Suspended Berry is sacked by Warrington

Phil Berry has become the third player this season to be sacked by his club after being suspended for steroid abuse. The 19-year-old winger, on the fringe of Warrington's Super League squad, had been banned for two years after testing positive for nandrolone.

Phil Berry has become the third player this season to be sacked by his club after being suspended for steroid abuse. The 19-year-old winger, on the fringe of Warrington's Super League squad, had been banned for two years after testing positive for nandrolone.

He joins Bradford's Ryan Hudson and Sean Penkywicz of Halifax in having his contract terminated.

Warrington have denied demanding £20,000 from Widnes to allow their scrum-half, Jamie Durbin, to stay there for the rest of the season. Durbin, initially on a month's loan, made his Widnes debut last weekend, but their coach, Frank Endacott, claims to have been thwartedin his hopes of keeping him.

Harrison Hansen, who has been outstanding in Wigan's depleted pack this season, has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2007 season while the former Leeds hooker, Robbie Mears, has arrived from Australia and has gone straight into Leigh's squad for their match against Wakefield on Saturday.