SLOWLY but surely, the futures of Warrington Wolves’ out-of-contract players are being confirmed.

Earlier today, Stefan Ratchford’s new two-year deal with the club was announced and he is indeed the first of 15 first-team players who entered the final year of their deals to have put pen-to-paper.

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Some of those players have already left – Josh Charnley, Billy Magoulias, Rob Butler and Ellis Robson were all given early releases and have since joined new clubs, or returned to Australia in the case of Magoulias.

The club have also confirmed the futures of a couple more, with Mike Cooper and Jason Clark known to be leaving to join Wigan Warriors and Limoux Grizzlies respectively for next year.

Loanees Jake Wardle and Kyle Amor are also due to leave the club at the end of the season upon the expiry of their temporary deals.

However, it still leaves nine players whose futures are still in theoretical limbo, with club captain Jack Hughes, England international Gareth Widdop and academy graduate half-back Riley Dean among them.

Here is the complete known set of contract expiry dates, including those of 2023 signings Matty Nicholson, Paul Vaughan, Sam Kasiano and Gil Dudson…

Warrington Wolves contract expiry dates

November 2022

Gareth Widdop, Jack Hughes, Matt Davis, Keanan Brand, Robbie Mulhern, Riley Dean, Eribe Doro, Jacob Gannon, Morgan Burgess, Jake Wardle (end of loan), Kyle Amor (end of loan)

November 2023

Daryl Clark, Ben Currie, Ellis Longstaff, Peter Mata’utia, James Harrison, Greg Minikin

November 2024

Joe Philbin, Matty Ashton, George Williams, Joe Bullock, Oliver Holmes, Danny Walker, Tom Whitehead, Thomas Mikaele, Sam Kasiano, Gil Dudson, Paul Vaughan, Stefan Ratchford

November 2025

Toby King, Connor Wrench, Matty Nicholson

November 2026

Josh Thewlis