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'Important for the game': Keith Senior wants derbies with Leeds back after joining Bradford Bulls
Keith Senior said it is important for the game to have Bradford Bulls back in Super League after he joined the club - and for the derbies against Leeds Rhinos to return.
Former Leeds star Senior has joined Brian Noble's Bradford coaching staff on a consultancy basis for 2025 after departing Sheffield Eagles following nearly a decade on their coaching staff.
Senior, who spent 12 years as a player at Leeds, said: "The club wants to go in the right direction and when you’re a coach you want to be part of that success just like as a player. I know the vision of the club is to get back to Super League and I know personally how important that is for the game of Rugby League. To have the Leeds-Bradford derby back would be huge not only for the game but for the game in West Yorkshire.
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"The big thing is the vision. They’ve sold the vision to me and when you’re in the Championship it’s a dogfight and nobody knows what the future holds. With Nigel Wood, Brian and the rest of the board, their vision is to get Bradford back into Super League and when there’s a job like that available, it seems a bit daft to turn it down, especially when throughout my playing career it was all about success."
Regarding how he moved into his new role, Senior explained: "After leaving Sheffield, I was in a bit of a predicament as I wasn’t really looking to get back into rugby, literally from finishing playing I’ve stayed in the rugby environment so I have never had holidays in the summer, I have always been involved working and training, never had weekends so I thought it might be just a little bit of time for me to reflect and see what the next stage was.
"I had a brief conversation with Nobby (Noble) when I told him I would be leaving Sheffield, didn’t think anything of it but having seen him take the head coach role, I just asked him out of the blue if there was any opportunities to join him as an assistant and the opportunity arose so I was very excited."
Noble said: "He is a competent coach who can deliver the things that will need delivering throughout the year, as a Bradfordian one thing I had to get over was his Leeds connections but I think we can manage to live with that!
“Keith is really excited to be joining us and understands we are an enthusiastic, progressive club that wants to improve and he will help us prepare all the different types of players we have got in our squad with his skill set."
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