{"id":557058,"date":"2026-04-29T14:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:27:13","slug":"bradford-bulls-land-much-needed-loanee-as-leigh-leopards-man-joins-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557058\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls land much-needed loanee as Leigh Leopards man joins club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JC260418035.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 finally managed to bring in some bodies amid their current injury crisis, and have landed the loan signing of a Leigh Leopards man.<\/p>\n<p>Ben McNamara will join the club on a one-week loan deal, and with the club in dire need of a half-back, it comes as a refreshing change.<\/p>\n<p>Of Bradford\u2019s four halves, Rowan Milnes, Jayden Nikorima, Joe Keyes and Chris Atkin, only Atkin is fit and healthy, so he is expected to partner McNamara in the halves this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls travel to Wigan on Saturday afternoon, with Kury Haggerty hoping that McNamara is one of a few loan players the club can potentially bring in this week.<\/p>\n<p>McNamara, whose father is Bradford legend, and future Hull FC boss, Steve, has made 60 Super League appearances in his career so far, and this year has been utilised at hooker and off the bench for Adrian Lam\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the 24-year-old is expected to play in the halves, he could be an option in that nine position with Andy Ackers missing from Bulls\u2019 line-up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/no-men-left-extent-of-bradford-bulls-injuries-on-full-show-boss-assesses-hull-kr-defeat-114664\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday\u2019s defeat to Hull KR.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haggerty will name his preliminary squad for that Wigan clash tomorrow [Thursday], and there is scope that more additions could come in prior to that squad announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Connor\u2019s World Cup chances, Brian McDermott reaction &amp; Leeds Rhinos early title favourites \u2013\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XgTBWWq5qjs?si=w7W3v7cgtp4m0ShY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc4b | Hey, McNamara!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d | We\u2019re delighted to announce the arrival of half-back Ben McNamara from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeighLeopardsRL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LeighLeopardsRL<\/a> \u2013 who joins us on a one-week loan deal ahead of our trip to Wigan!<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\/0FZuwolvoL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0FZuwolvoL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradford Bulls (@OfficialBullsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBullsRL\/status\/2049428584322806120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 29, 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 finally managed to bring in some bodies amid their current injury crisis, and have landed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-557058","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\/557058","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=557058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}