DANE Chisholm is guaranteeing instant promotion from League One for the Bulls next season.

The confident Aussie has put his faith in the relegated club after signing a new two-year deal.

Chisholm is still recovering from the knee reconstruction surgery in June which ruled him out for the rest of the year.

But he is targeting a return in time for the start of the club's first campaign in the third tier.

Chisholm knows the Bulls are there to be shot at next season against lowly opposition but he does not see that pressure as a problem.

He said: "I don't think we'll stick around very long in that comp. We'll be straight back up.

"Toronto had that this year and they did fine. I reckon we'll be just as good.

"We've got players like Lee Smith and Gibbo (Ashley Gibson). Get in a few more of the older heads to go with the young boys, because we've got some great talent here, and we'll be fine.

"Look what happened with Hull KR. They are straight back up (to Super League).

"I've seen photos that their boys have put up of how happy they are and how many people rocked up when they won that game to go up. I'm positive we'll do the same."

Chisholm rejoined the Bulls from Sheffield in mid-season after a drawn-out transfer saga. Yet he lasted only an hour of his return in the Summer Bash at Blackpool before suffering the serious knee injury in a tackle.

He had scored a try in that time against Hull KR and delivered a scintillating display which left the long-suffering Odsal faithful wondering what might have been.

Chisholm admitted: "I'd rather have not played that well in that 60 minutes and been all right for the rest of the season. But at least I scored one from one!

"It's been a really frustrating year but it's happened now. I'm trying to get there.

"I've still got four or five months to go, although if it all goes well it might be a bit less than that. But they say five.

"Hopefully I'll be back to start next season but it depends how the rehab' goes. If there are no setbacks, then I should be ready.

"I've got a heap of good mates in this team, so get my knee right and we'll see what happens."

The Bulls face trips to some real outposts of the sport next season but Chisholm believes he will take the conditions in his stride.

"Honestly, it will be like where I played my country rugby league back in Mullumbimby," he said.

"We were playing on fields just the same, so it will feel like going back home for me – only a lot colder.

"But the fans have stuck by us and we need that. You can see that it is pretty frustrating for them.

"When we get back up there, I'm sure it will just double or triple in the number of fans again. They've been onside for us and they'll keep turning up."

St Helens-bound James Bentley was last night named the Championship's young player of the year.