Just announced on Rhinos FB site we have signed Mitch Garbutt Prop 26 from Brisbane.
Any info on this chap?
Does he class as "Marquee"??

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The fact he is coming in now, at least to me is a bit of master stroke. We have tired bodies and niggles. This could be a good lift for this team.

cant see him has the marquee player as he has signed now and we still can fit him under the cap rules for this season and marquee rule doesn't come in till next season

Great move Leeds, was hoping something like this was on the cards.

I know there's zero chance he'll play Saturday but is he cup tied for the semi and final if we were to make it through?

wont be cup tied. but could be a timely addition to the squad at this stage of the season.

Very good signing for me, coming at the perfect time. Very smart move.

This really could be the difference between Leeds winning 1 or 2 trophies and winning naff all.

We have the backs, there good and will be fresh. Its the forwards been flogged that will destroy any hopes of winning a title. Having Lealuai back and playing well and now signing Garbutt is like two new signings. I'm sure JP and Cuthbertson are massively relived as they must be starting to feel it, especially JP!

I've seen a lot of comments about hoping he is as good as Cuthbertson, that would be nice but not 100% necessary. Just another body and carthorse will do for this season. It a bench spot that McDermott should use!

Does he have a British passport?
Still a possibly good signing if his attitude is good.
He was highly regarded by Bellamy but less so by Bennett who had some good youngsters coming thru.
As I've said elsewhere let's hope he's similar to Kylie & not a Vickery.
Could this mean the exit door for Yates?

How can it be possible to be cup-tied in an English cup competition when you have been playing in Australia earlier in the season, or am I missing something..?

Apparently on $260k (£130k) a year at Brisbane, so this is a substantial signing, probably using the Mossop money. At least he's got a better NRL pedigree than Mossop but it shows how much you have to spend to get even an NRL second grader.

Way to go the Sleeve. If he can get back to his earlier form, could be a brilliant signing. Great that he can join us now, but I would hope that was a bonus and not the main reason for the signing.

I suspect he won't be cup tied going forward if we progress, but the main reason he won't be playing against Hull, is he arrives the day after the game

Seems like a bit of very good news for a change

I still think there is another NRL player on his way, and would love it to be Widdop.

Have we paid the Broncos for Garbutt and if so how much? They paid close to £350K for him at the end of last season, fighting off numerous other NRL clubs for his signature. Could be we've done a good bit of business on this one

Excellent news. It looks like he was the planned replacement for Kylie next season which has now been brought forward. Obviously they have been talking for some time. So for next year we have Cuthbo as the offloading prop to replace JP then Singo and Mullally to replace Bailey & Kirke we now have Garbutt in for Kylie with the the youngsters vying for the previous Singo prop grooming slot.

I would like to see a real classy creative half back that can kick and another line breaking forward who could be a back rower.

I don't think the Broncos paid anything for him. The $700k (£350k) reported was for his salary over a three year contract, though I've also seen it reported as higher than that. The Broncos were willing to release him to Manly without a fee before Cherry-Evans backflipped and resigned for Manly meaning they had no cap left, so I don't see Leeds having to pay a transfer fee either. The salary will be expensive though.

I know this is 9's so there is more free space but he looks quick strong, powerful and has pace... great signing!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=attfDNZ ... e=youtu.be

I know this is 9's so there is more free space but he looks quick strong, powerful and has pace... great signing!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=attfDNZ ... e=youtu.be

Having not seen him play yet its hard to say how good a piece of business this is, however the timing couldn't be much better and not only should it give us fans a bit of a lift but also our fatigued forward pack who have been stretched of late.Its certainly the position we needed to fill most too.

I thought there used to be a registration deadline for individual rounds of the Cup, but I'm not sure whether that is still the case?

Probably fair to assume that Leeds were operating £50-60k below the cap then, unless someone has been de-registered?

As I said, Garbutt's salary in Aus was £115k-£125k per year, so assuming we're matching it we'll have been a lot further under cap than that.

Sorry...rethinking we'd only be on the hook for half of that given it's for half the year.

I was under the impression that we were well under cap so I'd imagine it has more to do with quota of players you're allowed on over 43K a year tbh

You have to register before a certain date to play in the quarters onwards