“I would like to make a statement with Warrington, and then hopefully return to the NRL at some stage.”

Chuffing great.

If he wants to return to the NRL he will need a couple of good years with us, as long as he is fulfilling his contract with us I have no issue, I'd rather he was upfront about it. Lets be honest, the vast majority of players that are moving from NRL - SL would rather be in the NRL, but see the SL as a better option due to lack of opportunities or by way of extending their career for an extra couple of seasons.

I see it as a positive. I'll be trying my best so I can get a contract back in the NRL rather than "nice easy pay day before retirement."

I'll be intrigued to see where he fits in and where Powell plays him.
Second rowers aren't something were short of. A quality prop on the other hand......

Perhaps Powell is hoping to have a set of forwards that can go around opposing forwards & backs alike with nifty footwork & silky hands to create open free flowing rugby without the need for 5 drives & a kick.

Ok, I’m going full on optimist now (and without any factual basis whatsoever) but I’m thinking Kelly Shelford style 13 but with a better nutritional intake

Are we??... Currie is a good player, I'll give you that. Holmes is potentially a good signing. Longstaff looks a promising player, though I wouldn't be rushing him, nor expecting the world from him just yet. Clark and Hughes are the type of uninspiring plodder that any consistently underachieving side should be looking to ship out.

So, overall, this lad looks like a (cheap) gamble worth taking, especially as we have a coach who seems to want to get away from the turgid fare we have been served up under Price.

Agreed.

If he wants an NRL contract after 2 years then he will have to be really good for us. You never know he may be great for us, get offers to go back but want to carry on with us anyway, especially if he believes he could be part of something special under Powell. Who knows? I see this statement from the player as a sign of a good attitude anyway.

So it's confirmed he's signed. Good luck to the lad, hope he does well for us...

..HOWEVER, Wire have just posted arguably the worst highlights reel that I have ever seen..

Obviously, not going to judge him on that, but feck me, whoever is in charge of our social media needs a word. He's literally just made the club a laughing stock posting that online!!

Not sure I get the hate-in over Magoulias. He’s a ‘Mamo of the forwards’… young, cheap and potentially will add a lot to the team. He’s everything that we don’t have on the right side, and the ball-playing and kicking game fits right in with what we’ve been crying out for now Powell is here. He’s also here to put himself in the NRL window, which as pointed out is better than a past-it her for a big payday.

If it doesn’t come off then no big loss, we have Longstaff and Hughes.

Easy Wire... Where's this 'hate in' that you have mentioned?

So presumably first choice back row will be Currie, Holmes & Magoulias. I thought, but could be wrong, that the first two both prefer to play left channel. Will be interesting to see which one plays on the right.

You're right, he may not be the brick house prop that we need and desperately want but it's an indication that Powell has seen what we all have and need to change the make up of our back row/13 and the way that we play.

Its a start

What a player Kelly shelford was! Such skill, soft hands, little chip over. I’d settle for a mark II.

Much rather that than give it the change of scenery experience life in UK etc then manoeuvre a return out of the blue. We sometimes get too caught up on how long they intend to stay,

Would you rather get a Trbojevic gagai Tao or papenhousen on a 1 year deal or a journeyman on a 2/3 year. NRL clubs are often looking to get players off their cap for a year to accommodate a new signing ala hiku.?