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Warriors skipper Steve Price isn't contemplating retirement and is keen to extend his deal at the club beyond the end of the forthcoming season.
The veteran prop, who turns 33 on Monday, is keen to leave a more positive legacy at the club than last year's salary cap breach-wrecked campaign, or the 10-win, 14-loss season that preceded it.
One of the most consistent yardage props in the game on the field and an articulate, media-savvy, sponsor-friendly operator off it, Price was seen as the man to cure the ills that led to the fall from grace of 2004.
His job has hardly been easy, and it sure isn't finished.
"I'd love to play another season but I am very aware as well that things can change overnight," he said.
"Whilst I feel great at the moment, that can certainly change. But if the club is willing to give me another year and we can work it out then I'll certainly go for another year."
If Price can keep carrying the ball with the effectiveness that has characterised his career, there's every chance the club will offer him an extension, says chief executive Wayne Scurrah.
"We'd be very keen to see how he goes and, all going well, I would very much love to see him stay at the club. He has been terrific."
Age certainly shouldn't prove a barrier. Price's propping mate Ruben Wiki is a year older and is already contracted by the club through to the end of the 2008 season.
Wiki's situation is clearly a factor in Price's outlook. When he talks of his motivation for staying at a club that has brought him financial reward, but little else, he invariably mentions Wiki in the same breath.
"When I first came here we were equal last and it was a very, very low morale situation." he said.
"We've come a long way from that day and I am very excited. It was one of the reasons Rubes and I came here - potentially we knew this place was a lot better than it was [at the time]. And we are starting to get to the place we know the club should be at."
But Price is fully aware many pairs of eyes will be trained on him in the early part of the season to see whether age has in fact wearied him.
If he can last two more seasons he'll likely join an elite band of players with 300 first grade games to their name. But even with 259 games to his credit, he knows he still has to prove himself.
"Every year is like that. We have got so many young guys in Ruben's and [my] position that there is always pressure on us.
"That's what the NRL is like. If you rest on your laurels, you are going to get a rude awakening."
