One of the three senior players let go by Huddersfield Giants at the end of the 2025 season has now signed with a new club.
Back in September, the Giants confirmed that trio Aidan McGowan, Jake Bibby and Jack Bibby would all be leaving and the latter of those has now signed with Widnes Vikings in the Championship.
Prop forward Jack actually spent the end of the 2025 campaign on loan at the DCBL Stadium with the Vikings and he’ll call it home for the next two years, having signed a deal until the end of the 2027 season.
Bibby, like his brother Jake, arrived from Wigan but whereas the outside back earned quite regular game time, forward Jack didn’t and that saw him make a number of loan moves away.
The 24-year-old signed for the Giants in 2023 but would only make a total of nine appearances at Huddersfield, with seven of those coming last year before his loan move to Widnes.
Ex-Huddersfield Giants man signs for Widnes Vikings
His 2023 and 2024 campaigns were characterised by loan spells in the Championship as well, making 13 and 12 appearances for Keighley and Dewsbury respectively as both sides suffered relegation.
He now joins a Widnes side who will be among those expecting to compete atop a newly-formed second tier as the Championship and League One comps amalgamate to form a 21-team division.
Widnes, who finished seventh in 2025, have already seen three of their rivals promoted whilst relegated Salford are in a huge state of disrepair with a HMRC hearing impending and just a handful of senior players remaining.
As such the Vikings will certainly fancy a tilt at silverware and the signing of Bibby from Huddersfield indicates that with the former Giants man a big addition to Allan Coleman’s squad.
Coleman, who said he was “buzzing” to permanently sign Bibby, added: “I think he showed last year how strong a player he can be for us.
“We’ve identified him as a younger profile of player, like with Kieran Taylor, who we can bring in and develop.
“He’s still only 24 years old, so he has a massive future ahead of him and I can’t wait to see him progress.”
Bibby, who has only just turned 24, said: “I’m excited to sign for the club. It’s got a great future ahead from what I gathered talking to Allan last year.
“Having the chance to come back to the club permanently is a really good thing after playing on loan last year.”
He also made it clear that the club are pushing for the play-offs and to do so comfortably, having missed out by four points in 2025.
“I have faith that this group can create something great this year,” said Bibby, adding: “With the new signings and the playing group already here, we’ve only got better from last year. I think we will be in that top six securely and it won’t be coming down to the last couple of games like we did last year.”
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