Gutted. Haven't seen the best of him this year. Fully expect him to be in dream team playing for saints. That said agar must be happy he has the squad for next year forward or we would have offered more in sure

He had his flaws but I did love watching Hurrell play for us especially 2019 when he carried our attack at times. However I do think this is a good move for the club we all know Hurrell is rocks & diamonds and we have plenty of talent in the centres for 2022 & hopefully beyond wish him well but hope he has shockers against us next year ahaha.

Everyone wins really, hurrell get's a more suitable deal for this stage of his career, saints will be able to get more out of him as a strike player due to the make up of their squad, and with the players we have and the dynamic of cap and quota it works out better for us overall.

Can’t understand any hate towards Hurrell - most seem reasonable about it but…. He came to us when we were a basket case really. His Mum died and he’s had COVID to deal with whilst at Leeds. Plus a fair share of injury.

He has had his defensive lapses and errors but also been a nightmare for opposition defences to handle, and great entertainment value.

This is probably the right move for all parties but I’m sad we never really saw the best of him or he of us.

Good luck Konny, I hope you smash it, except when playing against us.

I hope that all means some upgraded recruitment ie a prop.

Agreed Sutcliffe and Newman are our 2022 centres with Broadbent next in line.
Hurrell and Vuniyayawa leaving should free up plenty of salary cap space for a prop and a quota spot too.

Sorry to see him leave despite his faults.
What we will miss apart from his barnstorming runs is how he attracts 3 sometimes 4 defenders leaving space that we should be exposing.
Not sure Newman or Sutcliffe will offer us that.
With us losing him and King nothing less than a flipping good NRL prop or Thompson will do.

Thompson isn't a viable proposition for any UK club at this point. Leeds would need to flip one of the existing marquee players to fully in the cap to get him, even assuming he wants to come back to the UK.

His full salary demands, putting aside whatever the Dogs contribute, is probably double or more anything Hetherington has ever paid to one player.

I can't see us recruiting in the back line. Gale, Sezer and Austin - don't know if we will keep McLelland - is enough in the halves, plus cannot see Handley or T Briscoe getting replaced next year. With Tindall and Broadbent giving cover, probably time to let L Briscoe move on.

Centres we have out of our ears even without Hurrell, although they are all a little underdone apart from Sutcliffe, who I still don't think is good enough but hey. Again can't see movement here though.

We don't need any other back rowers even if Martin leaves, and we have Leeming, Johnson (hopefully still) and Dwyer at hooker.

Prop is the only position, with King going, that we don't have depth in - and whereas we have a couple of decent Academy prospects I don't think we've any more Holroyds waiting to come in. A big horrible thing to partner Holroyd and Mik, with Tet and Prior as the senior figures, for me makes sense.

We would then have decent cover in every position, and if we get a biblical injury crisis again we go to Academy players. Done. 1 more prop is all we need then.

1 prop is all we “need” but is it all we can afford? There are other areas we could strengthen, we have precious little pace out wide, this must be addressed if we seriously want to win it next year.

I think you are right.
But wouldn`t we have Hurrells money to go towards his salary?
Apparently Bulldogs are willing to pay half his salary.
Does that mean we would be paying circa £300 py?
Don`t think we will sign him but Warrea Hargraves would do