Essentially yes

There a young lad called Ben Reynolds who is much better....

So much for the done deal for 2017 on the Leeds board lol, nicely done hope he goes well for you but not when you play us of course.

yes

I think the reason we landed him was two fold. First of all Leigh were approached in the proper manner and with respect.
Secondly I reckon rowley played a massive massive part. Rowley had little respect for hetherington and Leeds due to how they treated him as a young player. He had a lot of respect for Huddersfield following his short time with us and has talked about the professional way he was treated when at hudds.
I have my misgivings about the length of contract given he is unproven at SL level, but time will tell.

Leeds/Hetherington - Paul Rowley ? , when where and what

Keiron Purtill could well have been a factor too. Still has strong ties with Leigh and I know he is well respected in the town and around the club.

Or Leeds' interest had cooled off. Lilley has since (slightly unexpectedly) emerged whilst waiting for Brierley. Add in the unplanned addition of Ferres to the SC who only signed a one year deal and will need a probable wage rise new deal soon (the same goes for Falloon at hooker) then we won't have a load of space left.

With your extra cap space with Ferres' departure I'm sure you offered more money and were more desperate given the injury to Grix.

Was it ever above lukewarm? A couple of years ago Beaumont "warned off" Leeds apparently for an approach which GH quickly dismissed and stated that it was the players agent who approached Leeds. His agent may have been a little mischievous to secure a better deal for his client therefore blame Rhino not the Rhinos! Can't say I'm too fussed about it all but good luck to the lad in SL.

You're getting your Harrison's mixed up , Ryan's agent is Craig ,not Karl

When rowley was at fax they blocked a very lucrative move for him to Wigan. Fax subsequently gave details of his current contract to Leeds (rather naughty) and Gary was rather disrespectful in an offer to him of a fair bit less than he was on (fax had him on the transfer list for what was then a large amount of 350k which they would have had to pay) rowley told GH to stuff it. It's in the public domain in an article from some years ago. He was rather scathing of how fax and Leeds had treated him whilst being very complimentary of how hudds had treated him later and said he would have stayed on if we hadn't been relegated.

Let's hope the 4 1/2 year contract is justified. He has never played Super League so it will take time to adjust.
What about Simpson ? One of our own, I had high hopes of him at full back. Seems Grix exit at end of season will please all his critics. Tansey and Foster surplus to requirements , Has Anderson got a plan or being told by the CO who he can have.???

I'm also dubious about 4 1/2 years- it's obviously a gamble but the club seem quite good at "looking after" players. They wanted Ryan to move over here, he's not going to up sticks with his family for a one year deal so it had to be worth his while. We need to show we will invest in him as a player.
Simpson is currently injured too, and we do need another FB at the club! We also need a back up winger as ATM if Murphy / Jerry are injured we would struggle- hence giving foster a go. He seems quite happy with that. Tansey is just a loan for a month to cover our FB injury situation.

I disagree, I can name at least 5 players who are 'hotter property' in the super league and younger than Brierley.

Ben Currie

George Williams

Liam Sutcliffe

John Bateman

Niall Evalds

All of whom have more potential than Brierley and super league experience to boot.

Don't put all your hopes on him and then be suprised when it doesn't work out.