Good luck to the lad. Glad he's got a 2 year contract & equally glad its not with us

Where's it been announced? I'll be sorry to see him go in all honesty, been great for us and exactly the sort of player I'd want in the squad. Hope he does really well for you lot (not against us obviously) and all the best to him.

been confirmed he's leaving us at the end of the season, but doesn't say where he is going. on warrington wolves web site. good luck Jon wherever you go


now confirmed on widnes official web site, 2yrs

I expected to open this thread with lots of comments saying "Oh he's crap", "Even Patrick Ah Van is a better signing".

I'm disappointed, but PADDERS hasn't replied yet so there is still hope...

He'll do well there, he'll be good for the club in many ways, he'll help the transition to SL.

I think this will in many ways mirror the Mathers situation, we offer a year, Widnes offer two - when you're 32 years of age you take the security of a two year deal, can't blame him.

Good luck with the future, Jon.

Excellent signing for Widnes, I would have prefered to let Higham go. Good look Jon hope it goes well for you at the smellies. At least you have your Wembley medal to take with you

Worst kept secret since Ratchford

Good luck to him, and I'm very glad to see there's no ill feeling (yet) or pointless slagging off on here about it as well.

Tut cant you take Higham instead...

Excellent, does this mean Higham is the new favoured scape goat? Ok he can be good for one knock on a game (through trying to get up too quickly), but I don't really see that he's such a poor player as people's comments on here would indicate

Not the greatest to pull on the P&B jersey, but never gave anything but 100%, whenever he played
A good passer of a ball (i.e. to hands, not ankles/over the head), never shirked work, and ALWAYS backed up play - where he got most of his tries from.

Just a pity, some of the more blinkered speccies couldn't see this.

Cheers Clarkey, and good luck.

Bye John )

Has it really been four years since he got that contract? By heck, time's flew.

I'll be sad to see Jon go, hope he gets a good reception when he comes back, even if he is playing for the enemy.

As a side note, just gone on to the BBC Rugby League bit. Headline is:

'Clarke to join Warrington in 2012'.

Embarrassing.

A great servant and an ideal signing for a promoted club. [insert cliche about him going out on a high with a GF win here].