What’s the Likely 2026 Line up & Squad Depth for Your Club

[OMEGA]

I think most clubs have completed the bulk of their new signings for the 2026 season, there may be a few stragglers and the newly promoted clubs will have some business to do.

What’s your clubs likely starting 17 and squad for the coming season?

Wakefield Trinity

1. Max Jowitt
2. Lachlan Walmsley
3. Corey Hall
4. 4 Oliver Pratt
5. Tom Johnstone
6. Jake Trueman
7. Mason Lino
8. Mike McMeeken
9. Tyson Smoothey (Brisbane Broncos)
10. Calib Hamlin-Uele
11. Matty Storton
12. Seth Nikotomo
13. 13 Jaz Tevanga (Manly Warringah)
14. Harvey Smith
15. Isaiah Vangana
16. Caius Fa’atili
17. Ky Rodwell
18. Callum Scott
19. Jay Pitts
20. Tray Lolesio (Redcliffe Dolphins)
21. Ellis Lingard
22. Olly Russell
23. Thomas Doyle
24. Josh Rourke
25. Jayden Myers
26. Myles Lawford
27. Neil Tchamambe
28. Kian McGann (St Helens)
29. Jordan Williams (Featherstone Rovers)
30. Noah High

Edited October 17, 2025 by OMEGA

[RogerT]

Batley Bulldogs,

1, TBC

2, TBC

3, TBC 

4, TBC

in fact 1 to 32 TBC.

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, RogerT said:

Batley Bulldogs,

1, TBC

2, TBC

3, TBC 

4, TBC

in fact 1 to 32 TBC.

It's better then ours,

1 no idea

2 if anyone 

3 at all . 

[Tommygilf]

Leeds:

1. Miller

2. Sivo

3. Newman

4. Handley

5. Hall

6. Croft

7. Connor

8. Oledski

9. O'Connor (unless there is some recruitment)

10. Palasia

11. ? Watkins perhaps

12. McDonnell 

13. Smith

14. 

15. 

16. Cassell (likely in this sort of role)

17. Jenkins

18.

19. Holroyd

20. Sinfield

21. Edgell

22. Nicholson-Watton

23. Lumb (should have a squad promotion but who knows)

24. Littlewood

25. McCormack

26. Simpson

 

I think the first 13, save for maybe a couple of numbers, is pretty nailed on. Losing Lisone, Gannon, Bentley and Ackers, removes 3 usual components of our first choice 17 at least. Watkins partially has replaced one of the Back Rowers, maybe Cassell too - but as internal promotions they still leave gaps behind them.

Lisone is a big loss particularly in how the team so often looked to him to impact a game on the 30 minute mark. A line busting forward is a key attribute we may need to recruit.

Frawley being gone should be seen as an opportunity for Sinfield to definitely be the reserve half for the season or even to cement his place off the bench as injuries come into play. I could see him leaving though too if they can give him regular matches.

[LeytherRob]

Currently with another 2-3 TBC

1 David Armstrong
2 Keanan Brand
3 Umyla Hanley
4 Tesi Nui
5 Josh Charnley
6 TBC
7 Lachlan Lam
8 Owen Trout
9 Edwin Ipape
10 Rob Mulhern
11 Frankie Halton
12 Ethan O'Neill
13 Isaac Liu

14 Joe Offahengue
15 Jacob Alick-Wiencke
16 Alec Tuitavake
17 Matty Davis

Jack Hughes

Aaron Pene
Louis Brogan
Nathan Wilde
Ryan Brown
Oliver Polec

Ben McNamara
Gaz O'Brien

Innes Senior
Bailey Hodgson
AJ Towse
Andy Badrock
Will Brough

Edited October 16, 2025 by LeytherRob

[johnh1]

Charlton

Fielding

Watkins

Hesketh

Richards

Gill

Banner

 

Sorry. Just reminiscing.

[Rlman25]

RCG

Havili

the rest to be announced from tomorrow….

[RogerT]

12 hours ago, RogerT said:

Batley Bulldogs,

1, Manning

2, TBC

3, TBC 

4, TBC

in fact 1 to 32 TBC.

Manning named this morning, the next one Burton?

Edited October 17, 2025 by RogerT

[OMEGA]

Bradford seem to have a few over the line

maybe ???

1. Hooley
2. Okunbor
3. Marsters ? Salford
4. Blake
5. Gill
6. Milnes Salford
7. Nikorima ? Salford
8. McGowan ? Giants 
9. Ackers Leeds
10. Mustapha ? HFC
11. Bentley ? Leeds
12. Lewis ? Salford
13. Croft ? Wakefield
14. Bibby ? Giants
15.  Bibby ? Giants
16. Shorrocks ? Salford

Edited October 17, 2025 by OMEGA

[ELBOWSEYE]

Wouldn't even try with Warrington, no idea what the final squad will be. York being promoted probably means Dufty to York.

[Mumby Magic]

1 hour ago, OMEGA said:

Bradford seem to have a few over the line

maybe ???

