Danny Tickle targets swift return to action following Widnes departure
Wednesday 23 March 2016 10:51, UK
Former England second-rower Danny Tickle is keen to make a swift return to the game after leaving Widnes earlier this week.
The 33-year-old goal-kicking forward's release by the surprise early-season Super League pacesetters prompted rumours over his possible retirement.
But Tickle's agent Karl Harrison, of Elite Star Management, said: "Nothing could be further from the truth. He is fit and raring to go.
"He has been training on his own and looks in tremendous condition. He will be a tremendous asset for somebody and we are talking to several Super League clubs."
Tickle, who left Widnes by mutual consent, missed the start of the season after being involved in an incident outside a nightclub in Wigan last November.
Tickle, who began his Super League career with Halifax in 2000, scored 248 points from 45 appearances for Widnes after joining them from Hull in 2014.
He played for his home-town team Wigan in the 2003 Grand Final and was in the Hull side that lost to the Warriors in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley in 2013 and also toured Fiji and Tonga with England A in 2002.
Golborne-born Tickle won his solitary senior England cap in the Four Nations warm-up win over Wales in 2009.
In a statement, Widnes said: "Danny has played an important part in the transition of Widnes Vikings during our formative Super League years and everybody involved with the club wish Danny and his family the very best of luck for the future."
