{"id":520382,"date":"2026-04-08T22:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:50:16","slug":"bradford-bulls-forward-returns-to-championship-club-as-loan-move-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520382\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls forward returns to Championship club as loan move confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OH8_8234.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Douglas will return to Halifax Panthers on a short-term loan deal from Bradford Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas joined Kurt Haggerty\u2019s side this off-season, after earning an opportunity to play in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league\/super-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Super League<\/a> following stand-out form in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league\/championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Championship<\/a> over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The prop has made three appearances for the Bulls this term, with two of those coming in the top flight and the other in the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He has missed some of this season through injury, including a HIA, but he will now look to earn game time for his former club Halifax after linking up with the club for the next month.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old is no stranger to calling The Shay his home, having featured for the Panthers in 2017, 2018, 2024 and 2025. He was part of Kyle Eastmond\u2019s side that reached the Championship semi-finals last season, and has made a total of 50 appearances for the club so far.<\/p>\n<p>Super League Rivals Round madness, broken video referee system and Challenge Cup predictions <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lMeLr_-tcYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd1d | Brandon Douglas has joined Halifax Panthers on a one-month loan. Rip in, Dougie.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RunWithTheBulls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RunWithTheBulls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5dcQiUKrfo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5dcQiUKrfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradford Bulls (@OfficialBullsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBullsRL\/status\/2041806027033641399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Douglas will return to Halifax Panthers on a short-term loan deal from Bradford Bulls. Douglas joined Kurt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-520382","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\/520382","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=520382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}