3 1/2 year deal apparently, although I think someone at Leeds needs to do some more work on their fractions

Shame we didn't get this done for the end of this season, would've been good to get him in playing against the lower league opponents.

It wouldn't susprise me if there's an element of risk-mitigation here regarding Lolohea. He wouldn't be the first Antipodean to come to the UK when his career was struggling in the NRL, only to want to be on the first flight back when his agent calls. Indeed, the club have been burnt before with Segeyaro.

Decent halves don't come on the market often. Having someone who can step into that role should there be an issue makes sense.

Judging by the video - it suggests he's starting straight away as they mention to him about getting some experience before pre-season - who knows, they might dump him in the deep end this weekend?

He can’t play this season he wasn’t registered in time.

Ah ok, thanks for the clarification! Shame.

Interesting discussion on last night's podcast, Phil Caplan saying Cas rated Mclelland as the best half back at their club, better than Trueman, before he left. Also stated he thought in 2019 Mclelland will play stand off and Lolohea centre.

Not sure he was rated better than Trueman but he was highly regarded. I know Cas were certainly interested in taking him back.
Could be a great signing for you and he is a top lad to boot.

It is good to have 3 halfbacks to choose from and McLelland can cover both half back positions and as Lolohea can play 1, 6 and wing then I do not see why he cannot play at centre too especially as his strength is as a runner.

I presume this probably seals the end of Jordan Lilley's time at Headingley now.

Hopefully. Lilley was never good enough. Time to move on.

I believe Lilley is still contracted for the 2020 season. He needs to spend the full 2019 season playing in the Championship, if he improves significantly he could have another shot at the Rhinos in 2020.

Saw quite a bit of Callum while he was at Cas. I'd compare his style to a young Kevin Brown. I'm not saying he's idle but his laid back languid style can make it look that way especially in the academy side as he was much bigger and faster than most of the opposition so didn't really need to try too hard.
I remember Powell saying he saw Callum and Trueman as the future of the club for the next 10 years. Callum was probably rated highest of the 2 but whether he would have kicked on as well in the first team as Trueman has I'm not sure as Jake seems to show more mental and physical toughness.
Looking forward to seeing his progress and if he can make the step up he'll be a joy to watch.

If he is as good as Trueman I would be happy with that.
He can learn his trade alongside Myler and Lolohea and kick on from there.
Then again we said that about Sutcliffe when Sinfield, Burrow and McGuire were there.

Sutcliffe just doesn't seem to have the right mentality for a halfback. They have to want to own the game, demand the ball and know what they're going to do with it. You can't stand around waiting to get a pass like a kid in the U9s.