NRL: Clark puts NRL on his wish list

Daryl Clark. Photo / Getty Images

English league's newest Man of Steel Daryl Clark wants to join the exodus to Australia's NRL but Warrington fans can breathe easy.

The 21-year-old Castleford hooker, who this week completed the rare double by being named Super League young player of the year as well as Man of Steel for 2014, has signed a four-year contract with the Wolves but revealed he has ambitions to test himself in Australia.

Six members of the 24-strong England squad - in which Clark was named last Sunday - ply their trade in the NRL and fellow hooker Josh Hodgson will stay on after the Four Nations Series to take up a two-year contract with the Canberra Raiders.

"I'm a massive fan of the NRL," Clark said. "I watch pretty much every game.

"One day I would like to go there and test myself but I want to establish myself in Super League first."

Before he can link up with Warrington as the replacement for Michael Monaghan, Clark will face a new challenge on the international stage. He is set to be England's first-choice hooker following the injury withdrawal of St Helens rake James Roby.

Clark has been training with the fall-out squad since Castleford missed the play-offs and they will be joined by the seven-strong Wigan contingent involved in Saturday's Grand Final on the plane to Australia next Tuesday.

- AAP