Odsal will tonight host Great Britain’s bid to reach the Police World Cup final when they face reigning champions Fiji.

The triangular tournament also features Australia, who have already reached Sunday’s final at Headingley after beating Great Britain 56-18 at Dewsbury last Friday and then Fiji 32-24 at Featherstone on Monday.

Great Britain must win tonight for the right to meet the Aussies – and the team is being coached by the Bulls’ head of recruitment Mark Robinson, a former coach at Odsal, and Bradford legend Jon Hamer.

The squad have been utilising the Bulls’ training headquarters at Tong High School and Robinson could call on the services of a number of Bradford-based officers, including Chris Cowling and Andy Jackson.

Robinson hails from Birkenshaw and served as a police officer in Bradford for 23 years but now works for the Home Office.

“We worked really hard with the Bulls and the RFL to get a fixture at Odsal because initially there wasn’t going to be a game there,” he said.

“It’ll be great for our lads and the Fijian boys, who have travelled halfway around the world, to play at such an iconic stadium.

“The facilities at Tong are second to none and the boys have really appreciated training there.

“The Bulls have been fantastic with us and we’ve worked very closely to accommodate each other’s schedules – it couldn’t have been better.

“The weather has been great too. I went to Australia in 2008 with this team and we didn’t have weather this good!

“The Fijians are a strong, athletic bunch but we’ve done a lot of defensive work on the back of our poor defensive effort last Thursday. We need to win.”

For Bradfordian Robinson, taking charge of Great Britain in his home city will be extra-special.

“I’m very proud to be associated with Bradford because it was where I did my early policing as a young officer,” he said.

“I’m a Bradford lad and have been proud to be able to police the people I’ve grown up around.

“The boys have had to take a lot of leave to commit to this, so it’s not like there is public money being used for this programme. It’s a big commitment for them.”