Signed for 2023. Happy with the signing and seems to be saying the right things I knew straight away this was the right move. I have plenty left in the tank and I will join this great Club with a huge drive to be successful and win trophies.

“First of all, I want to earn the respect of all players, staff and supporters and I’ll do everything I can to add to the fantastic culture that runs throughout the Club.”

I'm am very happy with this signing. With all our props, I feel something is missing, none are quite the great all round prop. Cooper ticks all the boxes for me.

Welcome aboard

Excellent signing this, exactly the type of prop we need while we get more time and experience into the young lads and not on too long of a contract. 12 month with the option of a 12 month extension (assume in the club's favour?). Great bit of business.

Delighted with this.

Always admired him and Hill at Warrington. Big minutes, high energy and can offload.

Watched him closer against Leeds and he was superb in a beaten team.

Obviously up there in age but seems super fit and good injury record. He’s a year younger than Hill.

Him entering a fresh environment and high performing club could take his performance level up even higher.

Adds a bit more balance to a young squad.

Happy days.

Solid signing this IMO. Good metre maker, solid defensively and has a good offload. Really happy with this signing

When he and the other prop went off they started to concede and only when he came back on they steadied the ship

Top, top signing. Warrington have lost the plot. Cheers Wire, Partington going the other way, no disrespect to the lad but he isn't in the same league as Cooper. It's like losing a fiver and finding a twenty. Brilliant but of business.

I have read the rumours about Partington going to Wire but where is the official announcement by either club? Personally I would be sad to see him go; he always puts in a big shift. On Saturday he was very direct and aggressive against Cas.

If you go with a 5 prop rotation in games next season one of Cooper, Singleton, Havard, Byrne, Ellis or Mago misses out. If you go with a 4, then 2 of them miss out. I’m not sure I recall a time we were as strong there for a good while.

I’d love to keep French and if we do and can get a good centre in, the side looks very exciting for 2023.

If we went with the 5 prop option (something I like as it gives us more size) it further highlights what a mistake it was to give Isa a 2 year deal. One of those props will be playing 13, or interchanging with Smithies,

who you'd think is a banker to start.

Can we really say that's a quota spot well used?

You have got a quality forward there guys, very sad to see him leave Wire, one of our own that I thought would be at Wire till he retired.

Nothing wrong with rotating the man to miss out to keep them fresh or having competition for places. Really think we are looking upwards at the moment and Cooper is a good addition on friendly terms (contract length)

We deffo got the better side of the deal

Tough one for me. I find myself agreeing and disagreeing with him going. On one hand I just don’t see where he realistically fits in to our team, even without Cooper. We’ve got Havard, Mago, Ellis, Singo and Byrne well in front. The addition of Cooper for me means one of those 5 is also going.

On the other, his game against Cas was the best I’ve seen him in a long time. He was direct, aggressive and effective. But we don’t see that often enough which is why he’s so far down the pecking order.

Ultimately I think he needs game time and he will get that at Warrington. I think he has the potential to develop into a good SL front/back rower but that for me is his exploit of limitations.

He will be, he’s just playing a Wigan till he’s finished. #onceawirealwaysawire

Cooper is comfortable at loose, gives you the option of 3 props at any one time.

Agree on this. He's been our best forward by a mile and has been effective against every team we've played. Sad to see him go - you've got one of the best props in SL there IMO.

Not sure on the Partington thing though. We've just bought Mickaele (forgot how to spell it), Kasiano and Dudson. Strong rumours we have Paul Vaughan (Aussie prop) and are possibly after Josh Maguire, plus the props we currently have. So I'm not sure where he would fit in.

At this rate Powell will have to choose a pack full of props. I am sure that Wire will be releasing some of the current props as realistically they can’t justify having so many in a salary capped sport.

Starting for England tomorrow

Two good 20 min stints. His metres after contact are something we’ve been missing in a forward. If he could get an arm free and offload with people like fields, batty, Faz and french running of the back of him we’d cause a lot of teams problems.

He's a step up from any prop we have now or have had in many years. He's an athlete, not a plodder.

Our front row next year has potential to be the best in the league, amazing to think that last year it was one of the worst.

It’s amazing what can happen when you go out and buy decent props!

It’s probably been my biggest frustration over the years in that we haven’t always got that quite right but I’m pretty confident we are going to do very well next season… even more so if we hang on to KPP and bring in a quality Centre.