It's such a shame that neither Bullock nor Dudson fulfilled their potential. I was quite pleased when we signed Dudson, as I thought he had looked like a really solid prop in his time at Catalans, but for whatever reason, he just seemed to waste his time with Wire. As for Bullock, well, that contract extension really is a case for Mulder and Scully.

I never realised Joe Bullock had played 50+ games for Wire. Felt much less.

Gil Duson managed 17.

So that's 5 including Sam Kasiano and Nicholson that have gone in 2024.

Wow, I'd actually forgotten about Kasiano. Yet another to file under 'what might have been'.

I thought the first 10 games of the season we had him he was superb, then the whole team just lost form an dropped off a cliff.
It's a shame as i would have loved to see what Burgess could have done with him.
Pure definition of a powerhouse big bopper but with good ball handling as well. Not many of those about now unfortunately.

Oh i thought they were in play from next year, i may have read it wrong and jumped the gun myself

Agreed. I love how the term "big bopper" now seems to have stuck.

We need a big bopper for 2025.

Out of interest - will Warrington be signing a replacement for Drinkwater or is the plan to run with Leon Hayes?

We have Oli Leyland from London, not sure if we going with just those 2 but would not make sense to sign a third halfback

I would say it's almost certain that Burgess is putting his faith in Hayes as first choice. He's intimated this all year.

Not so sure that stands now given the signing of Leyland. Think it will be what Burgess and the coaching team see during preseason.

A have a feeling Hayes will go the way of Riley Dean, Dec Patton, Morgan Smith, Gaz O'Brien, Gary Hulse, Jamie Durbin etc.