Halifax Blue Sox
Coach: Gary Mercer
Home Ground: The New Shay Stadium
Colours: Blue and White

Team Members

(Regular Season only)
No Player Apps Subs T G FG Pts
14 Martin Pearson 17 1 10 63 0 166
12 Jamie Bloem 26 0 4 25 0 66
13 Martin Moana 26 2 16 0 0 64
17 Oliver Marns 17 5 12 0 0 48
3 Damian Gibson 25 0 10 0 0 40
1 Darryl Cardiss 21 1 8 4 0 40
9 Paul Rowley 23 0 9 1 0 38
7 Andrew Dunneman 27 0 9 0 0 36
6 Greg Florimo 26 0 6 4 0 32
10 James Gannon 26 0 6 0 0 24
4 Marvin Golden 20 2 5 0 0 20
31 Danny Tickle 4 4 1 7 0 18
33 Lee Greenwood 4 2 4 0 0 16
11 Gary Mercer 27 1 3 0 0 12
22 Gael Tallec 5 19 3 0 0 12
5 Phil Hassan 14 3 2 0 0 8
27 Jim Naylor 7 6 2 0 0 8
34 Danny Halliwell 2 2 2 0 0 8
23 Brett Goldspink 20 3 1 0 0 4
8 Andy Hobson 11 14 1 0 0 4
19 David Foster 4 11 0 0 0 0
32 Matty Firth 4 1 0 0 0 0
15 Lokeni Savelio 2 11 0 0 0 0
20 Stephen Holgate 1 10 0 0 0 0
30 Jamie Thackray 1 5 0 0 0 0
28 Casey Mayberry 1 2 0 0 0 0
18 Mike Peters 1 2 0 0 0 0
35 Sean Penkywicz 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jon Scales 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Robert Roberts 0 3 0 0 0 0
36 Ryan Clayton 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 Danny Fearon 0 1 0 0 0 0
* App = played in starting 13, Sub = played as substitute

Send-off List

Round 14: James Gannon (Striking).
Round 22: Andy Hobson (Illegal use of knees).

Total For/Against

Points For: 664 (average: 23.7 per match)
Points Against: 703 (average: 25.1 per match)

 

Largest Margins

Winning:
64 points (Round 17 vs Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants)

Losing:
60 points (Round 10 vs Bradford Bulls)

Smallest Margins

Winning:
2 points (Round 24 vs Hull FC)
2 points (Round 27 vs Bradford Bulls)

Losing:
1 point (Round 20 vs Salford City Reds)
1 point (Round 25 vs Wigan Warriors)

Win/Draw/Loss History

3 16 8 -12 -32 -10 6 -6 18 -60 6 26 -18 -14 -14 -4 64 -22 -14 -1 -5 0 -8 2 20 -7 -17 36


