Bradford Bulls have announced the departures of fourteen players, after the conclusion of the 2024 RFL Championship campaign.
This is in addition to the loss of head coach Eamon O’Carroll, who is set to take up a role at St Helens, per Serious About Rugby League’s sister site The Yorkshire Post.
After finishing third in the RFL Championship in 2024, Bradford only went down by a single point to Toulouse Olympique in the semi-final of the play-offs with the Bulls losing 21-20 in a gritty affair.
They were in the play-off spots for almost the entire campaign, and would surely have been hoping to push on with O’Carroll at the helm in 2025, but that will now not be the case.
Bradford Bulls confirm 14 immediate departures
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Now, even more wholesale changes have been announced with the club confirming the exit of 14 players as they set about building for 2025.
Former Tonga and Samoa international Jorge Taufua could be leaving the club, having not signed a deal, but the winger is in negotiations with the club after being offered a contract.
Notably, Zac Fulton – linked with a Super League move – is heading back to Australia after saying no to a contract offer from the Bulls – as is outside-back Max Lehmann.
Chester Butler has decided to retire after a number of injury problems, and another second-rower, John Davies, will also not be playing rugby league next year, taking a year out due to personal reasons.
Meanwhile, there is a huge turn-over of half-backs with the club, as after the signings of James Meadows and Joe Keyes meaning that Jarrod Sammut and Lee Gaskell, formerly of Super League, have been released.
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Another former Super League man, Joe Arundel, is also leaving to move to another club.
However, Eribe Doro is joining Super League Grand Finalists Hull KR, in an exciting move for the player.
Also heading back to Super League, however, is Harvey Makin – rejoining Wigan Warriors after a loan spell with Odsal, making a similar move to Romain Franco of Wakefield Trinity.
Other players released are Will Oakes, Dom Waites and Jaden Barraclough.
