CHALLENGE Cup final men Paul Jackson and Liam Fulton are leaving the Giants.
The duo are two of seven members of this season’s Super League squad who will move on.
Fellow finalist Scott Moore returns to St Helens after his season-long loan.
Also departing are Tom Hemingway, Richard Lopag, Chris Lawson and Joe Walsh, while Wakefield have agreed a deal for prop Michael Korkidas to remain at Belle Vue next season.
He has spent the second half of Super League XIV on loan at the Wildcats, having signed a three-year Giants deal at the start of this season.
Australian utility man Fulton is now expected to rejoin Wests Tigers, who released him to join the Giants on a short-term deal to ease salary-cap worries, while Jackson is expected to join Castleford.
Giants managing director Richard Thewlis knows both men will be missed.
“Liam was always a short-term option for us after the Todd Carney deal fell through,” he said.
“He has been great to have around but he has unfulfilled ambitions in the Australian NRL to pursue.
“I know he has enjoyed learning from Nathan Brown and will continue to play a big part in the games we have left.
“That also applies to Paul, who has been a tremendous player for our club, but he has an opportunity elsewhere that is right for him to accept.
“It’s sad in many ways, yet the salary cap rules are designed to share talent around the game and stop the stockpiling of quality by any one club, and sometimes these situations mean quality people have to move on.”
Already confirmed as new arrivals at the Galpharm for next season are Wakefield hooker Brad Drew, St Helens second row Lee Gilmour and New Zealand Test forward David Fa’alogo, joining from NRL club South Sydney.
There had been a slight doubt over Fa’alogo’s future in England when press reports in Sydney suggested he had been involved in an altercation with Souths coach Jason Taylor.
But it is understood there is no police involvement in the matter.
