 Long has been at St Helens for eight seasons |
St Helens have moved quickly to reject reports that Great Britain scrum-half Sean Long is heading to South Sydney. The Sydney Morning Herald quotes long as saying the move is "something I'd like to do".
But Saints chairman Eamon McManus said: "The furthest that Sean Long will be going next season is the away trip to Les Catalans in Perpignan.
"I don't know who South Sydney are speaking to but it isn't the same Sean Long that I'm speaking to."
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the 28-year-old as saying: "It's something I'd like to do, play in the NRL.
"I've never had a chance and now there's an opportunity so, yeah, I'm up for it. I've got two years left on my contract so it's up to Saints."
South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson said he hoped Long's fine service at Knowsley Road - he has been with Saints for eight years - would act in his favour.
"We're hopeful that his service to the club will help them to allow him to give him a shot to prove himself in Australia," said Richardson. "And we hope we're the club to give him that shot."
Long still has two years left on his contract with St Helens.
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