Platt, Michael

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Bulls secure Platt for three more years
Sun May 11, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk

Bradford Bulls have today announced that Full Back Michael Platt has signed a new three year contract with the club and will remain at the Grattan Stadium until the end of the 2011 season.

Platt joined the Bulls from Castleford at the end of 2006 and has made 34 appearances for the club scoring 15 tries. He was a member of the Gt. Britain Squad for last year's Autumn Internationals against the touring New Zealand side.

Speaking today Michael Platt said of his decision to stay at the Grattan Stadium:

"I'm delighted to be staying at Bradford for another three years and I think I've improved while I've been here. I've still got a lot to do but the club has shown a lot of faith in me by giving me a deal that long. I don't know too many Bradford Bulls who have gone on to higher heights from here and leaving was not something I ever wanted to do, so it's great that it's all sorted. When I signed here I knew I was coming to one of the top clubs and that's where all players want to do their stuff."

Bulls Coach Steve McNamara is pleased with the signing.

"I am delighted we have been able to keep Michael at the club and I am very pleased with the progress he has made since he joined the us. He is an outstanding athlete and is developing into a very good Full Back. For me he has all the attributes and if he continues to learn and improve, he can go a long, long way in the game."

News source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk


Platt shows the way as Bulls take the spoils
Mon February 19, 2007
Source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk

New boy Michael Platt grabbed an impressive hat-trick of tries as Bradford Bulls staged a magnificent recovery to make it two opening wins in the engage Super League this season.

Full-back Platt, snapped up from Castleford Tigers, took the honours as the Bulls fought back from 14-6 down just before the interval.

But it was far from a one man show as the Bulls dug deep to stun the Wolves.

Warrington, already without long-term absentees Adrian Morley and Chris Bridge, suffered a double pre-match blow with Martin Gleeson and Vinnie Anderson withdrawing.

But the hosts, boosted by their previous win at Wigan Warriors, went ahead with a Lee Briers penalty after 12 minutes for Jamie Langley's offside.

Paul Rauhihi was impressive up front for the Wolves and his pass to Rob Parker sent the former Bulls forward charging upfield for Briers to send Ben Westwood over for his first try to open up an 8-0 lead.

Bradford hit back with Platt's first touchdown with Michael Sullivan guilty of slack defence.

Rauhihi saved a possible try in the Bradford half when Lesley Vainikolo collected Briers kick and raced clear, only to be halted by a thundering tackle from his Kiwi international team-mate.

But it was Briers calling the shots for Warrington with his perfectly weighted kick allowing Westwood to grab his second try and open up a 14-6 lead after 34 minutes.

Henry Fa'afili's blunder from the kick-off was a bonus for Bradford who almost took advantage with Vainikolo narrowly failing to latch onto Terry Newton's grubber.

Bradford were not to be denied just before the break with Joe Vagana's offload and Iestyn Harris' pass sending Australian new boy Glenn Morrison skipping past Jon Clarke, Stuart Reardon and Briers - with Paul Deacon's second conversion cutting the interval deficit to 14-12.

The Bulls drew level when Briers' dropout failed to travel 10 metres and Deacon slotted over the penalty.

Deacon's pin point kicking earned a 40-20, setting up the chance for Morrison to create a try for Vainikolo in the corner and fire Bradford ahead for the first time.

Worse followed for Warrington after 55 minutes with Chris Riley slow to react to Harris' kick and James Evans accepted the gift to open up a 24-14 lead.

Bradford made it three tries in eight minutes with Platt starting and finishing a slick move also involving Langley and Morrison.

The Bulls were reduced to 12 men when Sam Burgess was sin-binned for holding down with Warrington immediately responding when Chris Leikvoll charged over - and Briers' conversion reduced the arrears to 30-20.

But Platt capped a top show by picking up Brent Grose's kick to sprint 70 metres five minutes from time and complete his treble.

