Warrington Wolves • The rocket
Halliwell was not a top class player but was a welcome signing because he was quick and also we'd had a few years where a lot of our signings had been ageing players (often from overseas) at the back end of their careers, so a 21 year old British guy with pace was the kind of signing we were hoping for at that time.
He scored 8 tries in 9 starts in a poor team, he also played well in some of the games we won, in one of the relegation four-pointers against Salford which was key to us staying up, he took an interception on our own line and went the length of the field which was about the most excitement the Fletcher Street end had had all year, and was probably peak Halli-mania.
The bubble was burst when Halifax recalled him from loan but his career never took off after that. He had disciplinary problems at Halifax and then ended up touring the Championship clubs.
But he did play his part in helping us stay up so has his contribution to Wire history. Plange did manage to use the loan market well to re-energise a side that was plodding to relegation, as well as Halliwell he brought in Richie Mathers and Graham Appo. Appo took a while to get in shape but was just hitting form at the right time when Cullen came in and he was also a difference maker in some important games with express speed.
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