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St Helens youngster Will Roberts.<\/p>\nThe Vikings are looking to secure a new signing for 2026.St Helens youngster Will Roberts.<\/p>\n
Widnes Vikings are working on a deal to sign St Helens youngster Will Roberts. All Out Rugby League understands the youngster is in talks regarding a permanent switch to the Championship club next season, with his deal at Saints to expire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old halfback has played three games for Widnes this year on a loan basis and the Vikings are now keen to make that deal permanent.<\/p>\n
Last year, Roberts signed a one-year contract extension to stay with the Super League club, however, he has yet to make a first-team appearance and with George Whitby emerging under head coach Paul Wellens, Roberts is now exploring first-team opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n
The early stages of his career have seen him play for Swinton, Rochdale and the Vikings, but a move to Widnes now looks set to be extended in a deal that will see him link up with his brother, Max, who has spent the last three seasons at the club.<\/p>\n
Widnes coach Allan Coleman has known the youngster for a long time, revealing previously that he had coached him at community level.<\/p>\n
Speaking in June, Roberts said: \u201cHe\u2019s a player I\u2019ve watched since he was 6\/7 years old. I\u2019ve coached him before, and obviously, he\u2019s Max\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a very talented player, with a superb kicking game and a real run threat. He scores a lot of tries as a half, which is something that will be very important for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to come in and lift us, and I think the fans will see what he\u2019s got to offer this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings are looking to secure a new signing for 2026.St Helens youngster Will Roberts. Widnes Vikings are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-298367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114930674869949902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}