MANPOWER, Warrington, is "adopting" Warrington Wolves forward Matt Sturm as part of a partnership agreement the company has announced with the club.

Matt will be doing a series of appearances with the Manpower team going through until October next year.

The company hopes its sponsorship will help the club to continue its community work which involves players going to primary and secondary schools to conduct rugby workshops where they involve children in sport, showing schoolchildren round the rugby stadium and going to children's wards and hospitals at Christmas.

Said Liz Prest, branch manager at Manpower : "We are proud to reinforce our obligation to the local community through our sponsorship of Warrington Wolves."

The company believes that Matt represents many of the qualities it looks for in staff, including good work ethics, consistency and a high level of commitment.