Walsh has unfinished business at Warriors

With the August 1 deadline passed, Reece Walsh will see out the rest of the season with the Warriors and he says he’s determined to give it everything in his last five games for the club.

Walsh was given an early release to rejoin the Broncos next season and the Warriors have signed Te Maire Martin on a threeyear-deal as his replacement.

But Walsh could have gone earlier than initially expected, to play out the rest of this year’s campaign with the Storm.

However, Warriors CEO Cameron George refused, despite a number of calls from the Storm. In the end, the Storm picked up David Nofoaluma from Wests Tigers.

So instead of contemplating picking up his first premiership ring, Walsh will head to the Sunshine Coast this weekend for the Warriors’ game against the Rabbitohs.

‘‘I didn’t look into it too much,’’ he said of interest from the Storm.

Walsh isn’t kicking stones about playing out the season with the Warriors and judging by his performance in the 24-12 loss to the Storm last Friday, it’s not affecting how he’s playing.

‘‘I’m not saying in the weeks before that I hadn’t put in the effort or anything like that, but it was a bit of a statement game for myself,’’ Walsh said. ‘‘If I can keep doing the right things, hopefully we’ll go in the right direction.’’

Meanwhile, Wayde Egan is to start at five-eighth against the Rabbitohs, with Chanel Harris-Tavita out injured.

Egan filled in for Harris-Tavita when he went off with a knee injury against the Storm last weekend.

However, Warriors coach Stacey Jones has decided to give him the No 6 jersey for this weekend, with Freddy Lussick named at hooker.

As well as Harris-Tavita, Jazz Tevaga is also out for this round 21 game. He had an arm in a sling after the Storm loss and management were concerned whether he had a serious injury at the time. With Tavaga out, Aaron Pene starts at lock.