Kyle Briggs has one goal – to become the Bulls’ long-term solution at stand-off.

A difficult debut season in Super League has done nothing to knock the playmaker’s confidence and he is more determined than ever to find favour with Mick Potter.

So far, it’s proved an exacting task.

Signed from Featherstone in January, Briggs was denied the benefit of a full pre-season and has been hampered by a variety of injuries for the first time in his short career.

Limited to just six appearances for the Bulls, he was shipped out on loan to Harlequins last month but only managed a further three outings before breaking his wrist in a defeat at Salford.

Now back at Odsal to undergo rehab, the 23-year-old only has one thing on his mind.

He said: “The injury’s just one of those things. There’s nothing I can do about it.

“I was looking forward to coming back to Bradford at the end of my month with Harlequins.

“I had spoken to Mick about his thoughts and wanted to express my own thoughts about the situation.

“He spoke with me honestly and said he was happy with his halves at this moment in time but I was still looking forward to coming back and working hard to get back in the team.

“I want to be at Bradford, I don’t want to be anywhere else so I was keen to come back and prove to Mick that I deserve a place in the team.

“It turned out that someone had other plans for me, which is disappointing. But I appreciate the chance I’ve had at Bradford and I appreciated the game-time. I want more.”

Before this season, Briggs had barely missed a game through injury, let alone spent any significant time on the sidelines.

But his woes started with a knee ligament problem picked up in the season opener against Leeds and have continued since.

Briggs is one of 18 Bradford players who have spent at least three weeks on the sidelines this year – a statement that makes pretty miserable reading and has hardly helped his transition to top-level competition.

“I’ve enjoyed it, I can’t say that I’ve not,” said the former Leeds Rhinos junior. “I’ve enjoyed the rugby but I would like to play a bit more.

“It’s been one of my worst seasons in terms of game-time because I’ve never even been injured before.

“The first injury I’ve had in my career was the knee injury I picked up in the opening game against Leeds at Cardiff so it was a bit of a shock.

“Bradford have had a bad run again with injuries but I’m sure Lady Luck will come our way soon.

“Now that I’m injured I will work on getting my fitness levels as high as I possibly can.

“When I came here the aim was to put weight on and I did struggle with that at times.

“I want to get a bit faster as well so those are the key areas for me to work on.”

Although his time at Harlequins was cut short, Briggs insists it was a valuable experience.

Homesickness was an issue, forced to spend much of the week apart from his partner and four children, but there were no problems on the pitch.

Briggs was enjoying the game-time before injury struck and is not ready to give up on his season yet.

He said: “I definitely thought it was beneficial, just getting the game-time under my belt and playing for 80 minutes.

“You can be the fittest player in the world but you’ll never be fit enough for 80 minutes of rugby unless you’re playing regular games.

“I have to be playing and I was happy to be doing that, even though I felt a bit homesick.

“Now I’ve got five weeks in the cast and hopefully I’ll be back for the game against Wigan or maybe Crusaders.

“I want to put myself up for selection in one of those games. I’m not ready to write my season off just yet.

“After that I’m looking forward to getting a full pre-season in and trying to get the No 6 shirt next season.

“I want to be at Bradford and prove to everyone that I deserve to play.”