[5] He had joined on a two-year contract, although the following year Leeds Tykes were relegated from the Guinness Premiership in England and subsequently freed several players including Bulloch.
In December 1997 Bulloch made his full Scotland debut in an Autumn international against South Africa at the Murrayfield Stadium.
[7] Bulloch went on the 1998 tour of Oceania but in the first five minute of Scotland's first test against Australia he left the field with a dislocated shoulder.
In June 2001 he was called into the British & Irish Lions squad to cover for an injury to Phil Greening on the tour of Australia.
[10] In November 2002, he was named man of the match for his outstanding performance in Scotland's win over South Africa at Murrayfield.
[11] He was included in the Zurich World XV for 2002, a notional team list that was compiled based on ratings from detailed video analysis of performances during the past year.
Bulloch required stitches after an injury was sustained in a training ground incident involving himself and John Hayes.