Former Wigan Warriors and Huddersfield Giants man Jack Bibby has become the latest player to join Salford RLFC.
Bibby started the season with Widnes Vikings and made five appearances for the club over the opening couple of months of the season. However, it was announced earlier this week that he had been released from his deal to allow him to take up an opportunity elsewhere and it has now been confirmed that Bibby has joined Salford.
The 24-year-old becomes the third player to join Salford permanently over last week or so, with Toby Hughes making the switch from Widnes on a three-year deal, while Sam Bowring’s permanent switch from Midlands Hurricanes was confirmed on Wednesday.
Bibby only joined Widnes in the off-season after being released by Huddersfield, where he made nine appearances in three seasons.
The prop started his career with Wigan, where he made a single senior outing before being released. However, during his career he has picked up plenty of game time while out on loan at the likes of Whitehaven, Workington Town, Oldham, Bradford Bulls, Keighley Cougars and Dewsbury Rams and he’ll be keen to put that experience to good use at his new club.
Speaking on the decision to release him earlier this week, Widnes boss Allan Coleman said: “I want to wish Jack all the best for the future. Since he came on board with us, he’s been a fantastic asset to the club, a brilliant lad as well as a great rugby league player.
“Things haven’t quite worked for him this year in terms of game time he wanted, and how we’ve been going. He’s found it difficult to get game time.
“So we’ve had a discussion, and there’s some options available for him next year, and it’s something we couldn’t offer, so we wish him the best of luck. We thank him for all his efforts in a Widnes jersey.”
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