BRAD Dwyer says his time in the capital has been well spent and feels better prepared for his new hooking partnership with Daryl Clark at Warrington.

Micky Higham’s exit this week forges a young tandem that was expected to be Wolves’ way forward at dummy half from 2016, with Dwyer spending this year on loan at London Broncos to gain crucial experience and work on improvements.

But an unexpected twist concluded yesterday, Wednesday after unravelling over the past 10 days, Higham seeking an early move to home-town club Leigh and Dwyer being recalled last week on a month’s loan, and now that being made permanent with a new contract until the end of 2017.

Dwyer impressed at short notice at Dewsbury on Friday in only his second start for Wolves since his debut in 2012 and now he is preparing for his first Super League game of the season at Salford Red Devils tomorrow, Friday.

“It’s exciting times and good to be back,” said the 22-year-old Wiganer, who had a loan spell with Huddersfield in 2013 and has also previously played on dual registration with Swinton Lions.

“It’s all come as a bit of a shock. Last week I was home in Wigan on the Monday when I got a phone call off Tony, so it was a quick dart to London to get all my stuff before getting back for a couple of training sessions.

“We had a simple game plan against Dewsbury and for me it was all about getting used to being back in the side.”

Six minutes into his first Wolves game since Catalans away last August he was celebrating a try.

“The old ‘show and go’ – some things never change,” said Dwyer, who scored four tries and was named man of the match on three occasions in his 12 Championship appearances with Broncos.

“I was made up to play 80 minutes and that I was composed in my play. Hopefully I’ll get some more game time against Salford and keep playing composed rugby, not being guilty of trying too hard.”

He describes his time in London as a great life experience and highly beneficial, working under former Scotland hooker Andrew Henderson.

“It was late last year that Tony and I spoke about where I was going to be playing this year,” he said.

“With Daryl coming in and Micky being here, we came to the conclusion that I needed to get some regular game time whether that was dropping down a standard or not.

“It’s proved to be probably one of the best things I’ve done. I’ve moved away, grown up and my rugby’s never been better with playing long minutes every weekend.

“Hendo understood what I needed. There’s still improvements in me and he’s been helping me with that but I’ve been pleased with how it’s been going.”

Dwyer, who hailed mentoring he had received from previous number nines Monaghan and Higham, said he and Smith had discussed numerous times about his pivotal game sense at dummy half – when to run and when to pass.

“It is something I’ve had to improve on and Tony also spoke about by body language when I’m a bit tired and that’s something I’m still working on,” said Dwyer.

“But the main thing for me is that I like to play a bit out of dummy half and I like to take risks, so it’s knowing when to run and when not to.

“I’m going to try and continue to improve on that but getting the game time has been a massive help.”