{"id":492225,"date":"2026-03-24T08:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492225\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:06:11","slug":"bradford-bulls-snap-up-forward-as-former-sydney-roosters-man-lands-at-odsal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492225\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls snap up forward as former Sydney Roosters man lands at Odsal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bradford Bulls have added to their squad with the addition of overseas back-rower Phoenix Steinwede.<\/p>\n

The Australian has penned a deal with the Bulls until the end of the 2026 Super League season and he significantly bolsters Kurt Haggerty\u2019s pack options.<\/p>\n

Steinwede has spent time at Sydney Roosters and Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, but the 23-year-old makes the move to Super League having never made a first-grade appearance, with his only previous experience coming in second string competitions.<\/p>\n

He has represented the Roosters\u2019 reserve side in the New South Wales Cup, but he has spent this year and last season representing Tweed Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. He has made eight appearances for the Seagulls, but notably he has scored three tries which certainly serves to underline the threat he carries.<\/p>\n

He scored three tries in 14 NSW Cup appearances for the Roosters, where he played alongside the likes of Ethan Clark-Wood, Xavier Va\u2019a and former Catalans Dragons man Dylan Napa.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Steinwede will make his debut for the Bulls this Thursday at Castleford Tigers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s young, he\u2019s big, he\u2019s athletic and he suits how we want to play so we\u2019re really happy to get him over the line,\u201d Haggerty said on his latest recruit.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhoenix was actually brought to my attention when I first came to the club but because things happened so quickly, we just had to get so many players over the line in a short space of time. I knew who he was, I was aware of who he was but now the more I\u2019ve watched him, as I\u2019ve gone back and studied him a little bit more, I have also had some great feedback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen him play for the Titans in the trial game against St George and there are a lot of things that he did in that game that showed to me that he\u2019s potentially a really good player for the Bradford Bulls.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done a little bit of the training session today so we\u2019re all really confident in what he can do, so he could be in action pretty soon. I\u2019m just glad we\u2019ve done it now, I don\u2019t want it to look like a reaction to something as we needed to strengthen anyway. We\u2019re going pretty well at the moment and we have some wins under our belt but we need to keep strengthening to take that next step so it wasn\u2019t a reaction to us not being in form and not picking up some wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been actively looking, but I was so hesitant in bringing the right person into the club because the group is so special but Phoenix fits the bill he is a great character, he is a fantastic young man and he\u2019s a very good rugby player. He\u2019s versatile. He can play back row, he can play both sides and he can also do a spot in the middle so he brings versatility in the forwards for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steinwede added: \u201cI am really excited, I landed this morning and have met the boys and the staff and for me this is a really exciting career opportunity because of what the club are building here having watched their style of footy. I am excited to be a part of it, learn from Kurt and jump on the back of what the boys are doing and hopefully have a good year.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, this is about challenging myself now, getting into full-time and seeing where it can take me and develop my game in the best ways I can. I feel like for me, the opportunity here, under Kurt and the rest of the staff, I feel like this is the best leap forward in my career and the opportunity was in front of me so I jumped at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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