wells | 2 |
| 18 | Iestyn Harris | Five-Eighth | Feleti Mateo | 30 |
| 1 | Robbie Hunter-Paul | Halfback | Luke Dorn | 21 |
| 24 | Adrian Morley | Prop | Steve Trindall | 10 |
| 9 | Ian Henderson | Hooker | Dave Highton | 19 |
| 29 | Stuart Fielden | Prop | Mark Tookey | 17 |
| 12 | Jamie Peacock | Second Row | Solomon Haumono | 11 |
| 10 | Brad Meyers | Second Row | Lee Hopkins | 12 |
| 11 | Lee Radford | Lock | Carl Ablett | 26 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 22 | Karl Pryce | Robert Purdham | 13 | |
| 19 | Jamie Langley | Joe Mbu | 16 | |
| 14 | Andy Lynch | Danny Williams | 14 | |
| 8 | Joe Vagana | Karl Te Mata | 27 | |
| Brian Noble | Coach | Tony Rea | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Karl Kirkpatrick |
Match report
Bradford Bulls beat London Broncos 44-22 at Odsal Stadium on 23 September 2005 in a Super League Elimination Playoff, leading 10-6 at half-time before pulling clear. Iestyn Harris and Lesley Vainikolo each scored twice as Bradford advanced to face Hull FC in the Elimination Semi-Final.