Newly-signed Andy Lynch envisages finishing his career at the Bulls and admits: I belong here.

The influential prop leads Bradford’s charge into Warrington Wolves tomorrow fresh from agreeing a three-year deal to stay at Odsal.

It is a major fillip for the club and Lynch himself, who hopes to now go on and win a testimonial with the side he joined back in 2004.

“I’ll only be two years off that when this new deal is up, so we’ll see what happens,” said Bulls’ reigning player of the year.

Lynch will be 35 if he reaches a benefit campaign but is one of the fittest performers in Super League and sees no reason why he cannot complete a decade’s service.

“If you keep yourself fit and healthy, you can’t go far wrong,” said the powerhouse front-rower.

“Age is no concern – Beaver (Steve Menzies) is showing that here and a lot of others are now in Super League.

“I’m just happy to have signed and to get it all sorted so now I can get on with things.”

Nearly half of the competition were believed to be in the market for Bradford’s ‘Mr Consistent’, including current leaders St Helens, Wigan, Hull, Hull KR, Harlequins and former side Castleford.

But Lynch concedes he never really contemplated leaving the Bulls, where he has become the mainstay of their side during five excellent campaigns since arriving from The Jungle.

“It was nice to know other people want you but my heart has always been here,” he said.

“A lot of people have been saying I’m off back to Cas, or here, there and everywhere. But I used to play for Cas; I’m at Bradford now and have been for five years. I’m happy where I am.”

England international Lynch, 29, has developed into one of Super League’s most valued forwards and his retention is seen as vital for the Bulls’ future.

“When I actually came to Bradford I had to prove myself but I think every year here I’ve improved something in my game and I do believe I am getting better,” he said.

“Hopefully I’ll carry on doing that for the next three and one of my main aims is to help bring these younger lads on.

“There’s front-rowers like Burge (Sam Burgess) and Steve Crossley who I can lend my experience too but we’ve got some talented ones in the Academy as well and I’m looking forward to working with them.”

The only thing that has eluded Lynch is silverware. He has yet to lift a major title, having been cruelly dropped for the 2005 Grand Final in his first season at the club.

“Everybody dreams of playing professional sport to win trophies,” he admitted.

“I’ve not been there yet but I’m confident Macca has got the team he wants for this year and next and knows what he and all the coaching staff can do.”

The Bulls must start motoring if they are going to have any chance of challenging for glory this season.

They are currently well off the top-eight pace but got their first win in three against Wakefield last Sunday.

Now they head to the Halliwell Jones Stadium bidding to gain revenge on Warrington for their humiliating 58-22 home defeat in April and desperate to find some continued form.

Lynch conceded: “We’ve got a point to prove. We were embarrassed as players and for our fans when Warrington came to our place the other month and beat us by that score.

“We’re looking to put all of those things right and improve from last week too. If we do, we’ll go a long way to getting ourselves back on track.”

The side need to follow the lead of their ultra-consistent prop and mirror his performance if they are going to turn it around.

Lynch said: “We’ve got to be on our game. We’ve proved when we do play we are good enough to do it but we have got to think about our consistency.

“We can’t afford to do it one week and then not the next. We have to improve each week and if we can do that we can get a run together ourselves.”

If Lynch needed any reminding he can go on for another five years at the coalface, he comes up tomorrow against Kiwi prop Paul Rauhihi, who turns 36 next month.

That is because the Wolves’ main enforcer Adrian Morley – 33 next up – is leading England versus France tonight.