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Myler to make Wolves bow

18 December 2009 - 3:42pm — admin

Warrington coach Tony Smith has confirmed that new signing Richie Myler will make his Wolves debut against Widnes Vikings on Boxing Day.

Smith signed the 19-year-old England scrum-half for £200,000 from Salford City Reds at the end of last season, making Myler the most expensive teenager in rugby league in the process.

Smith can't wait to see the teenager in a Warrington shirt, saying: "He's very excited about playing for his new club.

"He's been training and getting ready for quite a while but now he wants to get out there and form some relationships on the field and link up some combinati

Reds swoop to sign Broughton

18 December 2009 - 3:03pm — admin

Salford City Reds have continued their squad rebuilding programme for the 2010 season by signing the Leeds Rhinos three-quarter Jodie Broughton.

The 21-year-old has had two loan spells with Hull FC in the past, scoring four tries in ten appearances for the Black and Whites.

Broughton has has signed a two-year contract with the Reds who are hoping to improve on last season when only Celtic Crusaders finished beneath them in the Super League table.

Salford's director of football Steve Simms said: "Jodie is an exciting player and we are hoping for big things from him.

"He has bags of pace and

Dragons excited by stadium plans

17 December 2009 - 4:13pm — admin

Catalans Dragons general manager Christophe Levy is looking forward to the 2010 season when the French side will play all their home games in Perpignan.

Wigan Warriors have rejected a request to move their game against the Dragons on July 4 to Montpellier, but Levy is unconcerned.

The Dragons are carrying out major improvements to their Gilbert Brutus Stadium and have made provisional plans to take their big matches to the council-owned Stade Aime Giral, which is the home of Perpignan's rugby union club.

The Catalans used Aime Giral in their first Super League season in 2006 when Gilbert Br

Orford finally granted visa

17 December 2009 - 1:14pm — admin

Bradford Bulls coach Steve McNamara says he was always convinced that Matt Orford would eventually sign for the club after the scrum-half was finally granted a visa.

The Australian agreed a three-year deal with the Odsal-based Super League side last month after a long-running saga.

He is now expected to arrive in England after Christmas as the build-up to the 2010 season gathers pace.

McNamara told the Telegraph & Argus: "I was never in any doubt he'd get his visa because of the quality of the player.

"It's a difficult time because we're working up to the Castleford trial game on Boxing Da

Saints to leave Knowlsey Road

16 December 2009 - 1:45pm — admin

St Helens will leave Knowlsey Road at the end of the 2010 season and move to a new stadium for Super League XVI in 2011.

The Super League side have been playing at Knowlsey Road for the last 120 years but will now move to a new 18,000 capacity ground which is being built on the old United Glassworks site in the town.

Despite this announcement there is some confusion over whether the ground will be ready for the start of the 2011 season.

Saints chief executive Tony Colquitt said: "It looks like we may play a few games of the 2011 season on the road.

"We have already had discussions with th

Noble hampered by uncertainty

16 December 2009 - 1:21pm — admin

Crusaders head coach Brian Noble has admitted that doubts over the future of the club has seen them fall behind their Super League rivals in terms of pre-season planning.

On Wednesday, the Welsh franchise confirmed that they will play 11 of their 13 home matches at Wrexham Football Club's Racecourse Ground next season after recently being taken over.

Noble is attempting to prepare his new side for the start of the next Super League season in February and has admitted that his hands have been somewhat tied by the uncertainty.

"That's the sad and frustrating thing for us," he said.

Crusaders move north to Wrexham

15 December 2009 - 1:44pm — admin

Super League side Crusaders have confirmed that they will play 11 of their 13 home matches at Wrexham Football Club's Racecourse Ground in 2010.

The Welsh side were recently taken over by Wrexham Village Ltd and the move north had been an expected one.

Included in these 11 matches will be their season opener against defending Super League Champions Leeds Rhinos on 28 January.

Wrexham's chief executive Paul Retout said: "North Wales has been starved of major sporting success for too many years and we are confident we can achieve that success in Super League with Crusaders RL.

"Bringing Supe

Dragons secure Walker signing

15 December 2009 - 12:42pm — admin

Catalans Dragons have signed the Australian winger Chris Walker on a two-year contract.

Walker's transfer means that the French Super League side have completed their overseas quota for 2010 and filled the gap left by their departing captain, Greg Bird.

The 29-year-old Gold Coast Titan player joins Melbourne Storm back row forward Dallas Johnson and New Zealand centre or second rower Setaimata Sa at Stade Gilbert Brutus.

Walker had also previously played for Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos, South Sydney and Sydney Roosters as well as making six State of Origin appearances for Queensland i

Magic Weekend details announced

14 December 2009 - 2:39pm — admin

A clash between Bradford and Crusaders, who are now led by former Bulls coach Brian Noble, will get the Magic Weekend in Edinburgh underway in May.

Seven matches will be played over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend in Murrayfield, with four games scheduled for the Saturday and three on the Sunday.

The finale is a potentially classic encounter between St Helens and Hull Kingston Rovers.

After the Bradford-Crusaders opener, Richard Agar's new-look Hull side face Harlequins while Salford City Reds play Warrington.

The Wolves are likely to include Richie Myler in their starting line-up, the En

NRL challenge excites Burgess

14 December 2009 - 1:42pm — admin

Former Bradford Bulls star Sam Burgess is looking forward to testing himself against the leading rugby league players in Australia as he prepares to embark on a career in the NRL with South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Burgess hopes he can enjoy as much success as the likes of Ellery Hanley, Adrian Morley, Garry Schofield, Malcolm Reilly, Mike Stephenson and Roger Millward in the past.

Burgess, who is one of the leading young talents in the game, has signed a four-year deal with the Rabbitohs, a club that is owned by Russell Crowe.

"I've watched NRL and I always fancied coming over," said the 21-year-

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