RUGBY LEAGUE

HOOKER Michael McIlorum has joined Catalans Dragons on a two year deal after a decade at Wigan. And Warriors centre Anthony Gelling has been released early so he can return to New Zealand on compassionate grounds. Leeds-born McIlorum (left), who won two Grand Finals and two Challenge Cups at the DW Stadium, said: “It’s now time for a new challenge for me and my family in France which we are relishing.”