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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Interim Leeds coach Richard Agar says he has given no thought to whether he even wants to consider the prospect of a full-time return to coaching – adding that no discussions have taken place over how long he could be in charge of the Rhinos for. Agar has been thrust into a return to coaching following Dave Furner’s sacking on…
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Of all the things Jamie Jones-Buchanan said last week – and there was plenty to go at – during an intriguing tell-all with the media discussing his 20 years as a Leeds Rhinos player, it was arguably one of the final sentences to leave his mouth which struck the strongest chord. “I just love the club and I hope everybody…
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Leeds Rhinos have announced that they have parted company with Dave Furner after just six months in charge of the club. The Rhinos, who have won just four league games this season and are third from bottom of Super League, say that Director of Rugby Kevin Sinfield and Chief Executive Gary Hetherington met with Furner before deeming that the club…
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Leeds coach Dave Furner insists that rugby is a secondary issue to personal problems, after he and the Rhinos have said they will do everything possible to support Trent Merrin. Merrin is back in Australia on compassionate grounds following a family bereavement, and while Furner revealed at his weekly press conference that there is a flight booked for him to come…
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On Rugby League Back Chat this week, Leeds Rhinos CEO Gary Hetherington and top Women’s Super League star Jodie Cunningham (St Helens) join host Matt Shaw along with League Express editor Martyn Sadler to discuss the Golden Point, the kick off to the new season of Women’s Super League and Canadian club Ottawa’s push towards Super League. First broadcast on…
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