Bradford, Hull, Hull KR, Leeds and Warrington have all announced their squad numbers for the 2009 season.

The Bulls have made a number of changes with new signing Steve Menzies given the number 11 shirt and fellow recruits, Rikki Sheriffe, Michael Worrincy and Nick Scruton getting the number 2, 16 and 17 shirts respectively.

Sam Burgess has taken over the number 8 shirt from the retired Joe Vagana, whilst Paul Sykes (3), Chris Nero (4), Semi Tadulala (5), Ben Jeffries (6) and Wayne Godwin (14) have all been handed new squad numbers.

However, Bulls coach Steve McNamara said: “"People always read things into them but there is no relevance in the numbers. It is just something that we have to do, and it is not one that I particularly like doing, but it is a necessary evil. In David Solomona’s case all he is doing is wearing the number that he had when he first came to the club last year."

Full-time youngsters Steve Crossley, Kieran Hyde, Elliott Whitehead, Tom Olbison and 16-year-olds James Donaldson and Andy Tate are also awarded numbers.

Super League champions Leeds have taken the number 9 shirt from Matt Diskin to give to new signing Danny Buderus, with fellow new recruit Greg Eastwood taking number 15.

About the number 9 shirt, Brian McClennan said: "The decision to award Danny Buderus the number nine shirt was obviously not taken lightly. Matt Diskin is an outstanding member of our team and he will thrive over the coming years alongside a player of the quality of Danny. However, over the past decade, Danny has been the best hooker in world rugby and we have decided to recognise that fact with the naming of the squad list.

"However, as always the squad numbers are more a recognition of passed achievements and come the first day of pre-season, each player will start from the same point. Our philosophy is that the players play for the name on the front of the shirt not the back of it and I am sure that will be the case," added McClennan.

New Hull recruit Michael Crocker has been given the number 13 jersey, with Mark Calderwood taking over the number 2 shirt vacated by Australian winger Matt Sing, who retired at the end of last season.

Coach Richard Agar has handed Chris Thorman the number 7 shirt, following the departure of Adam Dykes, with Peter Cusack taking over the number 10 shirt from Garreth Carvell, who has moved to Warrington.

Carvell takes on the number 16 jersey at the Wolves, with fellow new recruit Mickey Higham handed the number 14 jersey. Chris Hicks has changed to number 23 at his own request, with Paul Johnson taking the number 2 shirt.

Hull KR coach Justin Morgan has handed new signings Nick Fozzard the number 8 shirt and Liam Colbon number 5.

Bradford: 1. Michael Platt, 2. Rikki Sheriffe, 3. Paul Sykes, 4. Chris Nero, 5. Semi Tadulala, 6. Ben Jeffries, 7. Paul Deacon, 8. Sam Burgess, 9. Terry Newton, 10. Andy Lynch, 11. Steve Menzies, 12. Glenn Morrison, 13. Jamie Langley, 14. Wayne Godwin, 15. Matt Cook, 16. Michael Worrincy, 17. Nick Scruton, 18. Tame Tupou, 19. Craig Kopczak, 20. Dave Halley, 22. Matt James, 23. Jason Crookes, 24. Richard Johnson, 25. Steve Crossley, 26. David Solomona, 27. Kieran Hyde, 28. Elliott Whitehead, 29. Tom Olbison, 30. James Donaldson, 31. Andy Tate.

Hull FC: 1. Motu Tony, 2. Mark Calderwood, 3. Todd Byrne, 4. Kirk Yeaman, 5. Gareth Raynor, 6. Richard Horne, 7. Chris Thorman, 8. Ewan Dowes, 9. Shaun Berrigan, 10. Peter Cusack, 11. Lee Radford, 12. Danny Tickle, 13. Michael Crocker, 14. Richard Whiting, 15. Danny Washbrook, 16. Willie Manu, 17. Graeme Horne, 18. Jamie Thackray, 19. Paul King, 20. Danny Houghton, 21. Tom Briscoe, 22. Mike Burnett, 23. Tommy Lee, 24. Craig Hall, 25. Dominic Maloney, 26. Josh Hodgson.

Hull KR: 1. Shaun Briscoe, 2. Peter Fox, 3. Chev Walker, 4. Jake Webster, 5. Liam Colbon, 6. Paul Cooke, 7. Michael Dobson, 8. Nick Fozzard, 9. Ben Fisher, 10. David Mills, 11. Clint Newton, 12. Ben Galea, 13. Scott Murrell, 14. Stanley Gene, 15. Daniel Fitzhenry, 16. Jason Netherton, 17. Makali Aizue, 18. Scott Wheeldon, 19. Kris Welham, 20. Mick Vella, 21. Chaz I'anson, 22. Liam Watts, 23. Ryan Esders, 24. Rhys Lovegrove, 28. Ben Cockayne.

Leeds: 1. Brent Webb, 2. Scott Donald, 3. Lee Smith, 4. Keith Senior, 5. Ryan Hall, 6. Danny McGuire, 7. Rob Burrow, 8. Kylie Leuluai, 9. Danny Buderus, 10. Jamie Peacock, 11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan, 12. Ali Lauitiiti, 13. Kevin Sinfield, 14. Matt Diskin, 15. Greg Eastwood, 16. Ryan Bailey, 17. Ian Kirke, 18. Carl Ablett, 19. Luke Burgess, 20. Ashley Gibson, 21. Simon Worrall, 22. Danny Allan, 23. Kallum Watkins, 24. Ben Jones-Bishop, 26. Paul McShane.

Warrington: 1. Stuart Reardon, 2. Paul Johnson, 3. Martin Gleeson, 4. Matt King, 5. Kevin Penny, 6. Lee Briers, 7. Michael Monaghan, 8. Adrian Morley, 9. Jon Clarke, 10. Paul Rauhihi, 11. Louis Anderson, 12. Ben Westwood, 13. Vinnie Anderson, 14. Mickey Higham, 15. Paul Wood, 16. Garreth Carvell, 17. Steve Pickersgill, 18. Mike Cooper, 19. Chris Riley, 20. Simon Grix, 21. Matty Blythe, 22. Lee Mitchell, 23. Chris Hicks, 24. Ben Harrison, 25. Chris Bridge