Nice listen on the wire in Bondi podcast witb Musgrove, seems a really nice guy.
Nice to here that he loves Warrington, loves the club and fans, his family are settled and happy, and his heart is with us and he wants to stay here.
Refreshing change rather than the usual "i'm not sure, we'll see what happens" response you hear alot.
I'm looking forward to next year, a fully fit Fitz back in the team is a big bonus, get big Dan Russell firing and up to speed could be a good addition on the right. Despite what we saw for PNG i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt until he has 2-3 games under his belt for us.
I'm optimistic about our forward pack, we're not massive but we're not small pushovers either, Thomas and Okoro could still impress on top of who we already have, and Leon Hayes And Leyland fighting for a spot in the halves i think is good for us.

Agree with virtually all of this, but I think allowing someone only 2-3 games before judging is a bit tight. Matt King was an Aus international and I think if we judged him on his 1st seaso, let alone 3 games we would have binned him off.
Of course I may be a bit soft on these things…

Agree with virtually all of this, but I think allowing someone only 2-3 games before judging is a bit tight. Matt King was an Aus international and I think if we judged him on his 1st seaso, let alone 3 games we would have binned him off.
Of course I may be a bit soft on these things…

“(decided within) about an hour of having arrived” where have said that?

However, it’s said we make an opinion on someone or something within the first 6 seconds.
So perhaps this one hour you suggested makes GB more fickle than you imagined, and is far too long to take your post serious!?

Well Burgess joined Huddersfield a month ago, and Vaughan was pictured in training with us two weeks ago (at which point we can assume any doubt about whether he was coming back was put to bed).

So somewhere in the space of the 2-2.5 weeks before that Burgess will have needed to have decided he hated Huddersfield and start putting feelers out about other clubs, and for that rumour to spread.

After a Sydney to Huddersfield bump, I’d be surprised if the rumour he hates it wasn’t true.

To be fair to Huddersfield you could say that about any Superleague club location.

That could be true, because I also heard Hilly also hated it at Huddersfield.

Livett officially released by Huddersfield.

If that is true about Livett being on 100k per year then you really can make a decent living nowadays being a RL pro.

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CASTLEFORD TIGERS have swooped for Warrington Wolves forward Dan Okoro, League Express can exclusively reveal.

Initially joining Warrington on a long-term deal during last season until the end of 2027, Okoro will link up with Castleford on loan with an option to buy if both parties agree.


I just copied and pasted that I couldn’t be bothered to type it out….. what a bizarre situation

Very odd. Clearing the cap space for a new recruit perhaps?
Feel sorry for Okoro, never got an opportunity to show what he could do. Perhaps Sam feels he needs someone for now rather than a project.

Maybe he hasn’t achieved what the club expected in preseason but it does seem odd. Another prop down.

Making space for Livett?

Please just NO. Someone already said that Matt Turner had asked the club and apparently they have said no.

I suppose if the club aren't happy with his progression with us, this is a good way to see how he actually gets on in super league. I think he'll get more game time there, and if he hits the ground running and impresses we keep him, if he's bang average but Cas want him we let him go. I do Agree it's another head scratcher though, if it was a simple loan i'd see it just as needed game time, but the option to keep if both parties agree says there's something more to it.

To go from giving someone a four-year deal, to then shipping them out before they have even made their debut, is very strange to say the least. If it was just a loan, I would think 'fair enough' but the option to buy is surprising. It will be interesting to hear what the club have got to say about this one.

He wasn`t getting selected by Bradford at the end of last season which was puzzling at the time and there wasn`t any news that he was injured to justify his absence.

I saw him play in our reserve team and was underwhelmed with what I saw and that was before we sent him back to Bradford.

He certainly has the physique, but guessing that there have been disciplinary/lifestyle issues with him?

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Obviously saw something in training / reserves games that made them think it wasn't going to be - need to get better at identifying these things before the player signs, if that is the case.

Glad Bateman got sorted, I was a bit meh with his signing at the time, but he put in a good shift for us in the end and important given teh situation with Fitzgibbon. Unsure as to whether he has 2 years left at NRL level though.....

Not a head scratcher to me.
Players want to play, and he has realistic bench opportunities at Cas.
He hasn’t at Wire.

Chambers dealing with the welfare of the lad. And not thrown under a bus by it.
If he doesn’t get a permanent gig, he’s still secure at Wire.

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Possible that some of our prop prospects have progressed better than expected so he has slipped way down the pecking order. Max Wood for example has performed way over what could realistically have been expected.

Another one who is rumoured to be off on loan for first team experience.