Brigg's signing confirmed on BBC radio Leeds this morning, "a two year deal with the option of a third"

Also confirmed on bulls website

[urlhttp://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/5070/BULLS%20SNAP%20UP%20BRIGGS[/url

A cracking player. We've got a good one there, he was absolutely outstanding for Featherstone last year and there's no reason to think he won't make the grade in Super League.

Mr Potter to be congratulated for sorting out our halves. We're suddenly looking much stronger.

Maybe but that money would be coming their own fans not ours

that's one fev fan that's said that - one fev fan that's way off the mark. i would estimate around 75k for briggs

Good skill set no real pace. Not quick enough for sl in my opinion that's why he was never gonna make it at Leeds.

Apart from hardacker can run backwards quicker than Briggs can run forwards.

Are you having a giraffe? The lad's quickness is one of his strong points.

Sorry pal that's simply not true. Seen him play at Leeds enough to know you are wrong. He has good qualities genuine pace isn't one of them.

That was what was reported. I had it on VERY good authority at the time that it was less than that.

Just read the report about Briggs signing up and the way Potter is talking he rates him very highly and is going to stick him straight in at 6!

It's a great signing and looking forward to seeing him in a bulls shirt!!

And I've seen him enough over the past couple of seasons in the Championship to be able to form my own opinions, cheers.

Quickness is different to straight-line pace, which is what you might be referring to, and is a more useful attribute in central positions. Briggs may not be as fast as a winger but he's definitely quick.

pretty predictable a leeds fan trying to put a downer on a player who they released. Dont you know they never ever let any slip through the net

. Briggs failed to break through to leeds first time when danny and burrows were at their peak. wonder how he'd have gone if he was trying to break into 1st team this year?. Theres also the possibility that he's actually continued to develop since leaving leeds, another possiblity they refuse to acknowledge as they obviously have the greatest youth setup up ever.



I'm very happy with signing. always looked a handful at fev and should fit in well with a young hungry team.

Happy with this signing plus it relieves Kearney from stand off duties and puts him where he should be.... at full back

Yeah, I must admit, I was amazed to hear it




Usually, the fans of the club a player is currently leaving also start to say things like "he's not all that anyway" and "he was always overrated". In this case, bizarrely, they haven't. The Fev fans seems to have nothing but good things to say about him, despite the fact he's just left their club. That says more to me.

Personally I always thought he looked a quality player in the Championship and said last year that the best two players in that division were Shad Royston and Kyle Briggs, so the fact we ended up signing both of them is superb to me. But we don't want to get too carried away as it is a big step up from Championship to Super League and even those who will manage it, may take a little time to get used to the different level.

Only one way to judge him properly and it's not in the next couple of months imo.

agree with that it wasnt unitl his last couple of games that we really started to see orford at his best and he was much more experienced than briggs so I'm not expecting big things staright away. It will take till mid season at least for him to really settle. Got to help though having a decent half alongside him to take some off pressure of which we didnt have last year.

lets give them 10 games before passing judgement

Probably a pre-season game next year with all the proceeds to Fev and maybe something extra to divi up if he makes the England team, all a bit open ended and can be stretched as far as your imagination takes you I guess. Still a good bit short of £150K though, for mine.

He was never going to make it at Leeds with Burrow and McGuire already established in the halves. As, I believe, you well know.

I gather from my insider contact at Fev that he is very much a "confidence" player. He could take a little time to settle, but, handled correctly, should prove to be a great signing. Also he's a very good goal kicker and has a good turn of speed, which allows him to break the line on a regular basis.

Let's just hope that certain fans don't get on his back if he isn't a superstar straight away - he needs to be nurtured.

for that reason I'd give him a run out in friendlies and then rest him for the leeds and wigan games before introducing him into 1st team gradually. Couple of high pressure games like that combined with unrealistic expectations from some fans could destroy his confidence. Obviously if he slots in well in friendlies then that could change, but my initial thought is to not put him under too much pressure too soon.

Various youtube vids available from last season so you can see Kyle in action

Dont know what the policy is posting links like youtube

Search for 'featherstone Rovers'

I recommend Featherstone 44 Halifax 4 and Featherstone 46 Halifax 16 semi final in the second vid mentioned he scores two tries

There are many others just i know off top of my head he gets a good mention in them

Feel free to take a look

Our illustrious Mods had something of a collective epiphany on that score a week or two back...!

Just watched the latter one, against Fax in the semi final.

Featherstone must have scored about 9 tries, and apart from the two Briggs scored he wasn't really involved. Good awareness and pretty quick off the mark (quicker than what we had last year) for his second try, and the first was a nice little darting effort.

Would have liked to have seen him on the ball more..

I believe a wise man once said the very same thing!!