{"id":546922,"date":"2026-04-23T19:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546922\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:03:10","slug":"bradford-bulls-sign-ex-super-league-man-on-short-term-deal-amid-injury-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546922\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls sign ex-Super League man on short-term deal amid injury crisis"},"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>Bradford Bulls have signed a former Super League man to offer some depth among their outside backs amid the club\u2019s ongoing injury crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Over a dozen senior players are out injured with the latest injury update from head coach Kurt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-bradford-bulls-confirm-season-ending-injury-with-club-down-to-15-fit-players-114530\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haggerty confirming that centre Esan Marsters had suffered a season-ending injury<\/a> after snapping his Achilles against Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls also lost Joe Mellor in that game to a long-term knee issue leaving Haggerty with just 15 fit players at training on Tuesday, highlighting the huge issues the club are facing.<\/p>\n<p>Bradford have since been able to name a 19-man squad for Saturday\u2019s game against Hull KR and it\u2019s now been bolstered to 20 with the Bulls announcing the signing of former Super League man Greg Eden, who was most recently playing in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Eden has not played at Super League level since 2023 with his past two and a half seasons spent in the Championship at Halifax, Featherstone, Hunslet and most recently North Wales Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>With the Crusaders seeing their ownership pull funding, the club are in crisis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-championship-side-north-wales-crusaders-suffer-latest-blow-as-club-forced-to-withdraw-from-cup-competition-114375\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently forfeited an 1895 Cup game against Midlands<\/a> meaning they\u2019ve become the latest side from whom players will be picked up.<\/p>\n<p>Bradford Bulls sign Greg Eden<\/p>\n<p>Bradford have now picked up Eden, announcing the deal on social media, with the 35-year-old signing an initial month-long contract.<\/p>\n<p>Starting his career with Castleford Tigers in 2011, Eden played at the top level for over a decade in a career that took him down under to play for current NRL champions Brisbane Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>It was at Castleford Tigers where he was most profilic though, rejoining the club ahead of the 2017 season and going on to score 111 tries in 119 games. More recently, he has scored 10 in 10 for North Wales, including a hat-trick against a London side that Bradford Bulls had beaten in the early stages of the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd1d | Bradford Bulls are delighted to announce the signing of experienced outside back Greg Eden on an initial one-month deal.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcd6 | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H05s0qLtFe\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/H05s0qLtFe<\/a><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\/t4nQAM88Za\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/t4nQAM88Za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradford Bulls (@OfficialBullsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBullsRL\/status\/2047314549532230056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 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":"Bradford Bulls have signed a former Super League man to offer some depth among their outside backs amid&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":["post-546922","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\/546922","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=546922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546922\/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=546922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}