Bradford Bulls have appointed ex-St Helens and Salford forward Andrew Dixon as the club’s head of performance for 2027.
Dixon, who hung up the playing boots at the end of the 2024 season has been working in similar roles in the Championship, but it’s been confirmed that he will leave high-flying Oldham to link up with Bradford next year.
The 36-year-old started his career at St Helens, going on to make 67 appearances for the club before starting the first of two spells at Salford. He’d also represent Leigh, Toulouse, Barrow and Widnes, though he’d play 73 of his 248 senior games at Toronto Wolfpack.
There, he would forge a connection with the likes of Brian Noble, who is still involved at Bradford, whilst Bulls head coach Kurt Haggerty was working at Salford during Dixon’s second stint at the club.
Haggerty spoke on those prior connections when speaking about the appointment of Dixon, stating: “Andrew will bring experience to the role, he’s played at the elite level and has also been a full-time conditioner previously at Toronto Wolfpack. He’s somebody I know intimately, he’s extremely studious and very hard-working, so he’s going to offer a lot to our workforce and our staffing.
“The appointment of Andrew shows how quickly we want to improve the club and bringing in new staff members like Dicko, in such a high capacity, shows the level we want to get to as a club.”
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Dixon also had plenty to say as he expressed his excitement to get started and link up with both Noble and Haggerty once again.
He said: “I can’t wait to get started, I know Kurt [Haggerty] and Brian [Noble] pretty well along with some of the others in the performance staff so I am really looking forward to getting involved and getting my teeth into Bradford’s performance and medical department and seeing what we can do next year.”
On what his role will entail, he added: “The role oversees the performance and medical departments, putting infrastructure, systems and processes in place for the club to move forward and signposting the direction of those departments.
“You’ve got your Strength & Conditioning, you’ve got your Sports Science and your Medical departments and it’s just about putting systems and processes in place to allow us to be successful off the pitch.
“It’s also looking at what suits us as a group best, with the assets we’ve got in terms of players but also the infrastructure in terms of the physical, gym and pitch qualities.
“The club is ambitious and is trying to move forward and they are making the right steps to do so and it is my role to support that, support the players and get them and the club to where it wants to be.”
🤝 | We are delighted to announce Andrew Dixon has been appointed as the club’s Head of Performance for the 2027 season.
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— Bradford Bulls (@OfficialBullsRL) August 24, 2026
