Super League’s top three sides have each been recognised in the shortlist for the 2019 Woman of Steel Award following a poll all players from the eight Betfred Women’s Super League clubs. Leaders Castleford Tigers are represented on the shortlist by Kelsey Gentles, their prolific 21-year-old three-quarter who has scored 21 tries from 15 appearances this season. She is bidding…
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Richard Agar appears set to become the permanent head coach of Leeds Rhinos after admitting he has held positive talks with Gary Hetherington and Kevin Sinfield about the role. Agar has been in interim charge for a number of months, and has guided the Rhinos to Super League safety after taking charge following Dave Furner’s sacking. And he told Sky…
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Tui Lolohea admits he has rediscovered his happiness at Salford Red Devils as he aims to move his new club another step closer to the play-offs when he returns to his former side this weekend. Lolohea returns to Leeds on Friday for the first time since switching from the Rhinos to the Red Devils earlier this season, in a deal…
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Leeds Rhinos effectively ended their relegation worries tonight, when they easily accounted for the Catalans Dragons, winning 48-8 despite having a man sent off in the second half. The Rhinos took a 16-point lead in the first quarter of the game with tries from Ash Handley and Rhyse Martin, both goaled by Martin, who also added two penalties. The Dragons…
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Leeds Rhinos leading try scorer Ash Handley has agreed a new four-year contract with the club that will keep him at Emerald Headingley until at least the end of the 2023 season. Handley, 23, has become the latest player to commit his future to the club following on from new deals for fellow England Knights members Jack Walker and Harry…
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Leeds Rhinos captain Trent Merrin has given his backing to Richard Agar becoming the club’s permanent head coach, even if the man himself remains coy about the prospect of taking the job full-time. Agar has led Leeds to six wins from his eleven games in charge, including the crucial 18-10 win at Castleford on Friday that moved the Rhinos two…
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Leeds Rhinos are on the verge of completing a huge transfer to transform their season after launching an incredible bid to sign Salford stand-off Robert Lui with immediate effect, TotalRL can reveal. The eight-time Super League champions remain in grave danger of relegation this season, and speculation had been mounting in recent days that the Rhinos were preparing a move…
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Kallum Watkins has agreed to join NRL side Gold Coast Titans from the beginning of next month after securing an early release from his deal with Leeds Rhinos. The Rhinos announced last week that Watkins would leave the club at the end of this season, after both parties agreed to end Watkins’ contract two years early, after spending his entire…
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Leeds Rhinos have tried and failed with a sensational bid to bring Danny McGuire back to the club for the final months of his playing career. McGuire has already confirmed that this season will be his last as a player, but League Express can reveal that the Rhinos enquired with Hull Kingston Rovers about a sensational switch for the 36-year-old…
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Jordan Lilley admits that, while he knows he will not be getting a new contract with Leeds Rhinos in 2020, he is still yet to speak to anyone at the club about it, saying that news of his impending release has only come via his agent. The scrum-half, who was tipped for a bright future at his hometown club when…
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