{"id":802617,"date":"2026-10-14T19:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802617\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:18:15","slug":"salford-rlfc-sign-former-red-devils-and-wigan-warriors-super-league-grand-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802617\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford RLFC sign former Red Devils and Wigan Warriors&#8217; Super League Grand Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2019-sw107_St-Helens-v-Salford.jpg.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>Salford RLFC have signed a player who represented the city\u2019s former club, the Red Devils, in a Super League Grand Final as squad additions are made ahead of the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Just a year ago, Salford Red Devils were being wound up after a disastrous campaign in the 2025 Super League season that saw them ultimately liquidated. The club were resurrected under a new name of Salford RLFC with former player Mason Caton-Brown at the heart of the new ownership, whilst fan favourite Ryan Brierley returned and became club CEO.<\/p>\n<p>After a first season under their new identity, Salford are preparing for Championship season 2027 and they\u2019ve added a familiar face with 2019 Super League Grand Final try-scorer Jake Bibby signed to the club.<\/p>\n<p>Salford ultimately lost that Grand Final 23-6 against St Helens but it wasn\u2019t Bibby\u2019s only Grand Final as he also scored in the big game a year later, albeit for Wigan in yet another loss to St Helens.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/championship-side-make-difficult-decisions-as-former-leeds-rhinos-st-helens-and-wigan-warriors-men-depart-119349\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">being released by Oldham<\/a>, Bibby has now returned to and signed for Salford RLFC as the latest addition to a squad that has already re-signed Brad Dwyer and brought back fan favourite Marc Sneyd as well.<\/p>\n<p>The end of IMG, retiring Ryan Hall and Rugby League World Cup\u2019s paywall problem<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H2W6-6bBhCE&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> \u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salford RLFC sign Jake Bibby for 2027<\/p>\n<p>Bibby brings plenty of experience to Salford but he also knows exactly what the club is all about, having made his debut with them back in 2015 and played with them throughout that incredible 2019 season with the Grand Final being his last match.<\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on Serious About Rugby League<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d then have three years at Wigan before a further three in Super League with Huddersfield, with his top flight appearances tallying 195, during which time he has crossed over 74 times.<\/p>\n<p>Bibby has also proven to be elite within the Championship, scoring 17 in 29 games for Oldham last season and he now rejoins Salford with the club aptly referring to him as someone who has \u2018been there for the big moments\u2019 and that he is \u2018back to help us rise\u2019.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re delighted to confirm the signing of Jake Bibby.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been there for the big moments and is back to help us Rise.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome Home, Jake. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>#RisingTogether https:\/\/t.co\/tzymNyAuMf<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Salford RLFC (@Salford_RLFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Salford_RLFC\/status\/2110384571875303663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 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\/10\/1792005495_64_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salford RLFC have signed a player who represented the city\u2019s former club, the Red Devils, in a Super&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-802617","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\/802617","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=802617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}