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WIDNES VIKINGS coach Allan Coleman says hometown hero Matty Fozard is at the heart of his plans to take the club forward.
The experienced Widnes-born former St Helens, Sheffield Eagles and London Broncos hooker moved to the Vikings, where he'd had a spell in the development system, in 2022 and has topped 100 appearances for them.
And while prop Martyn Reilly has left for Sheffield after being released from his contract, Wales international Fozard, 30, has signed an extension to 2028 amid reported interest from other clubs.
"There's nowhere I would rather be than here," said the former Halton Farnworth Hornets and West Bank Bears junior who left the Widnes Scholarship programme for a chance at St Helens, where he went on to play once for the first team (in 2014).