Win/Draw/Loss History Graph

Matches this season

Round 1. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (30) defeated Hull FC (27)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Greg Florimo (2), Martin Pearson, Oliver Marns, Damian Gibson, Andrew Dunneman, Goals: Martin Pearson (3).
Hull FC: Tries: Brian Carney (3), Wayne McDonald, Goals: Ben Sammut (5), Field Goals: Craig Simon.
Round 2. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (40) defeated Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (24)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Moana, Martin Pearson, Andrew Dunneman, Paul Rowley, Darryl Cardiss, Oliver Marns, Goals: Martin Pearson (8).
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Tries: Adam Hughes, Gary Price, Warren Jowitt, Goals: Steve McNamara (6).
Round 3. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (24) defeated Leeds Rhinos (16)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Jim Naylor, Darryl Cardiss, Martin Pearson, Goals: Martin Pearson (5), Jamie Bloem.
Leeds Rhinos: Tries: Daryl Powell (2), Keith Senior, Goals: Francis Cummins, Iestyn Harris.
Round 4. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (8) lost to Wigan Warriors (20)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Brett Goldspink, Goals: Jamie Bloem, Martin Pearson.
Wigan Warriors: Tries: Brett Dallas, Mick Cassidy, Lee Gilmour, Goals: Andy Farrell (4).
Round 5. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (20) lost to St Helens (52)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Pearson (2), Darryl Cardiss (2), Goals: Martin Pearson (2).
St Helens: Tries: Keiron Cunningham (2), Tommy Martyn (2), Steve Hall, Apollo Perelini, Paul Wellens, Kevin Iro, Sean Long, Goals: Sean Long (8).
Round 6. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (20) lost to Warrington Wolves (30)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Greg Florimo, Gael Tallec, Gary Mercer, Paul Rowley, Goals: Martin Pearson (2).
Warrington Wolves: Tries: Toa Kohe-Love (2), Lee Briers, Alan Hunte, Danny Farrar, Goals: Steve Blakeley (3), Lee Briers (2).
Round 7. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (30) defeated Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants (24)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Damian Gibson, Andrew Dunneman, Jamie Bloem, Martin Moana, Darryl Cardiss, Goals: Martin Pearson (5).
Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants: Tries: Gene Ngamu, Karl Lovell, Sylvain Houles, Goals: Gene Ngamu (6).
Round 8. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (14) lost to Castleford Tigers (20)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns, Gael Tallec, Goals: Martin Pearson (3).
Castleford Tigers: Tries: Lee Harland, Andy Lynch, Danny Orr, Paul Smith, Goals: Jamie Benn, Danny Orr.
Round 9. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (38) defeated Salford City Reds (20)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Damian Gibson, James Gannon, Paul Rowley, Martin Pearson, Marvin Golden, Oliver Marns, Goals: Martin Pearson (5), Jamie Bloem (2).
Salford City Reds: Tries: Malcolm Alker (2), Nick Pinkney, Goals: Steve Blakeley (4).
Round 10. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (2) lost to Bradford Bulls (62)
Halifax Blue Sox: Goals: Martin Pearson.
Bradford Bulls: Tries: Justin Brooker (3), Scott Naylor (2), Stuart Spruce (2), Stuart Fielden, Mike Forshaw, Paul Anderson, Henry Paul, Goals: Henry Paul (9).
Round 11. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (22) defeated London Broncos (16)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Greg Florimo, Martin Pearson, Martin Moana, Goals: Martin Pearson (4), Jamie Bloem.
London Broncos: Tries: Glen Air, Brett Warton, Frank Napoli, Goals: Brett Warton (2).
Round 12. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (36) defeated Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (10)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Marvin Golden (2), Greg Florimo, Gael Tallec, Paul Rowley, Martin Moana, Gary Mercer, Goals: Martin Pearson (4).
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: Tries: Bright Sodje, Frank Watene, Goals: Graham Law.
Round 13. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (18) lost to Hull FC (36)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Pearson (2), James Gannon, Goals: Martin Pearson (3).
Hull FC: Tries: Matthew Daylight, Richard Horne, Steve Collins, David Maiden, Adam Maher, Craig Simon, Goals: Ben Sammut (6).
Round 14. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (22) lost to Leeds Rhinos (36)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns, Martin Moana, Phil Hassan, Jamie Bloem, Goals: Jamie Bloem (2), Martin Pearson.
