BULLS have confirmed that Reiss Butterworth has left the club to join Huddersfield Giants for an undisclosed fee.

The 19-year-old hooker, who has penned a three-year deal, joins a handful of academy products including James Bentley, Jake Trueman and Cameron Scott, to move into Super League after coming through the Bradford youth system in recent seasons.

Bulls head of youth John Bastian said: “Reiss has been a pleasure to work with and certainly seeing his improvement and his progress over the last three years has been enjoyable for everyone at Bradford Bulls.

“He is moving to the Huddersfield Giants and on behalf of everyone at the Bulls, we would like to wish him all the best for the future. Like all of our players that decide to move to other pastures, they are always welcome back.”

Butterworth, who had loan spells with Castleford and Batley this season, said: “I’m over the moon. It’s been a long process getting everything over the line but I’m really looking forward to starting in November and being able to crack on.

“My first senior appearance was at the John Smith’s Stadium for Bradford Bulls in Luke Robinson’s testimonial game.

“I know Adam O’Brien from my time at Bradford and he helped me along when I was 16 or 17 years old. Watching him and Kruise Leeming in Super League, you can see their talent, so I’m looking forward to learning off them both and Simon Woolford to make myself a better player."

Giants head coach Woolford said “The coaches have been watching Reiss closely for a good while now both in the Bradford and Castleford academy as well as during his spell at Batley.

"He’s a strong lad for his age with skills that we feel we can build on if he’s prepared to work hard which, in the chats we’ve had, I reckon he’s up for so it’s good that we are able to give him an opportunity.

"He’ll jump into training alongside the first-year professionals Olly Russell, Jake Wardle and the like and let’s see where he is in early January when the trial games come around.”