Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Tue Jan 14, 2025 3:24 pm  

Crosswire wrote:

How long is CTW signed for? If he is that good NRL and other SL clubs will no doubt be sniffing around.

Fortunately for us, full back is a position where there is an embarrasment of riches in the nrl. Plus, we're no longer the same club we were when Harris and Sculthorpe broke through and we were forced to sell. It's highly doubtful another super league club could prise him away from us.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:43 pm  

Dufty ,you don't throw one of your best strike weapons away for a youngster who needs to be nurtured & eased into 1st team rugby & I'm .sure when CTW pulls on his own number 1 shirt he will explode onto the scene as a very competent player.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Tue Jan 14, 2025 5:50 pm  

Reading on here it seems we are putting a lot of faith in Hayes who, after all, has played 11 1/2 games of top level RL.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:51 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Reading on here it seems we are putting a lot of faith in Hayes who, after all, has played 11 1/2 games of top level RL.

It certainly does and it's a big ask given his age and lack of experience. In his favour, he is brave, confident, strong in defence and seems well organised with an eye for a pass and could be a really good foil for Williams. It still leaves us with no real long kicking game when we're looking to clear our lines when under pressure. From what I saw last season we have no-one with a decent long kick. That makes a difference in a tight game especially when someone like Harry Smith is in the opposition team.

Hope he does really well this year and becomes a local legend. Burgess & others obviously rate him very highly.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:22 pm  

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -contract/

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... -contract/

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:33 pm  

Brilliant news, hope it's not just to fend off NRL clubs though.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 5:35 pm  

Be surprised if his loyalty isn’t rewarded with vice captaincy.

Williams captain.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:11 pm  

Matt King's kitten wrote:

Brilliant news, hope it's not just to fend off NRL clubs though.

Well Canberra already tried that while he was still in his previous contract, I’m thinking this is 100% hands off with this new one.

Re: Recruitment, rumours and links : Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:14 pm  

I guess that will have eaten a chunk out of the little cap space we have/had left.
Happy we've signed him long term, he's our future captain and gets better year in year out, another puzzle fitted in to our golden era young squad