Bradford Bulls have been handed a major boost ahead of Friday\u2019s clash with Huddersfield as Jayden Nikorima has been declared fit \u2013 and the club are hopeful of new signings before then, too.<\/p>\n
The Bulls are one of a number of clubs hit by injuries in the early stages of the new campaign, with a string of key men ruled out in the early weeks of the season.<\/p>\n
However, one of them is set to provide boss Kurt Haggerty with a timely boost in the shape of half-back Nikorima. He featured in the club\u2019s friendly matches before suffering a calf injury in the days leading up to their Challenge Cup clash at London. But now, Nikorima is ready to go, and he will make his competitive debut against the Giants this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s massive,\u201d the Bulls coach said of Nikorima\u2019s possible inclusion. \u201cHe\u2019s been like a big kid today around the place,\u00a0he\u2019s brought a bit of energy, we\u2019ve celebrated him being back in the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s big for the club, it\u2019s big for the team,\u00a0and what I would say is I\u2019m not expecting too much magic from Jayden\u00a0on his first game back, I just want him to defend well and take the line on.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, that has not stopped the Bulls from continuing their push on the recruitment front for new bodies. Haggerty has admitted in the past he has been on the lookout for fresh bodies \u2013 and insisted again on Tuesday afternoon that the search continues.<\/p>\n
Perhaps more intriguingly, he admitted he was hopeful of new bodies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking, we\u2019re actively looking,\u201d Haggerty said. \u201cI\u2019m probably hoping to know more today and tomorrow,\u00a0but yes, we are looking. If I can name 21, I\u2019d be very, very happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve literally\u00a0not been off the phone\u00a0all morning, so I\u2019m hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls have been handed a major boost ahead of Friday\u2019s clash with Huddersfield as Jayden Nikorima has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-481170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481170","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=481170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}