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   Keighley After James Ford’s first game at Sheffield, this was a game we were particularly looking forward to. There were many good signs in the Sheffield game so would we kick on further? Sadly, despite winning 36-6, we were disappointed. We didn’t seem to have kicked on at all, indeed it felt like three steps forward and then one back. There were some excellent passing movements among the backs, but far fewer against Keighley even though we were playing a much weaker team. Having said that Keighley played better than we were expecting. The highlight for us was the long-range break by Gareth Gale and the brilliant backing up by Connor Jones that led to the try even though Gareth was caught. It started with nice interplay involving Aekins, Davies, Kheirallah and Chisholm in our own 20 metre before it reached Gaz who then showed the powerful running we have missed recently. However, the injuries to Arama Hau (our best player in recent weeks) and Luke Briscoe are a huge concern at this

     First time this season with this referee. He was our ref six times last season but this year he has been mainly taking charge of Super League games. Maybe the RFL want to re-acquaint him with Fev before he takes charge of some of our Super League games in 2024!

  Head Coach:  Lee Greenwood   Bradford Bulls started the season with Mark Dunning as their head coach but parted ways with him in May and Lee Greenwood has taken over as caretaker coach until the end of the year. Eamon O’Carroll has been appointed for 2024. Lee Greenwood was the head coach of Gloucestershire All Golds from 2015-2017 and then Dewsbury Rams from 2019 until June 2012. His playing career (which ran from 1999-2010) started at Sheffield Eagles and he subsequently played for Halifax, London Broncos, Huddersfield, Leigh, Oldham and Batley. Captain:  Michael Lawrence   Michael Lawrence played well over 300 games for Huddersfield Giants, his hometown club, between 2007 and 2022. He was the Giants captain in 2021 and 2022. This is his first season with Bradford Bulls. He has also played for the Jamaica national team and for England Knights. For Jamaica he was a starting prop in all their matches in the last World Cup.   Loans and Dual Registration