Matt Shaw reporting he’s off to the NRL at the end of the season. Huge blow.

Matt turner saying the same now

Wish him all the best. Gives an opportunity for someone else to take his place.

Can’t hold the kid back.
Let him follow his heart.

Good luck to him if true.

I can see us going for Bateman now.

Maybe that's why we're after Yates???

Allan surely?

Yates is already signed 3 weeks ago.
I assumed him to play prop as relief to the 3 we let go of.

we'll see if adam holroyd starts featuring more the rest of this season

I think Holroyd will be given the chance to take that spot, He's not as good as Nicholson but still plenty of time to develop.
I think we're weaker without Him but Yates coming in does soften that blow.
i hope to god we don't go in for Bateman, he's been off the boil since he came back from Aus then buggered off again.

Good luck to the lad, can you blame him… better lifestyle, probably a few extra quid in his pocket.. playing against quality players week in week out.

Indeed, I wish him all the very best, even though I really don't think he'll get that much 1st team football - the experience will be great for him though.

And Bateman is a NO from me too...

Its a shame as I think we've only seen a glimpse of what he could be, another couple of years at Warrington would be great (for us) but can't knock him for wanting to test himself in the NRL. In the end, while the salary cap over there is almost 3x what we have here, we're going to see more and more of this - especially as the NRL look to add more teams.

Standard of living is twice as high as well, good look to the kid if true, to be the best you can you have to play against the best and that will be week in week out if he gets a shot.

Absolutely this, good luck to the lad as others have said. Also, better this than losing out to the likes of Saints Wigan and Leeds when we really were making up the numbers.