TIme is probably right for him to move on, he's always been ok without tearing up trees, which is a shame as coming through the ranks he had huge promise.

Good luck to him, hopefully his injuries clear up, at his age now he really needs to be a regular starter, which at a club with aspirations of top 4, I don't think he is.

I can't ever really knock his effort, so he deserves to go with a decent rep.

Now confirmed on the website, he has signed for Leigh for 2018

Could not see anything there about Russell going with him

Never kicked on from his promise as a youngster. Not helped by being made of biscuit.

I am expecting

Gidley
Sims
Dywer
Westwood
Wilde

to follow next

First team debut in 2010?! Such a shame he never really cracked on.

It's a pity, but as we all know he simply didn't seem to progress that much apart from his defence.

Is there a trend with young 'promising' players that rely on one main strength ? The big 17 yr old forward that can run through his smaller counterparts, but never really learns to use his feet or make use of his arms to fend off the opposition - simply because he doesn't need to. The speedster that can run around the opposition line but who struggles to break the line when he gets into the 1st team. I think Rhys was perhaps one of these type of players. He only had one sidestep to use to get past a player, and never used his hands and arms to fend off tacklers.

Anyway, good luck to him, earning your living in sport is tough business.

Good luck to Rhys. The last Welshman in our team. I have been watching Wires for over 50 years now & I can't remember a team without at least 1 Welshman.

Stormed it in service area, both him and Ben did. A long way to the top mind. Shame.

Injuries are a cruel Mistress.

Wish him all the best. As said by most already, didn't seem to progress attacking-wise after such early promise. Maybe that was the injuries.

Begs the question though, seeing as though we are happy to let him go why did he seem to be Smith's darling for the centre/wing spots even when clearly out of form? Were we really that short of options at the time? Is Smith's influence waning?

I wish we could have a poll every week to get a feel of the people's thoughts on whether Smith should stay or go, just like the election run-up polls.

Amazed another SL club has signed him unless leigh are readying themselves for the championship?

He's the worst centre in Super league.

I'd have bet on us beating Wigan with him at centre instead of Hughes though.

Isn't Hughes a second row forward though?

He is but even the "worse centre in the league" would have been a vast improvement.