JOHN Kear is looking forward to furthering his coaching partnership with Garreth Carvell at club level following his arrival at Bulls.

The former Hull and Warrington prop has joined the backroom staff at Bradford ahead of their return to the Championship next season.

The pair already have a working relationship in the international game, with Carvell having been on the coaching staff at Wales under Kear's tenure for several seasons.

The Bulls chief said: "Garreth has been my assistant at Wales for the last five years, so I know exactly what he does bring to the group. I know what I can tip him off on and what I can ask him to have a certain word with people about.

“He has a great pedigree, he is a great coach and he has worked well at Wales with myself. He wanted the opportunity with us, we’ve given him one and I feel that he will seize it with us.

“I’ve got three outstanding coaches working with me in the performance department.”

Carvell, who has also played under Kear, including when Hull beat Leeds in the 2005 Challenge Cup, will join Leigh Beattie and Mark Dunning on the coaching staff at Bulls.

Kear said: “We are really pleased. We have greater commitments with the numbers of teams that we are taking on board with a regular basis this year.

“Leigh Beattie and Mark Dunning are doing great jobs, but they are overworked, and I acknowledge that. So, we have recruited more personnel to look after the extra games and have an input on the first team.

“There will be a restructure of the coaching staff. There will be three assistants to myself, so there is a leg-up for Mark who did a great job last year.

“As well as being assistant coach to myself, they will also have specific responsibilities for other teams. Garreth will lead the reserves, and Leigh and Mark will remain in control of their respective academy teams.

“Mark will also have some extra responsibility by doing some of the analysis of the opposition and our own work."

Carvell signed for Bulls from Warrington as a player at the end of the 2013 season but never played a competitive game, opting to rejoin Hull when Bradford fell into administration.

Meanwhile, Bulls young second rower Danny King has joined Championship rivals Dewsbury Rams.