Who will we live to regret?

Understand if you would rather not mention individuals...But do you know if the released players include the Burtons, iwen Stephens and Rhian Rowley? Think They're all approaching or around that age...Would be dissapointed if they were being let go.

Yet we're signing players like Evans Thompson Albert & retaining Briscoes Cuthbertson & happily paying & picking a player who wants out.

Every year a bunch of kids are released to be fair. Admittedly this year the bunch includes kids who still have another year to go but thats going to be the same across most clubs.

To answer Matts question the 4 you have mentioned are 18 and are not in the 1st team squad

Thats a real shame, an age group that were dominant at scholorship and only Tindall left at the club a couple year later, think we'l live to regret letting a couple of them go

Agreed, J Burton, Stephens and Rowley are good young prospects and could probably keep all 3 with change to spare for the cost of Evans and Albert who are absolute nothing players.

Can see Iwan ending up in Union if im honest. Class player in my opinion but attitude probably cost him a little bit in getting a full time deal before seeing out his academy contract. If he had been allowed to see out his last year he wouldve got a deal then i would think. Personally i think hes only 1 that was without a deal that had a chance. Possibly Joe Burton too..

Covid is going to have an impact on the sport for years to come. The community game will suffer dramatically and that will impact on kids coming through.

The reserves have gone so it means less players are needed unfortunately.

To me its a bit short shorted by the club though. Id rather pay a kid like Iwan rather than some ahead of him.

Exactly Marty seems to me Sinfield & co have their priorities all wrong.

Stephens, j Burton and Louie McConnell released

I’m more frustrated at this approach than the signing of journeymen nobodies for the first team. This could set back the recovery years. Seems the club are gambling hon being able to re-sign the ones they want when they want to...

Not just the Rhinos who will be affected , my lad got the same problem at Giants . They've got 2 on first team contracts , the rest are being told they will be offered amateur terms so train and play for free , no expenses etc . He wants to stay in League but might not be able to afford to and is even having trials at football teams .

I've said before a generation is going to be lost here .

Exactly, its going to be every club in Super League virtually. Real shame.

It will impact the sport for a good few years. There is no guarantee players will return to amateur clubs when things get more normal, if they ever do, so a lot of players will be lost to the game at a lot of levels.

Reserve competion has gone, u16s are moving up and clubs cant afford to keep 35 kids to play in an u19s team. Its reality unfortunately. Hard decisions have to be made to keep the game going.

Terrible position to be in.

Iwan Stephens signed with Newcastle Falcons.

I think its a shame he didnt get a chance here.

Yep it is.

Rowley in talks with Bulls, Joe Burton with Batley and York. Oli Burton staying at Leeds.

Are there limits on the size of the FT squad?

Is Oli the 9 mate?

There used to be a rule where only 25 players could earn over £30k p.a. But not sure if still exists

I’m really struggling with losing some of the young talent and at the same time bringing in older players like Ferres and Thompson, when this season there is nothing to lose by playing the kids.

Yea, he's the worst of the lot IMO

Hes been kept due to lack of options at the position we only have Jonah Parsons other than Oli as a 9 and for some unknown reason they keep wanting to play Jonah at 7.

Well I can kindof see the logic there Marty: we have good prospect forwards coming out of our ears at the moment; aside from the ones around first grade already, Edwards, Gannon, Gibbons, Wallace have good shouts (I'm sure there are others in the same bracket). Good problem to have IMO because I've been so frustrated with our first grade pack for years and years. Oledski, Holroyd, Walters, Smith, Mustapha are already floating about and O'Connor - who I'm not sure about yet. In fact I was surprised O'Connor was lined up for an appearance before Muizz, who seems to have shown significantly more so far.

At hooker, since we lost Johnson/signed Leeming, between he and Dwyer we seem to have reasonable cover for a number of years.

Centres, IF Broadbent makes it (and there are another couple of good prospects coming through), we're good there for a while too. With Alfie (is Sam Little still with us too?) and Walker then FB seems alright.

Where we look weak is succession planning at half, where McLelland will hopefully make it, but both Gale and Lui are "back-endish". Can't see any standout talent coming through the youth system here, and that's been the case for a while. Parsons has some pace and evasion about him so maybe they are thinking "Rob Burrow 2"...? Perhaps similar role with some cover between 7 and 9, I don't know.

Weve got a good half coming thru system Jimbo but far too early to say at thr moment.

Edwards and Gannon are the 2 forwards coming thru that the club like at 17 year old. Gannon has put a lot of size on during lockdown which is seen as a positive.

Kids have lost an entire year of development unfortunately though have to see what impact that has on some.

Personally speaking i wouldnt have released Iwan Stephens but its done now.

I see the scholorship ofrers have been sent out by the pro clubs and are starting to be accepted, any info on any lads who are joining our scholorship? Seen at least 1 of the very talented East Leeds u14's have chosen Warrington over us.