\n However, he insists he remains relaxed about his long-term future as his Warrington Wolves contract nears its end.\n<\/p>\n
\n Barring loan spells, the prop forward has spent his entire professional career with The Wire and recently made his 250th appearance for the club having debuted back in 2014.\n<\/p>\n
\n His current deal at The Halliwell Jones Stadium expires at the end of this year and the Warringtonian, who will be 32 by the time the 2027 season begins, admits his future is still up in the air.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019ll let things take care of themselves,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019ll do everything I can while I\u2019m on the field \u2013 I\u2019m reasonably happy with how I\u2019m playing barring the Catalans game.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat will be will be \u2013 I\u2019ve loved my time here and if I end up going elsewhere, I\u2019d leave with nothing but great memories and relationships.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAt the minute, I\u2019m not too sure.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Whether he is sticking around or not, however, the importance of performing at his best on a weekly basis is not lost on Philbin.\n<\/p>\n
\n He has featured in all but one of The Wire\u2019s games so far this season as a mainstay of a middle unit that has seen plenty of change and fluctuations.\n<\/p>\n
\n The likes of Luke Yates, James Harrison, Jordy Crowther and Toafofoa Sipley have all spent time in the treatment room, which has presented opportunities to the likes of Luke Thomas and Max Wood.\n<\/p>\n
\n The young duo have been knocking at the first-team door and moving forward, Philbin says the club\u2019s pack will be in good hands with them.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s so much competition for places, but it\u2019s healthy and we all challenge each other,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThommo and Max \u2013 they\u2019re ready to be week in, week out middles.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to see them grow and for me, zooming out, I\u2019m excited to watch their careers because I rate them both very highly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWarrington\u2019s in a good spot for the future with those two, which is great for me as a Warrington fan.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n But as Thomas and Wood make their way in the game, Philbin is fostering a partnership with another man who has more experience behind him.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since Sipley arrived at the club from NRL side Manly Sea Eagles, he and Philbin have been charged with being a point of difference from the interchange bench.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve made a little bit of a pact with each other,\u201d Philbin said of his relationship with Sipley.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe see ourselves as energisers so we want to bring that to the team when we get out there.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI love coming on with Toff \u2013 he\u2019s been there and done it all over in the NRL and he\u2019s been a breath of fresh air to the place as a person.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThen when he\u2019s on the field, he\u2019s scattering defences and everyone wants to get the carry after his.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s the kind of player I love playing with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, he insists he remains relaxed about his long-term future as his Warrington Wolves contract nears its end.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-592085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}