Report source: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk

====================================================================================================== 2008 engage English Super League Bradford Bulls 13 games; 2 tries, 8 points. [View] Round 1 [10 Feb 08] L 24-26 v Wakefield (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 2 [16 Feb 08] W 38-12 v Huddersfield (H). [FB] [View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] L 16-22 v St Helens (H). [FB] [View] Round 4 [01 Mar 08] L 14-28 v Wigan (A). [FB] [View] Round 5 [08 Mar 08] W 20-18 v Les Catalans (A). [FB] [View] Round 14 [18 May 08] W 46-24 v Castleford (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 15 [23 May 08] L 14-30 v Leeds (H). [FB] [View] Round 16 [08 Jun 08] L 16-24 v Les Catalans (H). [FB] [View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] L 20-58 v St Helens (A). [FB] [View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] W 36-22 v Hull FC (H). [FB] [View] Round 22 [20 Jul 08] W 24-10 v Wakefield (H). [FB] [View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] L 24-36 v Harlequins (A). [FB] [View] Round 24 [08 Aug 08] L 18-28 v Leeds (A). [FB] ====================================================================================================== 2007 engage English Super League Bradford Bulls 16 games; 12 tries, 48 points. [View] Round 1 [11 Feb 07] W 18-14 v Huddersfield (H). [FB] [View] Round 2 [18 Feb 07] W 36-20 v Warrington (A). [FB] 12 Pts; 3t [View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] W 32-28 v Wigan (H). [FB] [View] Round 4 [02 Mar 07] L 22-34 v St Helens (A). [FB] [View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] W 56-18 v Salford City (H). [FB] 12 Pts; 3t [View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] W 36-22 v Harlequins (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 7 [25 Mar 07] L 22-29 v Les Catalans (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 8 [05 Apr 07] L 14-18 v Leeds (H). [FB] [View] Round 11 [20 Apr 07] W 32-22 v Hull FC (A). [FB] [View] Round 12 [29 Apr 07] W 36-24 v Warrington (H). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 13 [06 May 07] L 38-42 v Leeds. [FB] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 17 [17 Jun 07] W 34-8 v Hull FC (H). [FB] [View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] L 10-14 v Salford City (A). [FB] [View] Round 23 [12 Aug 07] W 28-10 v Hull KR (A). [FB] [View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 10-20 v Hull FC (A). [FB] [View] Finals Week 1 [21 Sep 07] L 30-31 v Wigan (H). [FB] ====================================================================================================== 2006 engage English Super League Castleford Tigers 25 games; 7 tries, 28 points. [View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] L 8-44 v St Helens (A). [FB] [View] Round 3 [26 Feb 06] W 34-28 v Les Catalans (H). [FB] [View] Round 4 [05 Mar 06] L 14-66 v Leeds (A). [FB] [View] Round 5 [12 Mar 06] W 34-20 v Harlequins (A). [FB] [View] Round 6 [19 Mar 06] W 38-18 v Wigan (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 7 [26 Mar 06] L 22-36 v Huddersfield (H). [FB] [View] Round 8 [08 Apr 06] L 14-51 v Les Catalans (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] L 6-64 v Warrington (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] L 6-42 v Leeds (A). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] W 28-26 v Salford City (H). [FB] [View] Round 13 [05 May 06] W 30-24 v Wigan (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 14 [14 May 06] L 18-40 v Les Catalans (H). [FB] [View] Round 15 [28 May 06] L 28-46 v Warrington (A). [FB] [View] Round 16 [11 Jun 06] D 26-26 v Bradford (H). [FB] [View] Round 17 [18 Jun 06] W 32-14 v Huddersfield (H). [FB] [View] Round 18 [23 Jun 06] L 10-28 v Hull FC (A). [FB] [View] Round 19 [02 Jul 06] W 52-26 v Warrington (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 20 [08 Jul 06] L 16-24 v Harlequins (A). [FB] [View] Round 21 [16 Jul 06] W 31-30 v Leeds (H). [FB] [View] Round 22 [23 Jul 06] L 10-34 v Huddersfield (A). [FB] [View] Round 23 [05 Aug 06] L 0-18 v Wakefield (H). [FB] [View] Round 24 [13 Aug 06] L 4-72 v St Helens (H). [FB] [View] Round 25 [18 Aug 06] L 10-48 v Bradford (A). [FB] [View] Round 26 [02 Sep 06] W 27-12 v Harlequins (H). [FB] [View] Round 27 [08 Sep 06] L 16-26 v Salford City (A). [FB] ======================================================================================================

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