Goal setting is high on the list of priorities for the Bulls during their current week-long warm weather camp in Vilamoura, Portugal.

"We're going to work really, really hard and set tablets in stone for this year," said coach Brian Noble, before the squad flew out from Leeds-Bradford airport.

"With it being a short off-season you have to mix that fitness element with the skill element. So you are squeezing things a tad, but it's something we are used to. We have done it for the last three years."

The Bulls have returned to the Brown's Sports & Leisure Club, the same venue they used so successfully last season.

With players ranging from 20st giants Paul Anderson and Joe Vagana to the relatively tiddly 14st Robbie Paul, the Bulls two-and-a-half tonne squad provided a sizeable challenge for local airline Jet2.com when they flew out on Thursday.

l Steve Deane was flown to Portugal courtesy of Jet2.com. Read his exclusive stories from inside the Bulls camp all next week in your T&A.