I can't say i've ever heard or seen that said

Bit picky, he never played first team and basically arrive to keep Brett Ferres company. There are a number of SL players who started off in Wakefields academy but got there first team start elsewhere, I acknowledge our input but they are not really our players.

Here's me thinking he played in the challenge cup for Bradford against Featherstone. April 3rd, 2005

Yes.

Oh come on how pedantry can you get, ok you win if it makes you feel better

Atkins not first choice any more BUT I would have him ahead of Burrell. I know that might not sit well with a few people. I suppose Burrell is effectively very cheap though for 2 years.

If this is true the good luck to him, he's been a brilliant signing for us. Atkins has still been doing a good job this season but I would imagine Burrell will have been given some guarantee about opportunity to play otherwise he probably wouldn't have been interested in signing. Goodwin and King will be our first choice centres for the remainder of the year and rightly so. King is becoming one of the best centres in the league, Goodwin has loads of experience and is a slightly better all round centre than atkins.

Goodwin has still to sign a contract for next year.

I still think Atkins would have made a better second row than centre. Not a ‘move to second row in the twighligt of his career’ a move to second row in his mid-20’s.

He has some very good attributes, just lacks in ball handling ability. Whether he stays or moves on, I wish him well as he's done a good shift in the P&B.

Atkins is pretty reliable ,ok he has a few brain farts, but injury wise he is pretty durable compared to some of our players.

When academy games were on sky Atkins was scoring try’s for fun. He got a bad injury which bulls thought he wouldn’t recover properly from and we took a punt on. They got it wrong as would have thrived in their team and would have cost less.

I never said he didn't.

Wish him all the best. He won't get a new contract under Price I don't think so it's good for club and Ryan.

Has it been confirmed. Would seem a strange move if so in the middle of his Testimonial Year.

Not to my knowledge I just wish him all the best if true. I guess if it is a loan it doesn't contractually/financially affect the testimonial position from an RFL/HMRC view point.

Ryan is retiring at the end of the season as far as I know

He has never made a secret that he wouldn't mind retiring at the end of the season.

A loan wouldn't make sense for him or Warrington. Even if he isn't first choice, he'll get a lot of game time with injuries and rotation.

Hope he retires here, he's been a wonderful signing and hopefully can be a part of getting us some more silverware this year.

the reason why you haven't ever heard or seen this is obvious.

It would if it would get Atkins a contract beyond 2019. It would also make sense for Warrington if Burrell was good enough to act as cover for 2019, thus freeing up salary cap space for a mid season signing.

Exactly. If he wants a contract for 2020 he needs to be playing regularly in 2019. Price has dropped him twice this season and he's clearly on the outer.

He's "cheap" in the sense that a small proportion of his salary counts towards the Cap. However, putting the cap to one side for a moment, he will still be on a big wage in cash terms and I can't see us spending that to have him sat on the bench.

According to League Express, several clubs looking to bring him in for this season.