4 year deal - Leeds 2nd Marquee signing.

Is he anygood?

Welcome aboard Trent.

Welcoms aboard indeed ,just waiting for the posts about is he really commited ? I'll trust the judgement of the management .Looking forward to new season now

Well said. Am chuffed with this

Played for Australia 7 times & NSW 13, we’ve pulled off a big signing!

Great signing. Prime player of origin quality, biggest signing we have made this decade, since Buderus.

Even with the 'will he, won't he' thats gone on, I still think he'll be completely committed.
He's the sort of player/bloke who becomes the heart and soul of each team he's in. He's a bit of a joker, but one that brings the group together. I believe he'll instantly become a leader within the group and will throw himself into Leeds and become an integral member of the entire club, he'll be a figurehead - and he can play a bit too. Well pleased with this.
Bring in Tapau too and we've moved from cellar dwellers to serious contenders.

I don’t think the Taupau signing was ever really on the cards TBH

Merrin will bring a lot to our squad and if it was a case of getting shut of Garbutt meant we sign Merrin Im more than happy with that.

This was just the kind of signing we needed probably the replacement we have needed for Peacock for the last 2 years

Still got a number of players available to leave too.

Mullally, Golding, Walters, Ormondroyd at least will leave the club and I think possible two more signings. One being ikahihifo and then hopefully a winger.

Where does this leave us in respect of overseas and NFT players?

One space remaining

What a great signing. I’ve just listened to his interview and he seems a great character. I’m not really bothered about the will he/ won’t he saga - their careers are short so he has to do what’s financially best for him. A 4 year deal to me is commitment! He looks great. I agree we need one more in the pack - i’d take Seb but a dream if Taupau......they do happen!! Well done Leeds for winning the pursuit

I think priority has to be still another couple of quality front rowers or at least one. We do probably need another winger long term but we could live with Handley and juniors filling that role for 2019 and maybe look to get a good one in for 2020.

Great news, I also think we still need one prop at least.

A move by Parcell seems to have dropped off everyone's radar recently. I doubt it'll happen but were it to do so there'd certainly be various possible permutations for the close season.

Hasn't Parcell's agent said that he wants to stay with us - maybe that's the reaction the club were looking for when saying they can look at other options.

Glad its come off we need players of this quality in SL. I think this last week of Taupau and his Mrs was a definite tactic to take the heat off of the Merrin situation and get people talking about something else. Played a blinder have the club, and lets be honest everyone saying he wont be committed or anything are talking nonsense. The main thing is regardless of everything Merrin has been quiet throughout the whole process and taken his time to decide and would not come if he wasn't going to give his all with the pressure of marquee money over him. I fully expect to see him named your captain too and really hope he plays 13

PS the tweet showing all the negatives was genius too especially finishing with the Gould tweet haha

Hadn't heard that but definitely good news if so.

Quote ="Clearwing"Hadn't heard that but definitely good news if so.'" https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pa ... confirmed/ "Matt Parcell’s agent says the Leeds Rhinos hooker is not leaving the club, report League Weekly. Parcell, who joined the Rhinos ahead of the 2017 season as a replacement for Papua New Guinea star James Segeyaro, has been linked with a move away from Emerald Headingley in the off-season. Parcell still has one year left on his current deal with Leeds and his agent Clinton Schifcofske told League Weekly that Parcell is going nowhere ahead of 2019."

Quote ="Clearwing"Hadn't heard that but definitely good news if so.'" https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/pa ... confirmed/ "Matt Parcell’s agent says the Leeds Rhinos hooker is not leaving the club, report League Weekly. Parcell, who joined the Rhinos ahead of the 2017 season as a replacement for Papua New Guinea star James Segeyaro, has been linked with a move away from Emerald Headingley in the off-season. Parcell still has one year left on his current deal with Leeds and his agent Clinton Schifcofske told League Weekly that Parcell is going nowhere ahead of 2019."

Parcell and his Mrs are currently having a house built in Aus so I’d expect them to return at the end of this season

Or maybe justing investing money in a property in the buy to let market!!

Parcell should go better in 2019 behind a better pack. And if he doesn't, he'll find his place taken by Dwyer, Johnson, McLelland maybe. Whatever he wants to do in 2020 he's going to be in a better position off the back of being Leeds' first choice hooker and playing well.

As a current Penrith supporter you are on the money with your comments on Trent. Was our player of the year in 2016 and our club person of the year in 2017 thanks to his community work particularly in the mental health field. Will be a superb asset for you and I look forward to watching 'Mez' play at Leeds.

Im really impressed by a lot of the comments from Penrith fans on what a good signing we have got in terms of both a player and a person. Looks like the club have done their homework and backed it up with cash which is really encouraging.

Also impressed with the Penrith fans taking the time to share their views and be positive rather than slate a guy who has left.