DANNY Addy admits he is no fan of the “super eights” promotion system coming in next season.

But the Bulls back-rower will be pulling out all the stops to help his side negotiate it at the first attempt.

Addy has just helped Scotland to clinch a spot in the next Four Nations by winning the inaugural European Championships.

Now he switches back to club mode – and the complex play-off format the Bulls aim to qualify for.

Under the new system, the top four from the second tier will join the bottom four of Super League in a seven-game shoot-out to be among the elite the following year.

Addy is not convinced – but will do what it takes to restore the Bulls among the game’s big names once again.

He said: “It’s not for me. I think it should be one up, one down like it used to be or two going up and two down.

“But they’ve brought it in now and it’s up to us to come through. We want to do our best, get on that pitch and be a winning team again.”

With his international duty done, Addy is ready to hook back up with the Bulls when they resume pre-season training on Saturday. But he has already been warned about the demanding preparations under Jimmy Lowes.

“The lads have been in for two weeks training and I can’t wait to get back home with Bradford. I’m missing them at the moment.

“But they’ve been telling me how tough it is. Jimmy definitely means business.

“It’s probably going to be the toughest pre-season we’ve had – they’ve only been warming up so far!”

As one of the few full-time professional clubs in the Championship, their extra fitness levels are expected to pay dividends.

Addy said: “That’s why we’ve started back so early. This year we’ve definitely got a lot of expectation on us to do well – and so we should.

“We under-achieved last season and we want this to be only a one-year break from Super League.

“We want to do everything we can to make that happen and that means starting early to make sure we are the fittest and strongest team.”