1. Hooley
2. Okunbor
3. Marsters ? Salford
4. Blake
5. Gill
6. Milnes Salford
7. Nikorima ? Salford
8. McGowan ? Giants 
9. Ackers Leeds
10. Mustapha ? HFC
11. Bentley ? Leeds
12. Lewis ? Salford
13. Croft ? Wakefield
14. Bibby ? Giants
15.  Bibby ? Giants
16. Shorrocks ? Salford

Think Souter is on for next year and Hallas. 

[Wellsy4HullFC]

Hull FC (my prediction):

 

1. Pryce

2. Martin

3. Litten

4. Hardaker

5. Barron

6. Arthur

7. Sezer

8. Ese Ese

9. Bourouh

10. Knight

11. Cartwright 

12. Bachelor

13. Asiata

 

14. Cust

15. Lisone

16. Hill

17. Bell

 

Reserve 17:

 

1. Moy

2. Briscoe

3. Romano

4. Chamberlain 

5. Ward

6. L. Kemp

7. C. Kemp

8. Sao

9. Balmforth 

10. Laidlaw

11. Fash

12. Bailey

13. Aydin

 

14. Hutchinson

15. Kirby

16. Salabio

17. Phillips

 

Westerman

Dawson

 

Probably missed someone!

[LeytherRob]

1 hour ago, OMEGA said:

Bradford seem to have a few over the line

maybe ???

1. Hooley
2. Okunbor
3. Marsters ? Salford
4. Blake
5. Gill
6. Milnes Salford
7. Nikorima ? Salford
8. McGowan ? Giants 
9. Ackers Leeds
10. Mustapha ? HFC
11. Bentley ? Leeds
12. Lewis ? Salford
13. Croft ? Wakefield
14. Bibby ? Giants
15.  Bibby ? Giants
16. Shorrocks ? Salford

I think I saw Gill was off to Sheffield, although you've missed off Ethan Ryan who was apparently a done deal

[Luke HKR]

1- Morgue

2- Davis

3- Hiku

4- Gildart

5- Burgess

6- Lewis

7- May

8- Amone

9- Litten

10- Sue

11- Martin

12- Batchelor 

13- Minchella

14- Leyland 

15- Whitbread 

16- Hadley

17- Luckley 

 

2027 is the interesting year, quite a few come off contract end of next year (all the 3 quarters apart from Davis for example), but with Declan Murphy, Jack Broadbent & Jumor Sambou all signed. Shouldn't be a massive transition. 

Forgot to add depth.

 

Backs.

Declan Murphey, Noah Booth, Jumah Sambou, Jack Broadbent, Lee Kershaw, Louis Gorman.

 

Forwards.

Kelepi Tanginoa,,Jack Brown, Tom Whitehead, Jordan Dezaria, Cobie Wainhouse,

Edited November 26, 2025 by Luke HKR

[EagleEyePie]

1. Jai Field

2. Abbas Miski

3. Adam Keighran

4. Jake Wardle

5. Liam Marshall

6. Bevan French

7. Harry Smith

8. Ethan Havard

9. Brad O’Neil

10. Luke Thompson

11. Junior Nsemba

12. Liam Farrell ©

13. Kaide Ellis

14. Patrick Mago

15. Kruise Leeming

16. Sam Walters

17. Zach Eckersley

19. Tyler Dupree (*) 

20. Jack Farrimond

21. Tom Forber

22. Sam Eseh Jr

23. Harvey Makin

24. Kian McDermott

25. Taylor Kerr

26. Tiaki Chan (*) 

27. Jonny Vaughan

28. Dayon Sambou

29. George Hirst

30. Noah Hodkinson

31. Lukas Mason

32. Nathan Lowe

(*) There are rumours that Dupree will be on his way out. I'd be surprised if we're not trying to offload Tiaki Chan.

Most likely starting line up:

Field

Miski* - Keighran - Wardle - Marshall

French - Smith

Havard - O'Neill - Thompson

Farrell* - Ellis - Nsemba

Bench*: Walters, Mago, Eseh/Dupree, Leeming

We're definitely looking weak in a few areas here.

Eckersley will hopefully oust Miski on the wing. I can't see Wardle or Keighran missing up but Eckersley needs to be playing more often than not next season. Maybe Sambou can make a claim too but from what I've seen he's not good enough at the moment. 

We desparetly need another back row to replace Farrell but options are thin on the ground. Walters will be needed at prop as we're down on numbers compared to this season. Hirst doesn't look like he's good enough at second row but I've been a bit more impressed with how he played at prop for Oldham. Vaughan has apparently been signed to play second row but he's an unknown quantity for sure. Other options could be Kian McDermott who has apparently trained at second row but is a prop by trade, or Taylor Kerr who is a ball playing 13 but may be able to fit in at second row. I don't think Nathan Mason is ready yet. 

Prop is an interesting one. Losing Byrne and Hill takes away some of our depth. I'm not certain about Eseh - he seems like a mixed bag. McDermott, Makin and Hirst could possibly play their way into contention during the season. McDermott is the best of those. I can't imagine Chan is involved at all but stranger things have happened.

