direct to your inboxThe last 12 months have been tough for Dec Patton. He's the first to admit things haven't gone to plan.
He spent most of the year out of favour and facing the exit doors of his boyhood club Warrington Wolves.Then the cruel reality of being a rugby league player without a contract hit him hard.
In December, there was no pay packet at the end of the month and no contract at another club on the horizon."I didn't know if I was getting a job at Asda or in rugby league," he says.It was, in his own words, a wake-up call, and a tough one at that.Then Salford rang.
At first it was a relief. Now, having settled in at his new club, it's a chance to right a few wrongs.For many years, Patton has been tipped for big things.
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