{"id":712425,"date":"2026-07-26T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/712425\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:10:08","slug":"bradford-bulls-could-enter-loan-market-after-more-huge-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/712425\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls could enter loan market after more huge injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bradford Bulls<\/a> coach Kurt Haggerty admits he may have no choice but to enter the loan market after the club suffered three more key injuries on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Bulls were well beaten at Leeds Rhinos in the final game of Rivals Round, losing 42-12 on another costly afternoon for Haggerty\u2019s side in the end.<\/p>\n

And it has come at a price, with yet more injuries leaving the Bulls threadbare ahead of next weekend\u2019s daunting trip to defending champions Hull KR.<\/p>\n

Bradford suffer more injuries<\/p>\n

The Bulls lost half-back Jayden Nikorima shortly before half-time after his shoulder popped out, with Haggerty hinting at another spell on the sidelines for their most pivotal spine player.<\/p>\n

Jack Ormondroyd eventually had to come off the field after attempting to play through the pain barrier with an ankle injury, while import forward Phoenix Steinwede has problems in multiple areas.<\/p>\n

Haggerty admitted: \u201cWe\u2019ve lost Jack Ormondroyd early in the game, Jayden\u2019s shoulder popped out and Phoenix is struggling with his back and his hamstring.\u00a0 I\u2019ve no idea until tomorrow about the severity of them. Jack hurt his ankle very early in the game and hobbled around as best as he could.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bulls will not get Dan Russell back any time soon either. He is battling a gruesome eye problem which could lead to serious health issues if it gets any worse \u2013 meaning Bradford have to take their time with the Papua New Guinea international.<\/p>\n

Haggerty said: \u201cDan needs a two-week rest but it\u2019s a very strange injury so we\u2019re trying to see a specialist to have a second opinion on it. But if the eye bleeds again it could be very serious so I\u2019d rather err on the side of the caution rather than rush it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Bradford enter loan market?<\/p>\n

Haggerty insists his priority is not to dip into the transfer market, with young players like Alfie Leake \u2013 who was 18th man here \u2013 preferred to get an opportunity rather than bring in players on one-week loan deals.<\/p>\n

But he has conceded he may have no real choice if the injury verdict this week is as bad as it has been in recent weeks, leaving the Bulls without the capability to field a 17 against the Robins.<\/p>\n

Haggerty admitted: \u201cWe could have gone and go two or three players this week but I\u2019d rather stick with what we\u2019ve got. Alfie Leake is close to playing and I\u2019d rather see our own lads play. I\u2019ll go home, have a beer and digest but really try my best to stay out of it (the transfer market). But if needs must and I have to do it to put 17 players out there, that\u2019s what we might have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haggerty also admitted experiences like the one at Headingley on Sunday will be formative and stand the Bulls in good stead for the years ahead.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cFor the stage we\u2019re at I\u2019d rather play Leeds every single week for the boys who are in there, kids who\u2019ve never played Super League who don\u2019t know what this level is like, they have to survive big moments in the games. That\u2019ll really help them for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradford Bulls coach Kurt Haggerty admits he may have no choice but to enter the loan market after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-712425","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\/712425","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=712425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}