\n The 24-year-old forward, who can operate at prop or loose forward, made his senior debut for Hull FC in 2022 and has since made 32 appearances for the Airlie Birds.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gardiner also gained further experience in the Betfred Championship during the 2025 campaign, enjoying loan spells with Doncaster RLFC and Featherstone Rovers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gardiner expressed his excitement at joining the Bulls and his desire to make an impact in a new environment.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m buzzing to have signed for such a great club. I can\u2019t wait to pull the jersey on and get in front of the fans \u2013 they\u2019re a really loyal group,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s a massive club with a rich history and a strong fan base, and that really attracted me to the Bulls.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAfter speaking with Kurt and hearing about how he wants to play, I felt it really suits my game. I like to think I\u2019m a hard-working player who does the tough stuff, brings physicality, and can play big minutes. I\u2019m still young and have a lot to improve on, but I\u2019m hungry to kick on and establish myself at Super League level.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI had a tough year with injuries at Hull, so a fresh start at Bradford feels right. Everyone knows what the Bulls have achieved in the past, and hopefully we can bring some of those great times back.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Head Coach Kurt Haggerty believes Gardiner is a player with significant untapped potential.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWill has very much gone under the radar at Hull,\u201d said Haggerty. \u201cHe\u2019s had a good year, he\u2019s big, he\u2019s English, and he\u2019s a young front-rower with plenty of development ahead of him. There\u2019s a lot of work we can do together, and I believe there\u2019s a very good Super League player in there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 24-year-old forward, who can operate at prop or loose forward, made his senior debut for Hull FC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-234573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}