Thursday 27 October 2016 14:32, UK
Bradford have signed back-row forward Lachlan Burr from NRL club Gold Coast Titans.
The 24-year-old former Australian schoolboy international, who played under Bulls coach Rohan Smith at the Titans, is joining the Championship club on a one-year deal subject to gaining a work permit.
"Lachlan is a tough, fit, hard-working back-rower," said Smith. "He is very capable of playing 80 minutes each week.
"Lachlan has come through two quality systems in the NRL at Canterbury Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans and is keen to establish himself as a key member of a team."
Burr is looking forward to working under Smith once again.
"It's going to be life-changing and a good experience," Burr said. "I'm pretty excited about joining the Bulls, even just to move to another country and experience that and the footie as well.
"It's going to be a different kind of footie which I'm looking forward to. It's a chance to work under Rohan again as head coach and it's something I'm excited for.
"I always liked Rohan as a coach at the Titans. He's a good coach and when I heard he was interested and wanted me to come over, it definitely drove me towards coming to the Bulls.
"At this stage I definitely want to stay in the middle - lock position, preferably. I want to work on being an 80-minute lock and if I can do that then I'll be pretty happy."