Leeds Rhinos: Tries: Keith Senior (4), Paul Sterling, Karl Pratt, Goals: Iestyn Harris (6).
Round 15. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (12) lost to Wigan Warriors (26)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns, Martin Moana, Goals: Jamie Bloem, Martin Pearson.
Wigan Warriors: Tries: Gary Connolly (2), Chris Chester, Brett Dallas, Willie Peters, Goals: Willie Peters (2), Phil Jones.
Round 16. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (24) lost to St Helens (28)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Moana (2), Oliver Marns, Jamie Bloem, Goals: Martin Pearson (4).
St Helens: Tries: Paul Wellens (2), Anthony Sullivan, Tony Stewart, Tommy Martyn, Goals: Sean Long (4).
Round 17. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (66) defeated Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants (2)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Moana (3), Andrew Dunneman (2), Darryl Cardiss, Oliver Marns, Phil Hassan, Jim Naylor, Martin Pearson, Paul Rowley, Goals: Martin Pearson (11).
Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants: Goals: Gene Ngamu.
Round 18. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (12) lost to Warrington Wolves (34)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Andrew Dunneman, Martin Moana, Goals: Jamie Bloem (2).
Warrington Wolves: Tries: Steve McCurrie (2), Will Cowell, Lee Briers, Allan Langer, Alan Hunte, Goals: Lee Briers (5).
Round 19. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (12) lost to Castleford Tigers (26)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Paul Rowley, Damian Gibson, Goals: Jamie Bloem (2).
Castleford Tigers: Tries: Lee Harland, Darren Rogers, Barrie-Jon Mather, Danny Orr, Jon Wells, Goals: Danny Orr (3).
Round 20. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (26) lost to Salford City Reds (27)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns, Andrew Dunneman, Jamie Bloem, Paul Rowley, Darryl Cardiss, Goals: Jamie Bloem (3).
Salford City Reds: Tries: Jason Nicol, Martin Offiah, Malcolm Alker, Nick Pinkney, Goals: Steve Blakeley (5), Field Goals: Martin Offiah.
Round 21. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (20) lost to London Broncos (25)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns (2), Marvin Golden, Goals: Jamie Bloem (4).
London Broncos: Tries: Frank Napoli, Andy Johnson, Brett Warton, Greg Fleming, Goals: Brett Warton (4), Field Goals: Karle Hammond.
Round 22. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (20) drew with Bradford Bulls (20)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: James Gannon (2), Damian Gibson, Marvin Golden, Goals: Darryl Cardiss, Jamie Bloem.
Bradford Bulls: Tries: Scott Naylor (2), Goals: Henry Paul (6).
Round 23. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (12) lost to Wigan Warriors (20)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Paul Rowley, Martin Moana, Goals: Jamie Bloem (2).
Wigan Warriors: Tries: Kris Radlinski (2), Terry Newton, Goals: Andy Farrell (4).
Round 24. (Away) Halifax Blue Sox (16) defeated Hull FC (14)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Paul Rowley, Andrew Dunneman, Damian Gibson, Goals: Jamie Bloem (2).
Hull FC: Tries: Steve Collins, Tony Grimaldi, Goals: Ian Herron (3).
Round 25. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (36) defeated Castleford Tigers (16)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Lee Greenwood (2), Damian Gibson (2), Danny Halliwell, Darryl Cardiss, Danny Tickle, Goals: Danny Tickle (4).
Castleford Tigers: Tries: Jon Wells, Barrie-Jon Mather, Brad Davis, Goals: Ian Tonks, Barry Eaton.
Round 26. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (18) lost to Bradford Bulls (25)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Damian Gibson, Danny Halliwell, Andy Hobson, Goals: Danny Tickle (3).
Bradford Bulls: Tries: James Lowes, Henry Paul, Paul Deacon, Michael Withers, Goals: Henry Paul (4), Field Goals: Paul Deacon.
Round 27. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (12) lost to Salford City Reds (29)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Oliver Marns, James Gannon, Goals: Jamie Bloem, Paul Rowley.
Salford City Reds: Tries: Kris Tassell, James Smith, Graham Holroyd, Goals: Steve Blakeley (7), Graham Holroyd, Field Goals: Graham Holroyd.
Round 28. (Home) Halifax Blue Sox (54) defeated Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants (18)
Halifax Blue Sox: Tries: Martin Moana (3), Lee Greenwood (2), Damian Gibson, James Gannon, Gary Mercer, Andrew Dunneman, Greg Florimo, Goals: Greg Florimo (4), Darryl Cardiss (3).
Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants: Tries: Danny Arnold (2), Matt Crowther, Goals: Matt Crowther (3).

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