Won't come as a surprise that Ryan Brierley has signed for Toronto.

Not a Super League half back, not rated by many at that level and more importantly not by Rick Stone. He was anonymous at LSV earlier in the year.

But you know what, the lad believed at 26 now he was more than good enough and give it a shot. Fair do's to the boy for that.

Best of luck to him, he will be able to get on end of a pass against Gloucester and the like and he will enjoy that.

Why is this being posted on the Leigh board?

Does anyone really care?

Time to go outside and get a life.

Why do YOU keep posting on the Leigh board?

Does anyone really care?

Time to go outside and get a life.

Personally, I wish young Ryan all the best in everything he does, I've no axe to grind with him or Paul Rowley,what will be will be , I will watch with interest on Premier Sports , mostly because I'm a Rugby fan,once again Good Luck Ryan.

It comes as no surprise me that you are a big fan

It was always on the cards he would follow Rowley to Toronto.

He can go back to being a try scoring machine against lower part time clubs, helps his agent in selling the brand I suppose

Bongser saw the headline on the Beeb website as he was checking the next kick off time in the Championship so as not to miss the deadline for his latest set of misjudged predictions on the Bulls' board. Didn't bother clicking through to the report. A slow news day for Auntie's RL correspondents.

Time to move all this to the Wolfpack's board.

Well I have posted b4 he kept Huddersfield in Superleague. We have missed his pace.

Found his level. As I posted a couple of weeks ago, he's even got a pay rise out of the deal. Beggars belief.

Brierley is one of the biggest flops in Super League history........ his level is Championship..... may be in two years at 27 he might be a bit more mature to actually get a starting place in a Super League squad with Toronto!

Total lack of ambition, he is a poor excuse for a rugby player,he hasn't got a fight in him, if he was a footballer he would be playing in Spain now, that's where people go for a easy life, or Toronto

Stop being negative with him & wish him well , this is why leigh are a laughing stock because of fans like some of you lot . All you do is hate

That's rich coming from. All you do is post hatred Derek!

Who me ?

Super league to championship 1 says it all, nothing more to say

Thing is they'll pass leigh more than likely end of next season. Cant stop progress

Next stop back to Westhoughton.The lads agent must be the worlds worst

I wish him well. I guess his agent has pointed out the financial benefits of the deal.



Say what you like about him - but we've never come close to replacing the lad's outstanding pace.

I've always liked Ryan and wish hin well, if at 25 I was offered the chance to play in Toronto and get paid for it ,I would snatch the hand off my Employers, good luck Ryan.

Ryans not a flop,the structured styles of the majority if not all SL clubs doesn't suit his game.It would be the same case if he'd have come back to Leigh as our style now would not suit him.

Ryans game is suited to playing off the cuff not structured,he'll be back in his comfort zone with Toronto and good luck to him.

So if as seems likely they progress to sl he will be of no use to them as they wont be able to play that sort of rugby there

As Leigh are living proof that off the cuff doesn't cut it in SL.I would say there will more than just players at risk come SL time if promotion to SL is ever gained that is.

Lets be honest, he made a bad choice going to Huddersfield. They don't play his style and were a struggling team when he joined them. I thought he should have either stopped where he was, with you guys, or joined a club that were playing with confidence at the time. It was always a big ask for him to go and debut in SL as a half in a struggling team midway through a season, it was almost as if he was being set up to fail. I used to read a lot of the things he did community wise etc.. in Leigh and thought he had something about him, but I have to admit I lost a bit of respect for him when he left Leigh after all of his 'I want to get to SL with Leigh talk'. As a lot of players have found out before when moving clubs, the grass isn't always greener. All that said, it's a short career and if he's maximising his earnings by going to Toronto then good luck to him. He seems to like being the 'big fish in a small pond' so it could suit him scoring a bucket load of tries against plumbers and electricians I suppose. Sorry for gatecrashing your board, just wanted to give my opinion.

Pretty good assessment/opinion there caslad75.