Pretty certain we had what we were told were season long loans recently where there turned out to be a recall clause after first month.

IIRC they were intended to be season long and were announced as such,but parent club register them as a one month initial loan which then becomes a rolling loan with instant recall after first month. We then dont get the player back after recall as that would trigger another 1 month no recall period. Seem to think it was Leeds that used this method with us last time.

I don’t think they can anymore due to bubble restrictions I could be wrong

I wouldn't be surprised if that were true.

In general loans, after the first month, were as per contract/agreement with the loaning club with regard to recalls but covid definitely puts a different slant on things.

good point about bubble restrictions. I guess players could still move between bubbles but would need to go through a 10-14 day quarantine period each move, So any loans would be likely to be longer term. Wonder how clubs that were heavily dependent on dual reg are going to cope. Wonder if we're going to see a few leeds youngsters released and joining fev on 1 year deals then re-joining leeds in 2022.

Fev already have a 26-man squad with at least one more player set to be announced so I doubt it, there would be nowhere for them to play anyway with no reserves grade any more.

Latest news from the RFL concerning 2021 https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... 021-season

Latest news from the RFL concerning 2021 https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... 021-season

Wonder what the contingency plan looks like because without a vaccine or series of lockdowns we're stuck where we are for the foreseeable future.

Got to agree with that.
Even April looks unlikely, imo and if it's later before we can get fans in (and some money) then it's looking desperate, tbh.

I wonder if we got a glimpse of our 2021 Centre/Wing partnership tonight with Evans and Tindall. He certainly took his try well

Also after the announcement earlier about Murphy Smith we now have 24 contracted players, who I think are-

1. Pickersgill
2. Dawson-Jones
3. Evans
4. Oakes
5. Brown
6. Brough
7. Lilley
8. A England
9. Doyle
10. Crossley
11. Rooks
12. Murphy
13. Hallas
14. Flanagan
15. DFJ
16. Gallagher
17. Nzoungou
18. Scurr
19. B England
20. Race
21. Berry
22. Ho
23. S Smith
24. M Smith

All on 1 year deals apart from Evans, Brough, A England, Murphy and Gallagher

Good to see we're keeping our young players. Sure some will take their chance just as Gallagher and Scurr did last year and many more before them. Our back line is there. We need a couple of props though. I'm pretty certain Ant Walker is one. Maybe keeping our powder dry as I'm sure a lot of players will be released from SL clubs.

I'd imagine the amount of 1 year deals are due to the unknowns of the covid impact for next year.

Mick Gledhill appears to know 2 super league players we have signed

Certainly shows we need to generate some income from different streams to give us a chance in 2021 and beyond

Anyone heard anything regarding Kirk?

He seems to have dropped off the radar completely

Heading to Oldham

I like that squad. In a strange way whilst I accept Covid has been financially ruinous for just about everybody, we look at our strongest (on paper) since we left SL. I think we're 2 seasoned props short of top 4, with a lot of younger players who will only improve. I haven't seen Bradley Ho btw.

Only at Bradford could a global plague herald the first sign of optimism in a decade.