Signed from next year as a replacement for josh. Well done Rads!

3 year deal announced this morning. Great news.

Confirmed on a 3 year deal from next year.

Great news, brings back a cracking player who knows the club, doesn't use a quota spot, and a year in Australia will only have improved him further.

Brilliant bit of business.

Cracking news. Things are looking good!

Brilliant news for a Friday morning.

Great news as he was a good player when he left and has the potential to be a great player.

Great for the continuity of the side to have what looks like an established backline in place.

Awesome news, I was devastated he left, I'm now elated he's coming back.

Great news!

Full details now on the club site

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Superb stuff.

The lads got all the skills. I've got to say Charnley has been superb this year so he's got a job on replacing him (I didn't think I'd be typing that last year) but I can't think of a winger I'd rather have.

Is he any relation to Sam Burgess?

Glad he hasn't stuck around at Sydney waiting for a chance, he's too good for that.

Full marks to the club with this news. IMO we couldn't have got a better replacement for Charnley. A 21 year old international who knows our setup inside out, it doesn't get better than that. Looks like I'm going to have to look really hard for something to moan about if this continues!

Disappointed for the lad that he didnt manage to crack the first team, hope it wont be too much of a dent to his confidence. Over the moon to have him back though

I think he saw the bright lights of the NRL and got star struck and jumped too soon. He had hardly served his apprenticeship in SL before he was off. Not a criticism I applaud his confidence but a huge ask for him to make a go of it at the Roosters when you consider who was in front of him.

I think he was maybe poorly advised.

He has packed on some size over there whilst maintaining his pace. I think he will probably do 5 years back here before having another crack at the NRL, and I'm sure given that time he will make a real go of it then. In the mean time we get to watch him and benefit from him. Great news.

Replacing Charnley with a younger, faster winger is a cracking bit of business.

Damn......more pain for The Wire !!!

Sensational Wigan. Well done. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for out players wanting to go to oz

Pity we couldn't keep hold of him in the first place.
It's the state of the league and RL in general, but it's a pity the likes of Joe, Sam, Joel and anyone who's come through our system should be with us from the start not wanting to look elsewhere. Then the signings we bring in are additional to our own development.

We're signing someone who we should have never left.

Another prodigal son returns to the club. What great news. Hallelujah.

Yeah, so failure then.

Even Michael Worrincy stuck it out longer.

Our guys leave and then return whereas your guys just want to leave. Rats and sinking ships spring to mind.

Very surprised he is coming back so soon. I know he has been playing reserve grade mostly but I thought he would have stayed for least another year.

But it shows that going to the NRL when you are young is not a bad thing as you can always come back.

I never understand people saying this? If he did fail in the NRL, so what, he will come back to Super League where he is undoubtedly one of the best wingers in the competition. Him not setting the NRL on fire has zero bearing on his ability to come back and tear it up in Super League next year. Does anyone now call Sandow an NRL failure, because for the last 3 years or so thats what he's been, an absolute NRL failure, but he is fantastic in Super League. Fantastic signing by the club and I'm glad we didn't sign Carney now as I'd much rather have Burgess back on the wing.

Great news as far as I am concerned.

Budgie showed he was mature beyond his years when he played for us and the way he linked with Faz often giving him a perfect pass inside despite running flat out marks him out as a natural RL player.

A bit surprised he has come back so soon. I thought despite not making the first team he'd stick it out for the experience of not just playing there but for the lifestyle.

Whatever, he was a pleasure to watch and assuming he plays outside of Gildart we will have pace to burn on that side of the pitch. Should provide plenty of entertainment!