Leeds Rhinos 2019 squad numbers:

1 Jack Walker

2 Tom Briscoe

3 Kallum Watkins

4 Konrad Hurrell

5 Ash Handley

6 Tui Lolohea

7 Richie Myler

8 Adam Cuthbertson

9 Matt Parcell

10 Brad Singleton

11 Trent Merrin

12 Carl Ablett

13 Stevie Ward

14 Brad Dwyer

15 Liam Sutcliffe

16 Brett Ferres

17 Dom Crosby

18 Nathaniel Peteru

19 Mikolaj Oledzki

20 Jamie Jones-Buchanan

21 Ashton Golding

22 Cameron Smith

23 Callum McLelland

24 Luke Briscoe

26 Anthony Mullally

27 Jack Ormondroyd

28 Josh Walters

29 Harry Newman

30 Alex Sutcliffe

31 Dan Waite-Pullan

32 Tom Holroyd

33 Owen Trout

34 Corey Johnson

35 Tyler Dupree

Well I'm still hoping for the mystery prop signing... there are still 4/5 players in this squad who really shouldn't be, and I'd rather swap them out for 1 more higher quality signing IMO. There are enough good youngsters coming through to cover for mild injury situations. Ferres at 16... well as long as this is his last year to show up. Hope Ward does play LF.

The inference is that Handley will be the starting winger.... Makes me wonder why briscoe signed a 3 year deal, I took from that that he would be the starting winger

Looks that way, at least for the season's start. I suspect Briscoe joined on a low salary with perhaps a dangled carrot that if he could displace Handley by next year then the 5 shirt - and probably a £ upgrade - would be his. I think if I was him that would seem a gamble worth pursuing.

Full time contract versus part time at Fev?

I don't think that is the case, just he has been at the club in and around the first team squad longer than L briscoe so gets a higher squad number, think L briscoe and handley will fight it out in the off season to see who gets the starting shirt.

Is Watkins fully fit yet? Or will he miss the start of the season?

Thought Ormanroyd was already gone, thought he had gone to York for some reason, him and walters definitely championship at best players. not sure what your other 2 are, i assume one will be Mullally

Don’t think anything at all in the Briscoe & Handley rebate. See BJB and Briscoe previously.

Yes I don't think any of the players you mention offer something which an academy prospect couldn't. Mullally has looked OK in patches to be fair to him.
I expect to see something of Holroyd and Newman this year to be honest. I just get the sense that Leeds have made a big heave, but haven't quite got over the line yet with reorganising the squad - tantalisingly close. Maybe one of two of the injury cloud/question marks will sort themsevles out this year, I'm an optimist.

The young lads will be ambitious to make first grade and putting plenty of pressure on the established players. I would imagine there will be another couple of changes through the course of the season, but there will be another handful of departures for definite for 2020 season (we know about JJB already)...

Hurrell is on the plane and on his way.

Hurrell will be modelling the new away shirt on Saturday, doing his first interviews + press

Get rid of squad members 26, 27 and 28 and I was told we get our new prop forward. As everyone on here says they are Championship players at best so why having full time contracts will they move to part time Championship clubs. GH throwing money around on poor quality players. A big if and its only a rumour, I understand Our old coach is looking at two of the players mentioned LOL , if only that was true.

Mullally and Golding would be great for Toronto

Keep Golding but Mullally, Ormanroyd and Walters need disposing of. Will any of those three make it into a Championship team? Questionable, so why are they being offered contracts in a Super league squad?

With Leigh now able to rebuild a squad hopefully they might be interested in Mullally, Ormandroyd and Walters and maybe Widnes might have a look at them too to take them off our hands.

Who is the prop though as isnt the rumoured one from Giants now going to Cas as Giants fed up with delays whilst we try and move on the deadwood?

Financially speaking, it's rumoured Cas have caught their nuts in the mangle.

lots of rumours gale is on his way out

Gale leaving Cas is a load of b-llocks. Had Gale been available Wigan wouldn't have signed Sammut

that was my thoughts but cas fans tell me otherwise. perhaps because he's a flat track bully who bottles big games?

Tad I work with a workforce full of Cas fans and I have renamed Gale as a "Show pony" and until he delivers a big game performance like Sinny or Magsy did in the big games then he will always be a Show pony

A very good player admittedly and one who had to move away from the club to prove himself as he was behind far more talented players than he was at the time that he was at the club.

I would love Gale at the Rhinos if the deal was right but he would have to leave his ego and the Conor McGregor swagger behind in Cas Vagas

Not sure Wigan could afford him anyway at the moment. Pollard is cutting the wage bill apparently.

Not sure on the timing but Gale was set to sign for Wire until it fell through at the last minute. Again, on timing, not sure if this was pre or post Austin signing. If it was recently there were rumours of player move which would raise eyebrows which never really materialised. Maybe this was it? Expect him to be at Cas for the forseeable now.

Yep. Plus Gale is absolutely dire.