JAMIE Langley has no intention of hanging up his boots any time soon as his Sheffield Eagles side bid to replicate their recent victory over the Bulls.

The former Bradford stalwart spent 13 years at the club but has not made the squad for tomorrow’s Super 8s opener.

He featured in the Eagles’ previous visit to Odsal in May, when they were thrashed 46-12 before Mark Aston’s side turned the tables by beating the Bulls in Doncaster last month.

“It’s one-all this season as it stands and it wasn’t a great memory going to Odsal first time around,” said 31-year-old Langley.

“I enjoyed going back there, don’t get me wrong, and I got to catch up with a lot of old friends who I hadn’t seen for a while.

“We had gone into the game thinking we could challenge Bradford and probably beat them as well.

“But they played brilliantly and a few of their lads said it was probably Bradford’s best performance of the season. We let ourselves down that day but then got one over on them at our place.

“We’re really looking forward to these Super 8s because there is a lot more pressure on Bradford, Leigh and the Super League teams than ourselves and Halifax.

“There is no pressure or expectations on us, so we’re just going to go out to enjoy ourselves and hopefully get a few victories.”

For so long a mainstay of the Bradford side, through the good times and the bad, Langley left for Hull KR at the end of 2013.

The popular forward, who joined the Bulls from Normanton Knights as a 16-year-old after leaving school, helps Sheffield boss Mark Aston on the coaching side. And with the ambitious Eagles set to go full-time next season, Langley declared: “I’d love to play on next season because I’ve still got a few more years left in me and I’m enjoying it.

“I’ve really enjoyed the coaching aspect of it and I’ve learned a lot working with Tubbs (Aston) and the lads.

“A lot of lads have stayed loyal to Tubbs down the years – good players who probably could have gone on and played Super League.

“We’re in a position now where the players and Tubbs himself are being rewarded for it because we can start recruiting for next season and build towards that full-time environment.

“There is no reason why I wouldn’t want to continue on and be part of taking Sheffield forward.”

The Eagles, by their own admission, are not ready for Super League just yet.

But what if they somehow defied the odds and reached the elite via this year’s Super 8s?

“You never know because we’re a confident group of lads,” said Langley.

“We believe on our day that we can challenge anyone, regardless of who we’re up against, and we’ll give it a good go.

“That’s the culture of the club and there is a lot more pressure on the other teams than there is on us.

“There is nobody in the middle eights who we fear.”

Hooker Keal Carlile has been a key player since joining Langley in making the move to Sheffield after stints at Bradford and Hull KR.

“Keal has been great,” said Langley.

“We had a lad come over from Australia, Blake South, and it unfortunately didn’t work out for him.

“That opened up an opportunity for Keal to come in from Hull KR and he has been fantastic, along with Jimmy Davey.

“We’ve got a few lads with Super League experience, which bodes well coming into these qualifiers.”