EX-NEWCASTLE coach Rick Stone has been sensationally booted from the Hudderfield dressing rooms after another tough loss.

Meanwhile, an audacious bid for the Burgess twins is on the cards.

And NRL clubs miss out on signing an English young gun.

All that and more from the UK in this week’s edition of Exile Files!

STONE BOOTED FROM SHEDS

It’s been revealed Huddersfield coach Rick Stone was kicked out of his own team’s dressing rooms following his side’s 29-22 loss to Catalans last Wednesday.

The former Newcastle Knights coach who took over the team last July, has won just six of 19 games.

The Giants currently sit on two wins and two draws from 10 starts and could face relegation like they did last year, winning the Million Pound Game to remain in the Super League.

Rick Stone during his time at the Knights. Picture: Peter Loimer. Source: News Corp Australia

Giants winger Jermaine McGillvary told the Daily Star that Stone and his coaching staff were asked to leave the room after the loss so the squad could have their own honest, private chat.

“It wasn’t a case of, ‘Get out now, we don’t want you in here.’ We just wanted a chat among ourselves,” the England international said.

“I’ve not experienced it before but hopefully it works and I’m all for it if it does.”

A try and man-of-the-match performance on debut from former Knights speedster Jake Mamo wasn’t enough to help the Giants move up from 10th on the Super League ladder.

Mamo was involved in a player swap with Englishman Joe Wardle earlier in the season, but hadn’t played a game since moving to the northern hemisphere after breaking his ankle in a Bali motorcycle accident in the off-season.

He made up for his absence, crossing in the 35th minute of the game, as well as making a total of 95 metres, two tackle busts, one linebreak and two offloads.

Former NRL players Luke Walsh and Brayden Wiliame both scored for Catalans in their five tries to four victory.

BURGESS TWINS BID

Fairfax Media reports the Toronto Wolfpack are set to make a huge play for South Sydney’s Burgess twins George and Tom.

Toronto, who currently sit on top of the League 1 (third tier) ladder in England, were only formed this season and have former Parramatta cult hero Fuifui Moimoi on their books.

Tom and George Burgess. Picture: Mark Evans Source: News Corp Australia

If the Wolfpack can somehow land the twins’ signatures, it would go a long way to helping them reach their goal of promotion into the Super League.

The Burgess twins have made a poor start to the NRL season and have both spent time playing reserve grade.

NRL CLUBS MISS OUT ON YOUNGSTER

Wigan have fought off interest from NRL clubs to re-sign young star George Williams on a new deal until the end of 2020, with an option for 2021.

The Warriors said they turned down a number of transfer fees for the 22-year-old who was off-contract at the end of next season.

The Super League recently announced changes to their salary cap including the addition of a second marquee player allowance, something that Wigan took full advantage of.

The result means only £75,000 of Williams’ contract counts on the cap — the club’s other marquee player is Sam Tomkins.

George Williams (left) and John Bateman of Wigan Warriors celebrate victory 2016 Super League grand final. Source: Getty Images

“The recently agreed additional changes to the current salary cap rules were designed specifically to help keep elite talent in Super League and the Wigan club will use the option of a second-marquee player with this new contract,” Wigan chairman Ian Lenagan said.

“There has been very strong interest both from within Super League and the NRL and the Wigan club has turned down a number of sizeable transfer fees in order to keep George here. We realise that George is a big part of our future moving further and look forward to seeing him in a Wigan shirt for many years to come.”

Williams told Wigan Today: “It’s been a tough decision. The last two or three weeks, I’ve been thinking about what I want to do in my career, and Wigan is in my heart and where I want to be.

“I was close (to leaving), I’m not going to lie, but I kept coming back to this is where I want to be, this is where I want to win trophies.”

BIG RED’S WINNING RETURN

Keith Galloway made a successful return from an Achilles rupture to help Leeds notch up their biggest-ever winning score at Hull — a 52-24 victory.

The former Wests Tigers prop made an earlier than expected return after suffering the injury late last season and performed strongly, making 94 metres from 12 carries.

Both sides went try for try early, before efforts from Ryan Hall, Matt Parcell and Joel Moon (two tries) blew Hull FC away.

Ex-Bronco Mitch Garbutt also scored for Leeds, while former Titans Steve Michaels and Mark Minichiello were among the tryscorers for the home side.

GIDLEY EARNS PRAISE

Warrington coach Tony Smith has praised Kurt Gidley after the former NRL player made the switch to hooker during the Wolves’ 19-10 win over Widnes.

Gidley started the match at halfback before shifting to hooker where he impressed Smith.

“I thought Gids was good. I thought he looked really good at hooker. I thought he controlled that really well when he went in there,” Smith told Love Rugby League.

“He gave us a bit of control in there that we needed at the time and a bit of variation. At times I didn’t think we played enough footy, but I thought Gids just broke that up a bit.”

Former St George Illawarra centre Charly Runciman scored one of Widnes’ two tries.

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EX-NRL STARS IN TRYFEST

Former NRL players Ben Roberts, Grant Millington and Greg Eden all scored for Castleford in their side’s big 42-24 win over Wakefield.

Wakefield hit the lead early through former Sharks prop David Fifita, but it was all one-way traffic from there for the Tigers who cemented their spot on top of the Super League ladder.

Ex-Warriors and Raiders winger Bill Tupou bagged a meat pie for Trinity before the break, and Fifita went on to score his second of the day, but the result was too far gone.

Eden’s four-pointer was his 12th of the season and kept him on top of the tryscorers’ list.

BURGESS BAGS DOUBLE

Joe Burgess continued his tryscoring ways, bagging a double in Wigan’s comprehensive 29-18 win over St Helens on Good Friday.

It was a vital win for the Warriors who hadn’t got the chocolates in their past five starts.

St Helens lost prop Kyle Amor who was sent off after 13 minutes for a high tackle on Liam Marshall who went on to score a stunning try.

The victory was Wigan’s eighth-straight win in the traditional Easter clash.

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