{"id":210811,"date":"2025-10-19T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210811\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:52:10","slug":"world-class-players-incoming-at-bradford-bulls-as-ceo-offers-update-including-pitch-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210811\/","title":{"rendered":"‘World class players’ incoming at Bradford Bulls as CEO offers update including pitch repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bradford Bulls CEO Jason Hirst has confirmed that \u2018world class players\u2019 will be signing for the club after their return to Super League, whilst he\u2019s also confirmed plans to amend and fix up the Odsal pitch.<\/p>\n

The Bulls\u2019 time outside Super League officially ended on Thursday when they were confirmed as returning to the top flight having placed tenth on the IMG gradings<\/a> after a huge 2.66 point increase.<\/p>\n

Reacting to that news, Hirst told BBC Radio Leeds<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cIn terms of the recent history of Bradford Bulls, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s many days that surpass this in the last 30 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bulls are back in Super League after an 11-year wait and it\u2019s massive.\u201d<\/p>\n

An immediate question for many was how the club had managed such a huge jump up the rankings, moving from 16th to 10th and gaining points in three of the five IMG pillars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hirst explained:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve managed to do it through on-field and off-field. When I say on-field, gone are the days of first past the post. We didn\u2019t quite win the league, we finished third and we lost in the semi-finals so under the traditional English way of being success and finishing top, no we weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Bradford were was consistent, finishing high in the Championship over the past three years with the three promoted teams actually being the top three from the second tier, leaving Hirst to argue that fans can\u2019t complain about it from a performance aspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf fans are crying out for the best three teams then we tick that box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bradford Bulls to fix up pitch and squad before Super League return<\/p>\n

As for off-field improvements, he said:\u00a0 \u201cOff the field, we\u2019ve been the best and that\u2019s fact. We\u2019ve posted profits these last few years and not many teams can post profits which we\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve improved our facilities. Under facilities, there are ten strands and we\u2019ve improved in every single one. In the last twelve months alone, we\u2019ve brought in a big screen, LED advertising, an extended TV gantry, a director\u2019s box on the halfway line that is a community box from Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve ticked every single box and that\u2019s hard for some people to stomach and that\u2019s okay, we live in democracy and people have their opinions but every single club knew how to score on IMG.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing he did concede was that the club do need to work on the pitch, confirming that they have consulted with multiple companies about how they will fix up the corners of the pitch which are cut into somewhat by the stock car track.<\/p>\n

Hirst admitted: \u201cWith this pitch, we\u2019ve got a little bit of work to do. We need to tidy up the corners and we\u2019re going to look at the dimensions and it will all be done in time for Super League.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for squad-building, something Kurt Haggerty has spoken about<\/a>, Hirst has claimed the club will make \u2018world class\u2019 signings.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to make up the numbers. Everybody who comes to Bradford or plays against Bradford will know they\u2019ve been in a match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some world class players coming to the Bulls that we haven\u2019t announced yet and with world class players you get good teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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