BRADFORD BULLS head coach Kurt Haggerty has made four changes ahead of his side’s clash against York Knights.
Ryan Sutton, Ebon Scurr, Guy Armitage and Ethan Ryan all return following their respective lay offs, whilst Riley Dean is set to make his Bradford debut after joining from Championship side Oldham.
Meanwhle, York boss Mark Applegarth also makes four changes, with Paul Vaughan, Liam Harris, and Jordan Thompson all returning from injury as Harvey Reynolds is brought in on loan from Newcastle Thunder.
Paul McShane and Will Roberts drop out with Applegarth naming a full 21-man squad for the first time in a month.
SQUADS
Bulls: 1 Caleb Aekins, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Ethan Ryan, 6 Jayden Nikorima, 8 Ryan Sutton, 9 Andy Ackers, 11 Dan Russell, 12 Zac Fulton, 13 Joe Mellor, 14 Mitch Souter, 15 Eribe Doro, 16 Ebon Scurr, 17 Ed Chamberlain, 19 Will Gardiner, 22 Luke Hooley, 23 Connor Wynne, 24 Guy Armitage, 25 Eliot Peposhi, 28 Jamie Gill, 32 Chris Atkin, Riley Dean
Knights: 1 Toa Mata’afa, 4 Sam Wood, 5 Scott Galeano, 6 Ata Hingano, 7 Liam Harris, 8 Jack Martin, 10 Paul Vaughan, 13 Jordan Thompson, 14 Denive Balmforth, 15 Xavier Va’a, 17 Kieran Hudson, 19 Danny Richardson, 20 Oli Field, 21 Kieran Buchanan, 23 Jon Bennison, 24 Will Dagger, 30 Harvey Reynolds, 31 King Vuniyayawa, 37 Cody Hunter, 46 David Nofoaluma, 48 Tom Inman
Referee: Liam Rush
STATS
Last ten meetings:
York 16, Bradford 14 (ChR17, 13/7/25)
Bradford 18, York 20 (ChR13, 15/6/25)
York 28, Bradford 20 (1895C-SF, 18/5/25)
Bradford 36, York 28 (ChR16, 21/7/24)
York 25, Bradford 14 (ChR5, 21/4/24)
Bradford 22, York 8 (Ch-E, 1/10/23)
Bradford 10, York 20 (ChR25, 10/9/23)
York 32, Bradford 16 (ChR2, 13/2/23)
York 16, Bradford 20 (ChR23, 15/8/22)
Bradford 6, York 20 (ChR11, 15/5/22)
No previous Super League meetings
ETHAN RYAN needs three tries to reach 100 for Bradford Bulls.
- (110 appearances, 2016-2019, 2026)
WAQA BLAKE needs three tries to reach 100 for his career.
– 21 for Bradford Bulls (2025-2026)
– 11 for St Helens (2024)
– 28 for Parramatta Eels (2019-2023)
– 34 for Penrith Panthers (2015-2019)
– 3 for Fiji (2017, 2022-2024)
(0 for NSW City (2015)