Mick Potter tonight made an incredible return to the Bulls hot-seat - just two days after being shown the door.

Potter and his coaching staff, among the 15-strong group sacked by administrator Brendan Guilfoyle on Monday, will take training tomorrow morning and oversee Sunday's home clash with London Broncos.

After Brian Noble was reluctant to accept an offer from Guilfoyle, Potter and his team - including assistants Francis Cummins and Lee St Hilaire and conditioner Geoff Evans - have agreed to lend a helping hand without pay going into this weekend's game.

The sensational u-turn followed a meeting at Chapel House in Low Moor yesterday lunchtime, where players made their feelings known to Potter about their loyalty to him.

"This was player-driven," Potter told the T&A as he made his way to the Galpharm Stadium to watch Heath L'Estrange play for the Exiles against England tonight.

"They didn't see any other alternative as a viable option.

"We were socialising yesterday and the players said 'any chance of coming down and just helping us out to get through the game and through training?'

"They want to play but they're at a bit of a loose end and it just built up from there."

Interim chief executive Gary Tasker, an acquaintance of Potter from both men's previous spells at Odsal, spoke to the Australian this afternoon to confirm the move.

Potter explained: "Gary got in touch, asked me if I'd do it and proceeded to check with the administrator to see if it would be okay, and it was, so we're going to try and help out at the weekend.

"The heart and soul of the coaching staff is with Bradford, but it's not the coaching staff; it's the administration staff too.

"We've been all affected but we want to get the game on for the fans at the weekend to make sure the Bulls can move forward and field a team.

"If we don't put a team out then we could potentially jeopardise the club, and nobody wants to do that."

Potter received support from supporters at the fans' meeting held at the Guide Post hotel on Monday evening - just hours after his sacking.

The players he left behind were similarly supportive and ultimately persuaded him to come back in situ, albeit for the time being and on an unpaid basis.

Potter admitted: "The reception I got at the meeting, and just from everyone associated with the club, I'm grateful for it and yes, it's humbling.

"I just want to do my job - and that's to coach the Bulls."

It is to be hoped that the Bulls can find a buyer before next Tuesday and stave off the threat of liquidation, potentially offering Potter, his coaching staff and those employees such as Stuart Duffy, Ryan Duckett and Debbie Charlton a route back into their old jobs.

"I'm sure that's what the administrator wants and are trying to get to," said Potter.

"We're trying to facilitate that by showing that this product is worth buying.

"I'd love for someone to come in and give the fans something to cheer about but also to reinstate the office staff and the groundstaff. It would be fantastic if that could happen."