Baldwinson needs to be playing next year, and not championship one with Hunslet. He needs to be a regular 17 here or somewhere else. He can't play the Yates role of this year, that would be no good for either the player or Leeds. You can use a younger kid for that role. So he needs to move or at least have another year loan at a super league club.

He could easily fight his way in mate even more so given he can cover BR lets be honest we'll be lucky to get 15 games out of Mr Bump Delaney or jelly bones Achurch.

Ah balls.

we have won things with 1 decent prop over the years. Kylie arguably an adequate 2nd prop in short stints. Bailey & Kirke were no show stoppers. I see Cuthbertson as the replacement for Peacock. Singleton is coming along nicely and Mulally is signing on. I think it would do us good to have a more balanced set of props, as we have been spoilt with Peacock doing so many minutes for so long.

we have to leave room for widdop though

Quite correct. The ledgerinily Mick Gledhill was tweeting yesterday that Widdop is a done deal?

Is it just me that would also be underwhelmed with this signing? Now Thurston...that would be different !!!

I can only think that Leeds are determined to build another team....a proper team without any real glamour boy 'marquee' signings...to carry on the decade of greatest ever success dynasty. .... AND maybe that aint a bad thing !!!

whatever mick gledhill says about us signing widdop i will take with a pinch of salt

if im wrong i will apologize to mick,but imo it will definitely not happen

It looks as though Cameron smith is off to Australia to play rugbyleague over there. Good luck tweets heading his way. That's a loss unless we have kept hold of his registration in the UK.

If its true that is a real shame.

Widdop is like Sinfield with an amazing passing game and speed to burn! This would be the shrewdest signing in SL. Hodkinson would be similar (but with less speed). IF and it's a big IF GH is going down that road. I can't see it.

Widdopp isn't leaving St George any time soon. Hodkinson is a good kicker but pretty ordinary as a playmaker.

He is off to Australia on a six week exchange that's all. They do it every year with his school. He agreed a contract last Friday with Leeds and I believe signed it Monday afternoon at the same time as a few of the other under 16's. There was a lot of tugging and counter offers from other clubs, the kid changed his mind three times in the last five weeks. He could have changed his mind again I suppose, but last I heard on Sunday was he was staying, and it is a longer than usual contract.

Good news, I had heard a while ago he was staying with the Rhinos. But seeing his recent tweets made it look concerning.

Also, Mitch Garbutt is on his way to Leeds as a mid season signing, two and a half year deal.

Time will tell whether or not he's a good signing but it's more than a bit handy to have him come over right now for the rest of the season given our lack of numbers.