Oliver Holmes keen to earn Warrington Wolves starting spot

But as he rips it up and starts again, will some things stay in place?

Perhaps one of the big decisions lies in the second row, where second rower Oliver Holmes has followed him to The Halliwell Jones Stadium from Castleford Tigers.

Having been given the number 12 shirt and with Powell having already expressed his intention to use Jack Hughes as a middle option, Holmes looks set to be a starter in the back row if fit and available when the season rolls around.

The left edge has been his station at Castleford but with Ben Currie well established in that role for The Wire, will a switch be in store for the new man?

"I’ve played both edges over the years," Holmes said.

"I’ve mainly played left edge for Castleford in the past few seasons but I don’t really have a preference which side I play.

"I’ve said from day one that I have to earn the right to play first. I could never expect to just walk in and play.

"I’ve got to earn respect from the playing group and show I can be an asset for this team."

With the neck injury that ended his time with his boyhood club early cleared up, Holmes has been able to take a full part in pre-season with his new teammates.

Having spent his entire career with the Tigers, the new environment will naturally take some getting used to.

The second rower in his new colours. Picture by Warrington Wolves

There are plenty of familiar faces around to help that process, however, with Peter Mata'utia having made the same switch while teammates of old such as Daryl Clark and Greg Minikin also around as well as Powell and his coaching staff.

Even without the Castleford connection, though, the likes of Hughes, Joe Philbin, Toby King and Danny Walker will be familiar from the England Knights tour of Papua New Guinea in 2018.

"I went on tour to PNG with a lot of the guys that were already here," he said.

"I’ve been touching base with them a lot over the past few months leading into pre-season and then there’s the coaching staff and players I already knew from Castleford.

"It certainly helps the settling-in process when there’s so many familiar faces around.

"It’s been awesome so far. It’s a lot to get used to with the different systems, different environments and so on.

"It’s been a bit of an adjustment but everyone’s made me feel really welcome and I’m really enjoying it."

There is plenty that is new for Holmes even outside of training.

Early starts and late finishes are now common place in order to get to and from Warrington, with Mata'utia and youngster Ellis Longstaff for company as they make the journey over from Yorkshire.

Holmes intends to relocate to the town, however, and aims to be in his new place before the start of the season.

"I was hoping to have moved over by the start of pre-season, but we got stuck in a bit of a chain with the house," he said.

"We couldn’t get over in time but we will be by the end of January.

"I always said that if I ended up playing for a team more than a 45 minute drive away, I’d move house.

"The drive’s a big factor – it eats into your recovery and it’s not ideal.

"There’s that side of it but I also want to be able to socialise with the lads outside of training to create that bond between us.

"We want to be a band of brothers that goes into battle with each other every weekend. That’s what I want to be part of.

"There’s experiencing the other side of the Pennines as well and getting out amongst the fans."