Three year deal, on the official website.

Good stuff, hope all the good things I'm hearing about him are true.

EDIT: BIG Unit! Strange to see Kear there too, I assume there will be a dual reg involved.

Mike Rush there, considering how good he will be in the reserves...

Excellent news, just hope he's as good as the people who have seen him play say he is.

No mention of any dual reg or year back on loan in that article?

I like seeing plsyers from the lower leagues making the the step up. Im looking forward to seeing him play.

If he works out, it could be very good bargain signing.

Comparisons to Chris Hill have been made already. Fingers crossed Walmsley can settle as quickly as Hill as done at Warrington.

Let's not set expectations too high. Hill has been simply brilliant and has made the transition look easy but he had two extra full years in the Championship (with half a season of full time training at Wire) before making the move up at 23.

Nothing wrong with being optimistic!

Seriously though, it'll be interesting to see how much game time he gets straight away. I'd assume that this will see the end of TP playing prop, as we now have 5 without him. You'd have to say Walmsley would start the season as 5th choice prop and outside of the full strength 17. Hopefully he can put some pressure on the more senior props.

Our pack is looking good for next year:

Props - Laffranchi, Perry, LMS, Clough, Walmsley

Back row - Soliola, Manu, Wilkin, TP, Flanagan.

That isnt including the likes of Magennis, Dixon, Forster, Greenwood.

I can't see many better packs than that next year.

He will be loaned back to Batley for the 2013 season - on their website: www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/index.p ... is-a-saint

He will be loaned back to Batley for the 2013 season - on their website: www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/index.p ... is-a-saint

He's no Aaron McCloskey.

You're probably right. I guess I just would have preferred it to be more explicit that he was with us first off but could be loaned back to Batley on a dual reg kinda thing. We'll see what happens but at least it's a signing in an area we badly need it so it's good news whatever happens.