BRADFORD BULLS

Coach: Steve McNamara

Captain: Andy Lynch

Ground and capacity: Odsal, 26,019.

IN: Danny Sculthorpe (Wakefield via Huddersfield), Brett Kearney (Cronulla), Matt Orford, Glenn Hall, Heath L'Estrange (all Manly), Stuart Reardon (ex-Warrington).

OUT: Sam Burgess (South Sydney), Terry Newton, Glenn Morrison, Ben Jeffries (all Wakefield), Matt Cook (Hull KR), David Solomona (Warrington), Matt James (Harlequins), Semi Tadulala (released), Paul Deacon (Wigan).

Legendary scrum-half Paul Deacon has left Odsal and joined hometown club Wigan but McNamara moved quickly to fill the gap by snapping up a quality No 7 in Australian Matt Orford from Manly.

Orford was dubbed in his homeland as the best scrum-half never to play for the Kangaroos, but the Bulls also lost marquee England loose forward Sam Burgess to the NRL, and another season of mediocrity is on the cards especially as Orford is not yet fit though his Sea Eagles' team-mates Glenn Hall and Heath L'Estrange have adapted to the northern hemisphere conditions and are fully fit.

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