MX23RW : Wednesday, April 24 02:34:35| >> :600:16903157:16903157:

Steve Price rejects Gareth Widdop exit speculation

Price also ruled out a move for Corey Norman.

Warrington coach Steve Price has dismissed reports linking marquee player Gareth Widdop with a return to Australian club St George Illawarra.

The 31-year-old England stand-off joined the Wolves this season on a three-year deal after a decade in the NRL, latterly with the Dragons.

There have been suggestions the Yorkshire-born stand-off could rejoin the Dragons with Queensland State of Origin player Corey Norman moving to Warrington in a swap deal.

Widdop joined the Wolves a a marquee player this season
Widdop joined the Wolves a a marquee player this season (Martin Rickett/PA)

Price says he is bemused by the reports.

"I was totally blindshotted by that," said Price at a press conference. "Gareth is really happy at our club.

"He's really enjoyed his time here at Warrington Wolves. He is contracted here for a number of years now and the player that has been linked to us – that will definitely not be happening. He would not even come into my thought process."

One player who is set to join Warrington is former Australia centre Greg Inglis, who has signed a deal for 2021 after being lured out of retirement by the Super League club.

Queensland coach Kevin Walters has raised the possibility that Inglis could now feature in this year's Origin series, even though he is not due to play any club rugby until linking up with the Wolves.

Price is not sure that is a good idea.

He said: "Would I be in favour? Most probably not. Greg has still got a bit of work to do with his body. He has been out of the game for quite a bit.

"I do feel he needs a bit of extra work. Going into an Origin series with no play for 12-14 months would be a difficult task."

ID:409202: cacheID:409202:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:5053:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
A general shot of the Halliwell Jones Stadium, home of Warrington Wolves
Read Next:
Warrington Wolves suffer shortfall of £1.4m due to coronavirus pandemic
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
10am
Munar
Borges
10am
Navone
Popyrin
10am
Vukic
Daniel
10am
Bouzas Maneiro
Badosa
10am
Davis
Sherif
10am
Putintseva
Yuan
10am
Stephens
Trevisan
10am
Zhu
Jimenez Kasintseva
11.30am
Altmaier
Landaluce
11.30am
Rinderknech
Shevchenko
11.30am
Safiullin
Seyboth Wild
11.30am
Arango
Anisimova
11.30am
Sorribes Tormo
Pera
11.30am
Zhang
Rogers
12pm
Osaka
Minnen
12pm
Vekic
Siegemund
1pm
Darderi
Monfils
1pm
Karatsev
Marozsan
1pm
Van Assche
Bergs
1pm
Linette
Cocciaretto
1pm
Wang
Tomova
1pm
Wang
Dolehide
1.30pm
Dart
Bucsa
1.30pm
Raducanu
Lourdes Carle
2.30pm
Bronzetti
Gracheva
2.30pm
Frech
Cristian
2.30pm
Hibino
Krueger
3pm
Coric
Hassan
3pm
Kokkinakis
Draper
3pm
Nakashima
Bagnis
3pm
Van De Zandschulp
Eubanks
4pm
Baptiste
Saville
4pm
Bejlek
Blinkova
4pm
Errani
Wozniacki
4pm
Montgomery
Avanesyan
4.30pm
Klein
Llamas Ruiz
4.30pm
Burel
Danilovic
5pm
Moutet
Shang
5.30pm
Diaz Acosta
Shapovalov
6pm
Andreeva
Townsend


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!