KURT HAGGERTY has revealed how much he has appreciated working with Waqa Blake as the Bradford Bulls man gears up for a return to Super League.
The 31-year-old scored eleven tries in 24 appearances for St Helens during the 2024 Super League campaign, but left the club after just one season.
Blake dropped down a division to join Bradford in the Championship for 2025, along with the likes of Jayden Okunbor and Franklin Pele.
Since then the former Parramatta Eels star has gone from strength to strength, registering 14 tries in 31 appearances.
And Bradford coach Haggerty has explained that Blake is keen to show what he can do in the top-flight once more.
He made his NRL debut with Penrith Panthers in 2015, going on to play 88 games in five seasons and scoring 34 tries, before joining Parramatta in 2019 and making 77 appearances over five years while scoring 28 tries.
Haggerty is hoping that Blake can reproduce that form in Super League.
“Ultimately, what I’ve seen with him so far has been fantastic,” Haggerty said.
“He has trained hard; he wants to get back into Super League. He wants to show the Bulls fans what he can do at the top level.
“I’ve really enjoyed working with Waqa Blake and I’m really excited to see him play how we want to play.”
In terms of any new signings potentially making their way through the doors at Odsal, Haggerty revealed that nothing is in the pipeline at present.
“We are always looking, but ultimately we are pretty settled on our squad. If there is room for some movement then we are always looking to strike,” he said.
“But there is nothing specific and we are happy with the squad. We know we’ve got work to do but it’s nothing in particular that we are working on.
“We would like to give the lads within the squad an opportunity and then we go from there.”