Leeds Rhinos confirmed the signing of Bodene Thompson on YouTube to swiftly remove the video

More dross.

Please God no!
Another cheap player who isn't good enough.
Are we a bargain basement club?

Agar says ‘what Bo’ brings to the camp is a wealth of experience, he’s played at Super League level for a number of years and an opportunity came up for him to come here and strengthen the options in that area...’ bla bla bla, who are you trying to convince Rich

Have they just dusted off the Jordan Thompson speech?

As you say echoes of 2018.
With ward, mellor, Donaldson and sutcliffe all out, we needed another back row desperately. So it’s understandable but
We need some real quality in for next year again desperately.

Agreed but we’re not in a position to bring in top class for this season at the moment. Let’s give the fella some backing before writing him off

I hope he rips it up.

I hope they all do, but realistically I’d be a bit surprised. Still its a team game and we know Bo likes to bond with his team mates, I’m sure he’ll be settling in and sharing everything very quickly.

I suppose I prefer this morally than the likes of other clubs asking current players for pay cuts then announcing big name signings.

As long as this is only for one season.

Watched Kevs interview this morning. Said senior players were consulted about any new signings first to make sure they’re on board due to the salary cuts. Again stated we’ve a very limited budget.

Journeyman, solid, pro.....not good enough ultimately.

Give Walters and Holroyd a bloody chance. There i said it....thats the message.

Someone (rightly) said a few days ago that kids are never ready for first team for their first game, but you never get to find out if they will make it if you don’t give them the chance. Holroyd, Walters, Mustapha, Tindall all need to be getting a go now, so we can see where they are at. They’ll all make mistakes, but they’ll bust a gut trying.

There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain...

Ooh I was so close...

Head Coach Richard Agar added, “Bodene is a quality forward who has a great deal of experience both in the NRL but also in Super League with Warrington Wolves and Toronto Wolfpack. This is a win-win situation for Bodene and ourselves; he is able to show what he can do whilst allowing us to strengthen our pack with a tough period of games coming up in a short period of time.”

Exactly, if I was Holroyd, Walters or Mustapha and did not get much of a chance this season then I would be looking for a new club who would give me some game time.