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By Liam Grace
Last update: 04/07/18 10:34 am
Anthony Gelling was a tester for the New Zealand Warriors on the weekend
Widnes Vikings signed the former Wigan center Anthony Gelling on a two-year contract from New Zealand Warriors. A year-old, who won the Grand Final and the World Club Challenge in his six Super League seasons with Wigan, will join the Vikings for the start of the 2019 season.
Gelling, a Cook Island international, was released Widnes, who sacked coach Denis Betts last June, is sitting at the bottom of the Super League table and has to fight him. way through the Super 8s qualifiers to avoid relegation to the Ch Widnes Interim Head Coach Francis Cummins said: "Anthony is a formidable signatory to the club."
"Anthony has an" X Factor "about him, with the ability to produce something out of nothing that few in the modern game can reproduce.
Highlights of the Super League match between Hull FC and Widnes.
"He was one of our best targets, as we have planned for next season and [chief executive] James Rule has had a regular conversation with him over the past two months to help conclude this deal.
"Players of his quality are rare and we are delighted that he will represent our club." It is clear that the Widnes Vikings have had challenges this season, but we are looking forward to a better future. "
"This team has real potential for the coming seasons and, having had the opportunity to sign for several other great clubs, it is satisfying to know that Anthony firmly believes in what we are building right here.
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