Well Done Bulls. One step closer to seeing you back at Headingley

Bit o/t but there's a fantastic photo on Batemans Instagram of him, Whitehead, the Burgess twins, Donaldson and Chev Walker watching the game today in the coral stand. We've produced some talent in RL. Fanastic to see former players still have such love for the club. Been a while, but today i am proud to be a Bulls fan.

I thought they were all brilliant today, one player not mentioned was Elliot M. Roger must be over the moon with his performance, really stood up when Garsdie was off.
Thought Lilley was brilliant and to look at his face at the presentation, that lad’s a Bull, no doubt!
Hats off to Chalmers, we were all quick to criticise last year when things weren’t going well, you know what he stuck with us and made this happen.
Looking forward to Fax and Toronto.
One word guys YESSSSSSSS!

Sorry meant Garside, one or two too many libations

see you didn't need to win the league then, good old RFL made it so you can sneak in through the back door

Yep, the RFL changed League 1 so two teams get promoted years in advance of us being in it for this reason.

Oh dear.

Bravo Bradford Bulls and congratulations to the loyal fanbase. VERY busy at work today (ahem) with both the Leigh & the Bulls twitter feeds up on my computer. Could do without the cringeworthy player GIFs but the "handbags" one was amusing - saw it enough times today!

Hope that Leigh are still there to welcome you back to The Championship and thanks to all the fans who've taken the trouble to post their best wishes on our board in our straitened state (sorry for the odd reverse troll on there).

Today was brilliant. It had all the ingredients of a final: good crowd getting behind both teams, a few tasty moments, a ref that largely kept things under control and some adversity to over come to make the victory that bit more special.

The lads were excellent, they all seemed to put everything into that performance and it paid off. So happy this evening! What an afternoon. We haven’t experienced anything like this for some time so savour it.

Got to say didn't think ref too good,helped out massivley by touch judges. one in particular on mainstand side 2nd half

What a great day and night. Really good performance when it was most needed. Hope Leon can still get them up next week.

It was very emotional at the end, my lad came over to where we stand and I’m not ashamed to say we were both in tears having a big hug for a few minutes. We both knew what it meant to each other

Well done to the Bulls and for the true supporters who have stuck in there supporting them. Looking forward to our Derby games and may be a 3rd game in the summer bash. Welcome back, Mrs Faxlore is very happy.

Congratulations Bulls! Hope we are still there with you, next season.

Cheers Alan, you’re a good man. Yes hope you guys get through your problems and hope to see you next season

Yes mate absolutely over the moon. I thought he did ok yesterday.
It means so much to him

Chuffed to bits for you both mate

I saw him run over to your and thought it was a lovely touch. You must be as proud as punch, and rightly so.

It was a rough old game, but the metres we made going forwards were phenomenal, and our defence superb too.

It's sold me a season ticket for next year anyway.


And now I can sleep better too!

Yes it’s a moment I don’t think I’ll forget. We were both in tears hugging each other. Pretty special

What a day! Some great performances. Lilley at hooker was superb, some great sniping runs and in defence he was immense. Didn’t know he had that in him. James Green immense too, what about that hit in the first half when he brought the ball back off the kick off, I thought the earth was going to spin off its axis. Ethan Ryan’s cover tackle that jarred the ball loose that stopped a Town attack in the first half, really got the crowd going. The class of Hitchcox, whenever he got the ball he beat a defender.

Thought the ref did ok considering how feisty it got. I can’t recall any glaring mistakes. He used his assistants well. I didn’t see the Moi Moi tackle on Kirk but he was about 3m offside.

The emotions on display at the end were special. All the non playing staff on the sideline looked chuffed to bits. The look on Lilley’s face at times was a picture. Maybe he can re-start the tradition of Leeds players let go to us who go back to haunt them? Elliot Minchella’s embrace with his Dad said it all. Good also to see James Laithwaite out there too joining in the celebrations.

It’s going to be very tough next year and I’m sure we’ll see some players come and go, for now though we can celebrate.

great result. Thought we did well to stick to our gameplan and not get sucked into workingtons tactics. What was going on with Ref stopping clock every break in play?.

2 great performances to finish off the season.Well done lads,you did it when it counted the most.Any chance of Jy playing for the Bulls next year?Hope so.The team as a whole were immense in terms of game plan,vision in attack and a steely controlled defence,twas excellent,a pleasure to watch.Jy,Lilley,Minchella stood out,but it was a team effort that produced the goods.In many ways,given what's gone before,it meant as much, if not more than winning a grand final as everything finally fell into place for JK and his team.You could see how much it meant.
Championship next year,so onwards and upwards.I will say this,if they can replicate the last two performances next year they will give any side in the Division a damn good game.Let's see how we line up at the start of next year.Can't wait.

Referee not too bad but his control of the offside left a lot to be desired. I thought their No. 22 Elliot Miller was an absolute disgrace, cheap shots in every tackle.
We must try to hold on to Jy. His partnering with Webster next year would be great.

Still on cloud 9. Mention to Kirk too. I've had my doubts about him, but the last too games he has been immense. Still very young, hopefully continues to fill out and improve even more. As everyone has said, i don't think anyone had a bad game. Gibson as well, had his criticis this year, but i thought he was excellent yesterday. Nothing fancy, but didn't put a foot wrong all game. Type of performance thats essential in a final.

I won't go as far as micks "its like 1997 vs Paris" comment, but yesterday felt special and maybe, just maybe the climb back up to SL.

Kirk's come of age in the last two games for me. He tackles everything and shows no fear.

The way we went about the play offs showed we have turned a corner. Players have learnt how to perform under pressure. There will be much bigger challenges ahead against much better sides but to get there we had to perform in the last fortnight and some of the young lads have really stood up. I don't think they'll get bullied again like they did in 2017.

And look, the lovely RLFans bods have moved the message board back up already. We have escaped!