Round 14
Harlequins 16 l. Bradford Bulls 58

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Location: United Kingdom > National > First Grade Competition: English Super League

Bulls enforce Capital punishment
Sun May 14, 2006
Source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk

Bradford Bulls cruised to a comfortable 58-16 victory at Harlequins RL with Lesley Vainokolo, Andy Lynch and Shontayne Hape all grabbing two tries apiece.

The win moves The Bulls back above Hull and into third spot in Super League.

The Bulls settled the match with a devastating five-try blitz in the first-half that saw the hosts go in at the interval trailing by 30 points.

Harlequins did cross the whitewash three times themselves through Mark McLinden, Lee Hopkins and Zebastian Lucky Luisi, but were never really in the contest.

The visitors opened the scoring after just four minutes when Terry Newton sent Marcus Bai clear, and the winger offloaded to Marcus St Hilaire who crossed with ease.

However, Quins hit back almost immediately when, following a Rob Purdham break, Luke Dorn spread the ball to McLinden who forced himself over.

But Bradford were clearly in the ascendancy and restored their lead on 20 minutes when Fielden created an overlap before sending Bai in.

Vainikolo then intercepted to coast over from around 30 metres and Lynch got in on the act shortly afterwards to claim try number four.

Paul Deacon, who had converted all four tries, set up Hape with a precise grubber kick and Stuart Fielden collected the visitors' sixth of the half when he burst over after taking a Newton pass to leave the scoreline 36-6 at half-time.

Harlequins claimed the first score of the second period seven minutes in when Hopkins took advantage of a loose pass to touch down, but Bradford hit back when Hape powered through a couple of weak tackles to notch his second of the afternoon.

Vainikolo then matched that feat when he collected another astute Deacon kick, but Quins managed another score through Lucky Luisi with Henry Paul adding his second conversion of the game against his former side.

But it was The Bulls who had the final say when Lynch crossed for his second and Karl Pryce put the icing on the cake in the final minute.

Report source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk

Article: Gaffers Notes

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