Struggling Warrington chase McGregor

Warrington are pursuing the 33-year-old former Australia Test centre Paul McGregor, as one of the possible replacements for David Kidwell, who returned to Australia last week.

McGregor, one of the most powerful centres in the world, has endured injury-plagued latter stages of his career and retired from his club, St George-Illawarra, last season. He is known to be keen on making a second comeback in Britain and a Warrington spokesman said: "Our performance director, Steve Anderson, is checking on a number of players and Paul is one."

Obtaining a work permit for McGregor may prove problematic, however, as his recent rugby has been limited.

Meanwhile, Kidwell, who returned to the southern hemisphere because his wife was homesick, is to join Sydney City.

Warrington have their injury problems too and are bottom of the Super League after winning one of six matches this season. They play the Challenge Cup finalists, Wigan, on Friday.

Wigan expect to be without their Australian Test winger, Brett Dallas, who broke a small bone in his jaw in the semi-final victory over Castleford on Saturday but is confident of being fit for the likely sell-out final.

Their opponents, St Helens, say they will be so short of fit players for Saturday's game at Bradford that they are inviting players out of contract elsewhere to make themselves available.

The former Wigan and Great Britain scrum-half, Andy Gregory, has joined those showing an interest in the vacant coaching job at Swinton.

Gregory, who has been coaching the amateurs Wigan St Patricks since losing his job at Salford, has applied to Swinton who are being coached by their chief executive, Tony Barrow, since the sacking of Tony Humphries last week. Vinny Webb, who has coached Great Britain Students and the Barla Amateur International side, is another in the running.