Season Preview: Leeds Rhinos

Head coach: Brian McDermott

Last season: 3rd (Lost to Wigan in qualifying semi-final)

In:

Andy Yates (Hunslet)

Tom Briscoe (Hull FC)

Paul Aiton (Wakefield)

Out:

Thomas Minns (London Broncos)

Alex Foster (London Broncos)

Darrell Griffin (Salford)

Jordan Baldwinson (NZ Warriors)

Richard Moore (Wakefield)

Liam Hood (Released)

Paul McShane (Wakefield)

Joe Vickery (Released)

Jimmy Keinhorst (Wakefield)

Luke Briscoe (Wakefield)

James Duckworth (London Broncos)

Squad:

1 Zak Hardaker FULL BACK

2 Ben Jones-Bishop WINGER

3 Kallum Watkins CENTRE

4 Joel Moon CENTRE

5 Ryan Hall WINGER

6 Danny McGuire STAND OFF

7 Rob Burrow SCRUM HALF

8 Kylie Leuluai PROP FORWARD

9 Paul Aiton HOOKER

10 Jamie Peacock PROP FORWARD

11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan SECOND ROW

12 Carl Ablett SECOND ROW

13 Kevin Sinfield LOOSE FORWARD

14 Stevie Ward HOOKER

15 Brett Delaney SECOND ROW

16 Ryan Bailey PROP FORWARD

17 Ian Kirke SECOND ROW

18 Chris Clarkson SECOND ROW

19 Mitchell Achurch PROP FORWARD

20 Tom Briscoe WINGER

21 Liam Sutcliffe LOOSE FORWARD

23 Brad Singleton PROP FORWARD

25 Andy Yates PROP FORWARD

James’ prediction: 5th

View from the pitch:

Carl Ablett – “We have got a great group of players for this season and everyone is hungry to get back to major finals, and hopefully win more silverware.”