Widdops last game in a Wire shirt tomorrow we reckon?

As much as I want Williams to sign, losing Widdop ends our season. Nothing we can do though, he was always on the way home after COVID hit.

Maybe Austin will have some sort of renaissance and go out with a bang. Can’t see it though.

Hope not.

Everything points that way, will be a shame to see him go as he’s been a step above every other half back in the league this year.

If Widdop is going and the move happening is dependent on him going, would you play him tomorrow? It's a pretty meaningless game in the grand scheme of things.

Just to add, although I was off the blocks to hear Williams to Wire agreed, I’ve heard nothing about Widdop going mid season.

Well, as long as you haven't.

So for half a dozen games Widdop has been great, don't think it really defines our season though, I recall Austin once being fantastic for half a dozen games too - there's no guarantee come Sep/Oct they'll sustain it.

I guess we'll just hope for the best, and maybe Williams and a returning Inglis, and even Price himself, will all have a point to prove come the business end of the season.

You mean you hoped and guessed possibly correctly on Williams and are now hoping Widdop stays?

You ain't the chronicle, you're a taxi driver...

Williams has tweeted recently thank to canberra, the fans and players and that he is on his way back to family. Hopefully get an announcement soon wherever he is going.

Widdop is in a different class to Blake as demonstrated through their respective careers.

More just a case that the club simply don't need the Guardian as much these days. Before the times of social media, it was a symbiotic relationship - the club needed the Guardian for publicity, and the Guardian needed the club to boost its sales. Now, clubs have their own media platforms and can make announcements on their own terms, without needing the local press to do it for them. That shift in the balance of power is why you now tend to get bland press conferences with journos afraid to ask difficult questions that might upset the club.

It should be an easy enough ride for Saints with Widdop in our side.

Gareth Widdop will NOT be leaving Warrington Wolves to make way for George Williams.

The in-form halfback is being intensely linked with a return to the NRL in a move that would pave the way for Warrington to secure Williams immediately.

Williams will return to the UK over the weekend and is expected to sign for the Wolves, though they will have to free up some room on the salary cap to make the move come to fruition for the remainder of the year.

That has coincided with the latest wave of rumours surrounding Widdop, who is the subject of reported interest from Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors.

One report even suggested that Warrington would be willing to part ways with the former St George Illawarra Dragons playmaker if he was offered a return down under.

However, this has been strongly denied by Wolves CEO Karl Fitzpatrick, who insists Widdop is settled at the club and they have no intentions of releasing him from his contract.

"The reports are way off the mark," he told Rugby League Live.

"Gareth is currently very happy at the club and I think this shows in his performances

"If we did get approached from the NRL we'd have no intention to release him early."

Widdop has been in sensational form for the Wolves so far this season, with his performances earning him a recall to the England setup.

But rumours surrounding his future have never been far away. His family has returned to Australia, which has resulted in constant talk that he is pursuing a return down under too.

With Williams now almost certain to join Warrington, it remains to be seen how they intend to free up the salary cap space to finalise the move.

But Widdop will not come into the equation.

Can only think its Inglis/Austin and Maybe 1 other making way for Williams then?