Does Sivo come back next year? I'm not 100% convinced we'll ever see him in a leeds shirt.

me neither

Sivo hasn't gone home. He's still here doing his rehab and on the very little I have seen, looking pretty happy with life. Really looking forward to seeing him next year. Re Batley's point about hooker, I agree that a top class NRL hooker might make a big difference, but if you cast an eye over the depth of next years likely squad it looks unlikely; Ackers, O'Connor and  Sinfield are still contracted with young Diskin making good progress. Centre looks like the spot where we lack depth with only Newman and Handley as senior players. If ECW gets a shot and does well he could yet stay while the likes of Simpson and McCormack get more experience in the reserves. If it does turn out that Lisone stays changes to the squad could be very minimal, which may turn out to be a good thing for a change.

Tend to agree but O'Connor and Ackers both contracted for 2026.We really need Ackers to find the form he showed at Salford.

I could see Ackers being released to find another club if he can't find the form we are looking for over the rest of the year. When players enter the last year of a contract, the conversation with them changes and it goes one of two ways, we want you to stay, or we won't be offering an extension and you are free to leave if you find something else.

Isn't one of BA's lads a dummy half?

Funny you should mention that…

I don't think that we will pay Ackers off, but we might tell him that we won't be offering him another contract when his current one runs out. This leaves him in a position where he has a choice to make, does he look to see out the contract and hope he can get another one elsewhere when he is a year older, or does he look to move on and secure a 2 or even 3 year deal elsewhere to secure a longer term future? I don't see a need to pay him off.

Sure Brads boys , if they wanted to, could get work over here - not necessarily as Rhinos, but maybe its just something they dont want to do.


Expect that one or two of our off contracts like Lisone will be upping there game to get new contracts, but again not necessarily with Leeds...