Bradford Bulls have lost one of their forwards for at least eight weeks with head coach Kurt Haggerty sharing an injury update after the win over Huddersfield Giants.

The Bulls overcame a slow start to win 26-14 against the Giants, and whilst Bradford didn’t lose any players to injury in the game, Kurt Haggerty confirmed a number of blows for those who were already absent.

A notable omission was Rowan Milnes with the former Hull KR man having featured in every game so far this season but Haggerty confirmed the playmaker missed out due to an Achilles injury at late notice.

Speaking post-match in his presser, Haggerty said: “Rowan pulled out yesterday, it’s an Achilles injury that he’s struggling with from the St Helens game and he just couldn’t recover in time.”

One positive was that it’s not expected to be a long-term loss with Haggerty describing it as a ‘pain management’ situation, meaning the half could return against Castleford Tigers.

He may be the only player who does return though, with Haggerty stating: “I don’t think we’ve got a lot back next week right now. It may change in the week. I think we’ve got potentially ten or eleven players missing at the moment.”

Bradford Bulls set for two months without Eribe Doro

One man who won’t feature for the next two months is prop Eribe Doro with the results of an ankle scan confirming an eight-week lay-off for the former Hull KR man.

Explaining the situation, Haggerty said: “It’s a really tricky one with Eribe so he could have the operation or he could try and rehab the best he can.

“At the moment in time, I’m looking at around maybe eight weeks for Eribe and I think that would be a result. It could have been a lot worse.”

That’s a major blow for the Bulls who are already light on the pack, however, Brandon Douglas is a possibility of returning after last week’s HIA, though teammate Zac Fulton will not.

Haggerty confirmed: “Brandon possibly (returns) but Zac won’t. Zac did the HIA in the game but we only got the report back on Monday so because of a late report, he’ll miss two games.”

One of the injury concerns on the night for Bradford was around Connor Wynne with some fearing he’d suffered a HIA, however, Haggerty allayed those concerns by explaining that the winger had simply winded himself, meaning he should be fine for next week.

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