Houston walks out on Knights
Newcastle chief Steve Burraston has confirmed that Chris Houston will quit the club on Wednesday afternoon, two days after the forward was charged with four drug-related offences.
Houston was stood down by the Knights on Monday afternoon after the club was informed he had been charged with three counts of supplying ecstasy and one count of supplying cocaine.
And while the Knights had earlier on Wednesday denied reports Houston intended to resign from the club - just three months after he'd signed a new deal taking him through until the end of 2012 - Burraston revealed on Wednesday afternoon that the 24-year-old will sever ties with Newcastle.
Houston became the second Knights player charged with drug offences in just three months after his fellow forward and former housemate Danny Wicks was charged in December.