LEEDS RHINOS winger and record England try-scorer Ryan Hall has announced his retirement from rugby league.
It’s a career that has spanned more than two decades, three clubs, over 500 appearances and more than 350 career tries.
Hall, who returned to AMT Headingley at the end of 2024 after six seasons away from the club, will now begin the next chapter of his career with the Rhinos in a commercial role, while also preparing for a three-month testimonial which will begin in December.
The 38-year-old said: “I think the time’s right that I hang up the boots. I’ve done it for 20 years and I’ve loved every minute of it.
“The club’s in a good position to go with the youth, that’s the natural progression in rugby league.
“I’ve always wanted the best for the club at heart and if the decision is to go with the youth at this point in time, that suits me down to a tee because I have have had 20 years of loving every second of it, and that’s enough.”
Hall made his Leeds debut in 2007 and went on to establish himself as a key member of the club’s most successful era.
He won six Super League Grand Finals and two Challenge Cups in his first spell, and was part of the Rhinos side that won the World Club Challenge against Manly in 2012.
Hall was also a central figure in the club’s memorable 2015 treble-winning season, scoring the decisive try against Huddersfield Giants to secure the League Leaders Shield in one of Super League’s most iconic moments.
Leaving Leeds at the end of the 2018 season, Hall joined Sydney Roosters but failed to score in eleven NRL appearances.
He subsequently returned to Super League with Hull KR, where he amassed a further 62 tries in 106 appearances, helping the Robins become one of the division’s leading clubs.
His England career spanned from 2009 to 2022, scoring 39 tries in 40 caps. Their next highest scorer in full internationals is Sam Tomkins with fewer than half that tally, on 18.
Top of Super League’s all-time scoring chart until overtaken by Josh Charnley in June, Hall finishes his career second only to Danny McGuire for Leeds tries.
Leeds’ sporting director Ian Blease added: “On behalf of everyone at the Rhinos, I would like to thank Ryan for everything he has done for the club. He has been a complete professional and set the standards for our young players to follow.
“He has always put the team first and has enjoyed a career that has rightly seen him recognised as one of the greatest players in the summer era.
“I am delighted he will still be connected to the club in the next chapter of his career.”
