Ian Sibbit - joins Bradford.


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Bradford Bulls have continued their recruitment for next season under new coach Mick Potter with the signing of Salford second rower Ian Sibbit.

Sibbit, 29, who had two spells with Warrington and a season in Australia with Melbourne Storm, has signed a two-year deal.

"It's a great move for me at this stage in my career," he said. "I've been at Salford for a long time and I was ready for a change so I really couldn't have made a better move.

"It came out of the blue but as soon as Bradford came in for me I was ready to sign."

Sibbit was part of a major clear-out at Salford and becomes the sixth new face at Odsal in 2011 following the signing of Olivier Elima (Catalans), Bryn Hargreaves (St Helens), Chev Walker (Hull KR), Shaun Ainscough (Wigan) and Patrick Ah Van.

Bradford chief executive Ryan Duckett said: "We are delighted to have added Ian to our squad. He is a very experienced player who will add greatly to the depth of our squad for the next two years."

Some agent he's got!!

Just kidding, fair play to Sib cracking move for him and hope he does well there. Stayed with us through relegation and played a vital part against Celtic so will be well remembered by myself at Solly. Seems a strange signing for Bradford but it looks like he'll go there as more of a squad member than anything else and will do solid if unspectacular job when called upon. He's a good pro and hopefully his injuries are behind him now, a change of scenery may do him the world of good.

All the best Sib

It's been a long time since a SL Club has bought our chaff to bolster their squad. Is it an indication of how far we have come, or how far Bradford have slipped?

Bradford have slipped unfortunately.

Great move for Sibbit, the lad must be buzzing. When he's fit i think hes a really good player its just getting him fit thtas the problem!

I may be wrong but,over the last couple of seasons, his fitness problems have been no worse than other members of the pack.
He's being released because we need players better than him for us to progress.
Pleased for him but shocked that Bradford have signed him.
In fact,I thought it was a wind up !

Really suprised he`s signed with Bradford . good luck to him though.

Bet Bratfut's BUPA premiums have just shot up.

Good luck to him, reasonable player when he was at his best but shot to pieces now.

Very pleased to hear that Ian's got fixed up with another Superleague club, he's a decent lad and I wish him well. I wasn't overally surprised when I heard he wasn't being retained because I felt it was time for a lot of new blood to come in. I just hope for Ian's sake that his asthma doesn't get any worse because he did seem to be blowing a lot more this year.