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(@widiot)
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Off to Bradford, hope we can get some sort of fee. 


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Topic starter Posted : 02/09/2026 4:15 pm
(@johnnyboy)
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Well he’s under contract so we should! 


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Posted : 02/09/2026 4:21 pm
(@viking25)
Prominent Member

Unless he’s got a clause in his contact that allows him to go to a SL club for nothing, I’ll be close to giving up if they just let him walk away from his contract. 

He’s under contract, he’s our player, we should hold all the cards.

The deal they did with Salford for Dupree & Johnson doesn’t bode well. 


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Posted : 02/09/2026 4:24 pm
(@alanc)
Estimable Member
  • Well that's not good news at all,get a decent player and we can't keep hold

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Posted : 02/09/2026 4:34 pm
(@appletonvillageviking)
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The article says that Bradford want to sign him. It doesn't say they have signed him. 


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Posted : 02/09/2026 5:13 pm
(@pascal)
Noble Member

Winds me up they should have a clause and a transfer fee we will back down as always like the Tyler Dupree situation. I feel we need more backbone as a club and stamp our heels in more. What is the point Coleman saying we want to be the Wigan of the Championship if our best players are taken? In a part time league it seems the best teams retain players late Twentys or early thirtys who have a job to top up money. We are not going to get Super League unless a rich backer comes in and the RFL pass us to play in the top league. Personally there should always be promotion and relegation to make the sport interesting. There is nothing to play for and how can you sell to old and new fans if this crunchie is happening with Rugby League.


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Posted : 02/09/2026 5:49 pm
(@scouseviking55)
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@viking25 especially after he signed a new 2 year deal only half a year back or so


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Posted : 02/09/2026 6:35 pm
(@vikingfox71)
Prominent Member

It also says Bradford only want him as cover !!! So if he goes he'll probably end up on loan at Batley or somewhere!! He might not want that

super league Hoover up so many players Bradford took Riley dean from Oldham then dumped him 4 months later now he's probably going to fax 

players have to consider wether it's worth it


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Posted : 02/09/2026 7:00 pm
(@7-vikingnomad)
Prominent Member

I hope this is just conjecture, bradfraud may want to sign him, but at the moment he is contracted to us for 2 years

not sure if a get out clause was in the contract - I hope not 

I think he isn’t stupid enough to sign up for a club with a crunchie ground and going nowhere - they could yet be the team going down to be replaced by London !


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Posted : 02/09/2026 7:22 pm
(@pascal)
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Posted by: @7-vikingnomad

I hope this is just conjecture, bradfraud may want to sign him, but at the moment he is contracted to us for 2 years

not sure if a get out clause was in the contract - I hope not 

I think he isn’t stupid enough to sign up for a club with a crunchie ground and going nowhere - they could yet be the team going down to be replaced by London !

Hope so Bradford would bring plenty of away fans unlike London. Depends on situation on players and if has a job outside of rugby. 

 


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Posted : 02/09/2026 8:56 pm
PaulieWalnuts
(@pauliewalnuts)
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Posted by: @7-vikingnomad

I hope this is just conjecture, bradfraud may want to sign him, but at the moment he is contracted to us for 2 years

not sure if a get out clause was in the contract - I hope not 

I think he isn’t stupid enough to sign up for a club with a crunchie ground and going nowhere - they could yet be the team going down to be replaced by London !

Guaranteed SL in 2027. They are playing Leigh at Las Vegas

 

Paulie xx

 


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Posted : 02/09/2026 10:45 pm
 CJ91
(@cj91)
Noble Member

To be expected when you have a terrible system with no chance of automatic promotion....

If we don't get anything then shows even more the farcical nature of RL contracts.....

Don't forget Bradford have 6 wins right now, Widnes were a disgrace according to certain quarters in 2012 for winning 6 matches.....but hey ho, the Bulls (who SOC gave 10k to) are a success story!

Good player and be sad to lose tbf...


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Posted : 02/09/2026 10:54 pm
(@spelly)
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Posted by: @7-vikingnomad

I hope this is just conjecture, bradfraud may want to sign him, but at the moment he is contracted to us for 2 years

not sure if a get out clause was in the contract - I hope not 

I think he isn’t stupid enough to sign up for a club with a crunchie ground and going nowhere - * they could yet be the team going down to be replaced by London !

* Yeah mate, they're currently the cellar-dwellers, but also signed up for Vegas next term, so I can't honestly see 'em being relegated even if their league position remains unchanged!

For me, they bring precious little to SL. A ground out of the dark ages, and a financial history that is far from blemish free, but...............

Unless I'm seriously mistaken, they'll still have Pies, FC, Wire, et al on their fixture list come 2027!

Spelly.

 


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Posted : 03/09/2026 8:08 am
(@gpo1971)
Noble Member

Is this cover for right now? In other words, we'd lose him for the play-offs.

Tbh, I can't see the club standing in the way of anyone getting a SL offer. Just the way it is.


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Posted : 03/09/2026 8:33 am
(@chris-b)
Eminent Member

We will have to see I guess but that is a kick in the nads if ever there was one. As one of the most exciting players in the league I guess he would have got offers from a number of clubs in the championship and I bet most would have taken on a SL release clause if he is ambitious to play up. Could the two year contract have been offered so that he didn't put a clause in there?


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Posted : 03/09/2026 1:00 pm
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