Edited October 17, 2025 by EagleEyePie

[LeytherRob]

11 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Hull FC (my prediction):

 

1. Pryce

2. Martin

3. Litten

4. Hardaker

5. Barron

6. Arthur

7. Sezer

8. Ese Ese

9. Bourouh

10. Knight

11. Cartwright 

12. Bachelor

13. Asiata

 

14. Cust

15. Lisone

16. Hill

17. Bell

 

Reserve 17:

 

1. Moy

2. Briscoe

3. Romano

4. Chamberlain 

5. Ward

6. L. Kemp

7. C. Kemp

8. Sao

9. Balmforth 

10. Laidlaw

11. Fash

12. Bailey

13. Aydin

 

14. Hutchinson

15. Kirby

16. Salabio

17. Phillips

 

Westerman

Dawson

 

Probably missed someone!

Hull have put together an unreal squad for 2026. There are genuinely 6 or 7 title threats going into next year, especially if Rowley gets the Saints gig. Possibly the most open SL ever.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

2 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

Hull have put together an unreal squad for 2026. There are genuinely 6 or 7 title threats going into next year, especially if Rowley gets the Saints gig. Possibly the most open SL ever.

It's the depth I'm most pleased about. We're possibly lacking a few big game-breakers (or they haven't quite developed yet), but we've got some great depth to plug the gaps where injuries are concerned and competition for places that will drive development. 

Everyone is replaceable. No easy rides.

[LeytherRob]

Just now, Wellsy4HullFC said:

It's the depth I'm most pleased about. We're possibly lacking a few big game-breakers (or they haven't quite developed yet), but we've got some great depth to plug the gaps where injuries are concerned and competition for places that will drive development. 

Everyone is replaceable. No easy rides.

It'll all come down to how long you can keep Asiata (and a few others like Cartwright) on the pitch for, as with 2025. If they're on the pitch for more than 75% of games including playoffs, FC will be in the picture for sure.

[GeordieSaint]

I am not very confident about Saints. We are offloading a lot of players (Batchelor, Bell, Bennison, Knowles, Sambou, Vaughan, Ritson et al) and so far only brought in Host and Wright. We’ve also got no Head Coach. The likes of Lomax and Paasi are well passed it plus Walmsley, Percival et al are on their last legs. The club as in real risk of falling further behind unless radical changes are made and quickly.

[WN83]

Really interesting season in store in terms of going for trophies looking at the squads. It feels like it could be as wide open as it has been for a long time because of a few factors at the usual suspects (last 3 winners)-

 

HKR-They'll start as favourites but it'll be interesting to see how the exits of McIlorum and JWH impact them and there are lots of other factors to deal with (being the hunted, the Vegas trip, the WCC and so on). 

Wigan-I think the salary cap has bit Wigan now and the squad won't be as strong in terms of depth. I'm hoping the hunger will be improved on the back of last week but we may need more than that. 

Saints-Lost loads of players and the replacements to date look a but underwhelming. I do think a new coach could use a couple more of the young lads, find out they're as good as Robertson and get plenty of momentum from that but they'll need more signings. 

I think HKR's season this year could inspire plenty of clubs and let them dream, so I wouldn't rule out many clubs chances. 

[Charlie]

5 hours ago, OMEGA said:

Bradford seem to have a few over the line

maybe ???

1. Hooley
2. Okunbor
3. Marsters ? Salford
4. Blake
5. Gill
6. Milnes Salford
7. Nikorima ? Salford
8. McGowan ? Giants 
9. Ackers Leeds
10. Mustapha ? HFC
11. Bentley ? Leeds
12. Lewis ? Salford
13. Croft ? Wakefield
14. Bibby ? Giants
15.  Bibby ? Giants
16. Shorrocks ? Salford

This team would be whipping boys 

[OMEGA]

2 minutes ago, Charlie said:

This team would be whipping boys 

I’m only guessing, I’m not a Bulls fan

[Charlie]

1 minute ago, OMEGA said:

I’m only guessing, I’m not a Bulls fan

It’s going to be hard for all 3 clubs as most decent players have signed deals with clubs. But as a Salford fan I’ll say Lewis is a top player who always gives 100%! Masters and nikorima have been good in a poor season aswell 

[NRLandSL]

I'm a roosters fan but I'll do Toulouse.

The ? means there's likely a signing to be made in that position.

1-Olly Ashall-Bott
2-Benjamin Laguerre
3-?
4-Reubenn Rennie
5-Paul Ulberg
6-Thomas Lacans
7-Jake Shorrocks
8-Lambert Belmas
9-Brendan Hands
10-?
11-Maxime Stefani
12-?
13-Joe Cator

14-Anthony Marion
15-Rob Butler
16-?
17-Mathieu Jussaume

18-James Roumanos
19-Paul Marcon
20-Baptiste Rodriguez
21-Joe Bretherton
22-Ellis Gillam
23-Romeo Tropis
24-Pierre Jean-Lima
25-Paolo Dall'Asta
26-Hugo Garrigues
27-Trevor Chiffoleau
28-Wail Skoundri
 

[Josef K]

I think Saints need another centre, halfback with a kicking game, two props, hooker.